What Medications Are Used To Fight Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Utah: Anonymous Prescriptions Proposed to Fight Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The Utah Legislature is considering an expedited partner therapy (EPT) measure under which patients diagnosed with an STD could receive extra antibiotics to treat their partners. HB 17, sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Seelig (D-Salt Lake City) would give... Read more »

Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing Protocols, Sexually Transmitted Disease Testing, and Discussion of Sexual Behaviors in HIV Clinics in Los Angeles County

The 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 »

AND1 Baller Joins Fight Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Former Harlem Globetrotter Troy "Escalade" Jackson, now part of the AND1 Mixtape traveling basketball competition, is taking the HIV/STD-prevention message on the road with him. Jackson lost a brother to AIDS in the 1980s. "When I did research about... Read more »

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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 Questions

Would 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... Read more »

Sexually Transmitted diseases caught by oral contact

I 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"... Read more »

Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis C/Homosexual Men

I am very concerned! I recently found out that a former sexual partner may have contracted hepatitis c. It has been almost 2 months since i have even spoken to him and I have (within the past 3 days) have had a constant tingling or peripheral...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

Hepatitis C is a sexually transmitted disease in gay men and I have also seen at least one case in gay women. Your symptoms are not likely HCV however you should get tested for all STD's if you have had an unsafe encounter and that includes... Read more »

i am 15 and may be pregnant with a sexually transmitted diseas

I NEED YOUR HELP...i am a 15 year old girl who has been sexually active before with but never unprotected.i am worried sick because about a year ago i started noticing some changes in my body such as a small wierd rash that grew to half my chest...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

You need to see a doctor, preferably at a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Find a trusted adult and go and be seen. It is very likely whatever you have can be treated and you can be reassured. If you are afraid and put your head in the sand... Read more »

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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.

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sexually transmitted infections

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

what is sexually transmitted infection (STI) Read more »

Hiv usually transmitted before people know

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - HIV infection is likely to be transmitted before people are even aware that they are carriers, UK researchers report in the January 3rd issue of AIDS.

"The study demonstrates that a significant proportion of new HIV-1... Read more »

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