Tag: sexually transmitted diseases

HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS. Hepatitis-B is a viral disease and it has not been eradicated yet. Gonorrhoea is a bacterial disease. Trichomoniasis is a protozoan disease.

A. Sexually transmitted diseases are called venereal diseases. B. Genital herpes is caused by a virus and is considered incurable. C. Sterilization in males is vasectomy and in females is tubectomy.

Syphilis is a bacterial disease caused by Treponema pallidum. It is transmitted through sexual contact and from mother to foetus during pregnancy. In the first stage of this disease, painless ulcer or chancre appears on the genitals and swelling of lymph nodes occur.

Hepatitis D, also known as delta hepatitis, is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis D virus (HDV). Hepatitis D only occurs in people who are infected with the Hepatitis B virus, since HDV requires the help of HBV to replicate. Therefore, by getting a vaccination of Hepatitis B we can save ourselves from Hepatitis D. 

Chlamydia is the most common type of bacterial STD. It doesn't cause any symptoms, hence is difficult to detect in the early stages. 

Diseases or infections which are transmitted through sexual intercourse are collectively called sexually transmitted diseases or venereal diseases or reproductive tract infections. Gonorrhoea, syphilis, genital herpes, Chlamydiasis, Trichomoniasis, Hepatitis-B, AIDS are some of the STDs. Loiasis is a eye infection causedby loa loa worm. Thus option D is the correct answer.

The sexually transmitted diseases also called venereal diseases, are spread by sexual intercourse with an infected person. The major venereal diseases are syphilis and gonorrhea. Fluid discharge, slight pain, swelling in genital region are the early symptom of sexually transmitted disease.

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted infection, that can be passed on through sex without a condom with someone chlamydia (even if they don't have symptoms), or from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby. It can be prevented by using male or female condoms during sex. A simple urine test will show whether you have chlamydia. Chlamydia is easily treatable with antibiotics.

Haemophilus ducreyi is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus bacteria, which causes the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, a major cause of genital ulceration in developing countries, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.