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Kinds Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Teen STDs can lead to infertility

February 11, 2009
According to experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), infertility may be a "down the road" concern for many teens who contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Researchers have found that many teens are unaware that some STDs can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease in women, which can doom their chances of having a baby later in life. The experts advise young men and women who are sexually active to get checked by a doctor for STDs every six months or every time... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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E-Cards Notify Your Sexual Partners of STD Risk
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

Telling past sexual partners they may have been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease is never... Read more »

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in Older Adults
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert

Age offers no protection against STDs. You only have to look to a recent survey from Britain that... Read more »

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Phobic about Herpes?
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

There's little doubt in my mind that a lot of messages relating to genital herpes are underpinned... Read more »

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HIV, Cholesterol, and the Sex Talk with My Son
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...bad, see him get a sexually transmitted disease. Sexually transmitted diseases are so common,... Read more »

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How Does Frequency of Sexual Activity Affect My Prostate?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert

...majority of the studies indicate that exposure to sexually transmitted diseases raises the risk... Read more »

Health Guide

STD Symptoms
What is the Definition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)? Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are transmitted sexually by someone who is infected. These infections are usually passed by... Read more »
Gender identity disorder
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FDA Approves One-Day Treatment for Herpes
There is good news ahead for herpes patients, who usually suffer through a week of treatment before their pain and symptoms are resolved. The FDA has recently approved Famvir as a one-day treatment... Read more »
STDs and Oral Sex
...Nasty Genital Germs Really -- what could you catch from oral sex? Unfortunately, a lot. Here are the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that could be transmitted to you from an infected partner... Read more »
HIV Transmission
...be transmitted through diseased skin or breaks in the skin, such as through genital ulcers caused by sexually transmitted diseases. Anoreceptive intercourse (aka "catchers" as opposed to... Read more »

Medications

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Vardenafil is used to treat male sexual function problems (impotence or erectile dysfunction)... Read more »

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...women. Use of this drug does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., HIV,... Read more »

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...women. Use of this drug does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g., HIV,... Read more »

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...medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g.,... Read more »

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...medication does not protect you or your partner against sexually transmitted diseases (e.g.,... Read more »

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