STDs, they are really common. What should I do if I have an STD?

STDs are traditionally thought of as diseases transmitted through the act of sexual intercourse, with the primary lesions occurring in the genital area.

In 1975, the World Health Organization (WHO) expanded the scope of STDs from the previous five diseases to include a variety of diseases transmitted through sexual contact, similar sex acts, and indirect contact, collectively known as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Currently, the scope of STDs has been expanded to include at least 50 diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms, including the traditional five STDs (including syphilis, gonorrhea, soft chancre, lymphogranuloma venereum and inguinal granuloma) and non-gonococcal urethritis, condyloma acuminata, genital herpes, AIDS, bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, trichomoniasis, scabies and pubic lice. etc.

Today we'll talk about what to do once you have an STD or suspect you have an STD.

1. Go to the dermatology and venereology department of a general hospital in a timely manner.

2、Avoid sexual contact to prevent infecting partners.

3, and sexual partners together with the examination and treatment, ta good you also.

Here to remind you: do not because of shame and other reasons, their own home blind medication, or choose irregular medical points for treatment, which not only delay the disease, but also may cause unnecessary psychological, economic burden.

How to prevent syphilis infection?

Syphilis is a chronic, systemic sexually transmitted disease caused by the syphilis spirochete, which can cause neurological, cardiovascular and other multi-system damage. This "ancient" STD has resurfaced in the last decade, and its incidence is rapidly increasing.

Most inpatients, especially those in surgical units, both young and old, need to be screened for syphilis-related indicators, which can sometimes detect some real syphilis patients and allow them to receive timely treatment, while also effectively preventing and controlling further transmission and spread of the disease.

Channels of transmission of syphilis.

Sexual contact: about 95%, untreated syphilis patients, the most infectious within the first 1-2 years, with the disease period is extended, the infectious less and less, more than 4 years basically no infectious.

Vertical transmission: untreated stage 1, early and late latent syphilis pregnant women have a transmission rate of about 70%-100%, 40% and 10%.

Other ways: blood transfusion transmission, kissing, breastfeeding, medical contact, etc., the chances are lower.

So, how should we prevent it in our daily life?

1, clean yourself and keep a single sexual behavior.

2, the use of condoms during sexual intercourse can effectively reduce the probability of syphilis infection

3、When there is a history of unclean sexual contact, promptly go to the hospital for screening.

4、Do not perform blood transfusion, blood donation, tooth extraction, etc. at irregular medical sites.

5、Please be cautious when getting your ears pierced on the street.