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
|