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Common Sexually Transmitted Disease
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CDC Report Finds Adolescent Girls Continue to Bear a Major Burden of Common Sexually Transmitted DiseasesAdolescent girls ages 15-19 years had the largest reported number of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases (409,531) when compared to any other age group, followed closely by women ages 20-24, according to an annual report on sexually transmitted diseases... Read more »
Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing Protocols, Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing, and Discussion of Sexual Behaviors in HIV Clinics in Los Angeles CountyThe authors set out to evaluate the use of written protocols for STD screening, the frequency and types of STD tests performed, and the occurrence and frequency of obtaining sexual risk assessments among HIV clinics. The researchers administered a... Read more »
Mediators of the Relation Between Partner Violence and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Women Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease ClinicIntimate partner violence (IPV) "is common among women who attend an STD clinic and warrants increased attention," concluded the authors of the current study. IPV is associated with a broad range of negative outcomes, including sexual risk... Read more »
Ask the Experts
How do elderly men in the Meditteranean region get KS if the virus is sexually transmitted?KS, I believe, was traditionally in the past more common in the Mediterranean and Middle East among elderly men, correct? How are these elderly men contracting this disease caused by a Herpes Virus? Please don't say that they are going to...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
You ask an excellent question, one which has challanged researchers. All forms of KS are caused by a herepsvirus (also known as HHV-8 or Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus). This herpesvirus is found predominately in the saliva (this is true for...
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protect from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseasesCelebrities and VIPS are having sex with many girls ,how they protect themselves from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases?...
Response from Shannon Southall
Rocky Mountain CARES
HiI would say that they are all most likely using condoms and getting tested and knowing their status. Anyone who has sex is vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections and using protection is your best way to protect yourself.Be well and stay...
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Would having one sexually transmitted disease lower any possibility of resistance to HIV exposure or resistance to another STD?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex QuestionsWould having one sexually transmitted disease lower any possibility of resistance to HIV exposure or resistance to another STD?...
Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.
Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program
Hi. Thank you for your question. If a person has one Sexually TransmittedDisease (STD), they may have been exposed to others as well. That's why weoften recommend that if a person has been diagnosed with one STD, that theyget tested for other...
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Sexually Transmitted diseases caught by oral contactI am thinking about having sex with a new partner. I am very aware of having safe sex and will use a condom. What I am not sure about is oral contact. For example I know that if a person has a cold sore and you have oral sex there is a change of...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
Please see Rick's response to "Oral Sex STDs" (http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/Hepatitis/Q9311.qna) and my response to "Oral STD risk"...
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BBC NEWS:Online dating for people with sexually transmitted infection
Posted by Hellen, 1 Reply
Sexually transmitted diseases. TB. Hepatitis.
Posted by dsaklad, 1 Reply
When getting tested it's a good idea to get tested for a. sexually transmitted diseases, pharyngeal throat... Read more » Check for other sexually transmitted diseases too
Posted by Anonymous
How to get the standard STD clinic tests when you go and get tested for AIDS HIV :Ask the doctor or clinician to check for throat, for urethral, for anal and for blood STDs. Read more » sexually transmitted infections
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
what is sexually transmitted infection (STI)
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