| STD |
OTHER NAMES |
CAUSE |
INCUBATION PERIOD | SYMPTOMS | TREATMENT |
EFFECTS |
| Hepatitis A |
yellow jaundice |
virus |
15–50
days; 28 days avg |
loss of
appetite, diarrhea,
nausea, fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, enlarged liver, nausea, fever |
vaccine to
prevent, immune
globulin shots if exposed |
liver disease including cancer & cirrhosis, may cause premature labor, may be transmitted to baby during birth; highly contageous; can be passed by eating contaminated food |
| Hepatitis B | virus |
45-160 days | abdominal pain, jaundice, enlarged liver | no cure, preventative vaccine available | liver disease including cancer & cirrhosis, may cause premature labor, may be transmitted to baby during birth | |
| Hepatitis C | virus |
14 days -6
months; 6-9 week avg |
overwhelming fatigue but may lie silent for years | no cure, no vaccine treatment with anti-virals helps only 40% of patients | liver disease including liver cancer & cirrhosis | |
| HIV | virus |
test positive within 3 months | varies; may appear as flu like illness, swollen glands, night sweats, cough, certain cancers; and diseases not otherwise seen in healthy people | no vaccine, no cure; treatment to treat and/or postpone diseases and certain cancers; treatment for symptoms | severely compromises the body's immune system which allows many infections to develop including AIDS and some specific types of cancer | |
| Pubic Lice | crabs | parasite |
7-10 Days | itching and burning of pubic area | special insecticide shampoo | insect bites may become infected |
| Syphilis | syph, bad blood, the pox | bacteria |
10-90 days; avg 21 days |
varies depending on stage; initially a painless sore at the point of entry; may have swollen glands; later rash may develop, especially on hands; flu-like illness; may have hair loss | curable with antibiotic | varies with age. adults: nervous system damage, heart disease or death; infants: stillbirth, attacks multiple organ symptoms resulting in meningitis, brain damage and birth defects |
| Trichonoiasis | trich | protozoan |
4-20
days; avg 7 days |
may NOT have any symptoms; women have a white or yellow smelly vaginal discharge; men may have clear discharge from penis; BOTH may have itching and burning on urination | curable with medication | long term effect not yet determined |
| Chlamydia | bacteria |
1-3 weeks | women usually do not have symptoms; may have vaginal or urethral discharge and pelvic pain | curable with antibiotics | sterility,
pelvic inflammatory
disease [PID], premature birth, pneumonia and eye infections; teenage
and young women are at high risk because their cervix is not fully
developed |
|
| Genital Herpes | virus |
a few days-3 weeks | usually painful blisters or sores; may be mild or go unnoticed | NO cure; medications given to relieve pain and prevent bacterial infections | can be passed to infant during childbirth causing brain damage or death | |
| Genital Warts | human papalomia virus | virus |
6 weeks-8 months | warty-like growths in genital and/or anal area | NO cure; individual warts may be removed by medication, freezing or laser therapy; virus will STILL be present in tissue | can block penis, vagina or anus; may be passed to infant during birth; |
| Gonorrhea | the clap, drip | bacteria |
2-10 days | discharge from vagina/penis and/or anus; pelvic pain; sore throat; men can have painful urination; may not have any symptoms | curable with antibiotics | infertility, arthritis, rash, kidney and heart disease; may cause blindness in infants |
| Vaginitis [bacterial vaginosis] |
yeast infection bacterial vaginosis | varies |
varies with type; doctor needed for diagnosis | may have NO symptoms; itching, burning, vaginal pain; increased, smelly or different discharge; can transmit organism to males; men may have painful urination | varies depending on type of infection; consult physician | symptoms will
continue unless
treated; men may carry the infection and
be without symptoms. men may get infection of penis, urethra and
or
prostate gland; increases chance of getting HIV if exposed |
| Molluscum Contagiosum | virus |
1 week to 6 months; 2-3 month avg | sores are usually present on the thighs, buttocks, groin and lower abdomen of adults; may occasionally appear on the external genital and anal region; may begin as small bumps which can develop over a period of several weeks into larger sores/bumps; sores can be flesh colored, gray-white, yellow or pink; can cause itching or tenderness in the area | removal since it
is easy for person to transmit infection to other areas of their body
by touching sore then other area of skin |
unsightly, can spread in swimming pools, hot tubs; no long term effect BUT can last from 2 weeks to 4 years -- the average is 2 years. | |
| Scabies |
parasite |
parasite burrows under the skin and begins laying eggs within a few hours of infection and continues to lay 2 to 3 eggs daily; eggs hatch in 10 days and cycle continues | symptoms appear 4-6 weeks after infection and are usually brown nodules, rashes, or pimple-like irritations. | medicated
creames and medications |
infected
bedding, clothing, furniture and carpeting must be cleaned to get rid
of mite |