What Are STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

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<B>Pustular and Nodular Syphilids of Face</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19da7cf0.jpg" border=0 width="167" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Pustular and Papulosquamous Syphilids on Back</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>What Are STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>WHAT IS STD?</B><B> <A NAME="std"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) is serious, sometimes, painful., and can cause a lot of damage.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Some STDs infect your sexual and reproductive organs.  Other (HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis) causes general body infections.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Sometimes you can have an STD with no signs or symptoms.  Other times, the symptoms go away on their own.  Either way, you still have the STD until you get treated.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A few STDs cannot be cured.  But most STD can be cured if you get treated.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>HOW IS STD SPREAD?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>STD is spread during close, sexual activity and during vaginal, anal and oral sex.  Some STDs (HIV and hepatitis B) are also spread by contact with infected blood.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Most STD germs need to live in warm, moist areas.  That's why they infect the mouth, rectum and sex organs (vagina, vulva, penis and testes).</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>WHAT TO DO!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you think you might have an STD, get checked out.  Don't just hope the STD will go away.  It won't!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Most county health departments have special STD clinics.  Private doctors also treat STD.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>If you don't know where to get help, call you local family planning clinic for information.  Your case will be kept private.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You may feel embarrassed about having an STD.  It may be hard for you to g to a doctor or clinic for help.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But you must get treatment for STD, even if it is a hard thing for you to do.  This is the only way you will get well.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Most STDs can be treated with antibiotics.  Do exactly what your doctor tell you.  Be sure to use all of your medicine.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You also must bell your sexual partner(s).  If they aren't treated, they can get sick.  They can spread the STD.  They might even give it to you again!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>WHAT TO WATCH FOR</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>In Women</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">An unusual discharge or smell from your vagina.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pain in your pelvic area -- the area between your belly bottom and sex organs.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Burning or itching around your vagina.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bleeding from your vagina that is not your regular period.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pain deep inside your vagina when you have sex.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>In Men</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A drip or discharge from your penis.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>In Women and Men</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sores, bumps or blisters near your sex organs, rectum or mouth.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burning and pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Need to urinate (pee) often.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Itching around your sex organs.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A swelling or redness in you throat.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flu-like feelings, with fever, chills and aches.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Swelling in your groin -- the area around your sex organs.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Not having sex</U></B><B> is the best way to protect yourself from STD.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Having sex with only one uninfected partner</U></B><B> who only has sex with you is also safe.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Look closely at your partner,</U></B><B> before your have sex, for any signs of STD -- a rash, a sore, redness or discharge.  If you see anything you are worried about don't have sex!</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Use a latex condom (rubber)</U></B><B> for vaginal, anal and oral sex.  Condoms will help protect you from STD much of the time.  Both men and women should carry condoms if you are sexually active.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If you are allergic to latex</U></B><B> you can use plastic (polyurethane) condoms.  These come in both male and female styles.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Get checked for STD</U></B><B> every time you have a health exam.  If you have more than one sex partner, get an STD check any time you think you might be at risk, even if you don't have symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Know the signs and symptoms</U></B><B> of STD.  If you notice a symptom that worries you, get checked out!</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Your partner(s) must get treated</U></B><B> if you find out you have an STD.</B></div> <div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Don't have sex until your treatment is complete</U></B><B>, if you have an STD.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>STD NAMES AND FACTS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Chlamydia or NGU:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Chlamydia affects women and men.  In men, chlamydia can cause NGU.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 7-21 days after having sex.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Most women and some men have no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><U>Women</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Discharge from the vagina.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bleeding from the vagina between periods.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burning or pain when you urinate (pee).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pain in abdomen, sometimes with fever and nausea.</B></div> <div> <B><U>Men</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Watery, white or yellow drip from the penis.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burning or pain when you urinate (pee).</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give chlamydia to your sexual partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can lead to more serious infection.  Reproductive organs can be damaged.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Both men and women may no longer be able to have children.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with chlamydia can give it to her baby during childbirth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Genital Warts:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 1-8 months after contact with HPV, the virus that causes genital warts.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Small, bumpy warts on the sex organs and anus.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Itching or burning around the sex organs.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">After warts go away, the virus stays in the body.  The warts can come back.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has genital warts.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give genital warts to your sexual partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Warts may go away on their own, remain unchanged, or grow and spread.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with warts can given them to her baby during childbirth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gonorrhea:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 2-21 days after having sex.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Most women and some men have no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><U>Women</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Thick yellow or white discharge from the vagina.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Abnormal periods or bleeding between periods.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cramps and pain in the lower abdomen (belly).</B></div> <div> <B><U>Men</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Thick yellow or white drip from the penis</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Burning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Need to urinate (pee) more often.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give gonorrhea to your sexual partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can lead to more serious infection.  Reproductive organs can be damaged.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Both men and women may no longer be able to have children.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with gonorrhea can give it to her baby during childbirth.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can cause heart trouble, skin disease, arthritis and blindness.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Hepatitis B:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 1-9 months after contact with hepatitis B virus.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Many people have no symptoms or mild symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flu-like feelings that don't go away.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Tiredness.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jaundice (yellow skin).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Dark urine, light-colored bowel movements.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has hepatitis B.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread by sharing needles to inject drugs, or for any other reason.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread by contact with infected blood.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give hepatitis B to your sexual partner(s) or someone you share a needle with.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Some people recover completely.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Some people cannot be cured.  Symptoms go away, but they can still give hepatitis B to others.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can cause permanent liver damage.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with hepatitis B can give it to her baby during childbirth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Herpes:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 1-30 days or longer after having sex.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Some people have no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flu-like feelings.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Small, painful blisters on the sex organs or mouth.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Itching or burning before the blisters appear.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blisters last 1-3 weeks.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Blisters go away, but you still have herpes.  Blisters can come back.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has herpes.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give herpes to your sexual partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Herpes cannot be cured.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with herpes can give it to her baby during childbirth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>HIV/AIDS:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up several months to several years after contact with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can be present for many years with no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unexplained weight loss or tiredness.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flu-like feelings that don't go away.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Diarrhea.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">White spots in mouth.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In women, yeast infections that don't go away.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has HIV.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread by sharing needles to inject drugs, or for any other reason.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread by contact with infected blood or body fluids.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give HIV to your sexual partner(s) or someone you share a needle with.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">HIV cannot be cured.  Can cause illness and death.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with HIV can give it to her baby in the womb, during birth or while breastfeeding.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Syphilis:</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B>1st Stage:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 3-12 weeks after having sex.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A painless, reddish-brown sore or sores on the mouth, sex organs, breasts or fingers.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sore lasts 1-5 weeks.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sore goes away; but you still have syphilis.</B></div> <div> <B>2nd Stage:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Symptoms show up 1 week  through 6 months after sore heals.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A rash anywhere on the body.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flu-like feelings.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rash and flu-like feelings go away, but you still have syphilis.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has syphilis.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give syphilis to your sex partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A mother with syphilis can give it to her baby during pregnancy or have a miscarriage.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can cause heart disease, brain damage, blindness and death.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Vaginitis "Trich":</B></div> <div> <B><U>What to Watch For</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Some women have no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Itching, burning or a pain in the vagina.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More discharge from the vagina than normal.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Discharge smells and/or looks different.</B></div> <div> <B><U>How Do You Get This STD?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Can be spread during vaginal, anal and oral sex.  Men can carry vaginitis infections with no symptoms.</B></div> <div> <B><U>What Happens if You Don't Get Treated?</U></B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You can give vaginitis infections to your sexual partner(s).</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Uncomfortable symptoms will continue.</B></div> <div> <B>Men can get infections in the urethra or prostate gland.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>