You can get syphilis by direct contact with syphilis sore during anal,
vaginal, or oral sex. This disease is easily curable in its earlier stages.
Genital Herpes is in the viral STD category which cannot be cured, but
it can be treated with medicine and its symptoms can be reduced. The
viruses are called herpes simplex type 1 and herpes simplex type 2. You
can get herpes by having oral, vaginal, or anal sex with someone who has
the disease and some of the symptoms are: Fever, painful urination,
General sick feeling, blister in both male and female genitals, and
shallow ulcers.
Chlamydia can cause serious, permanent damage to a woman's reproductive system, making it difficult
or impossible for her to get pregnant later on. It is a bacterial STD, which can be contracted by having sex
unprotected. Symptoms include: abnormal genital discharge, and burning sensation when urinating; It
can be cured easily with antibiotics and therapy from a medic.
Hepatitis B is caused by infection with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). Symptoms include: Fever, Loss of
appetite, tiredness, pain in muscles, soreness, and dark urine. It cannot be cured completely since it is a
viral infection and it takes a vaccine to prevent it. Hepatitis B spreads through blood or other body fluids
that contain small amounts of blood of an infected person. People can spread the virus even when they
have no symptoms.
All STDs are dangerous and they can affect us in enormous ways. People shoud take care of themselves
and use contraceptives to prevent being infected by STDs. Also, people should get the vaccines needed
for these diseases so that they can be stronger against viral infection.
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