2011/06/10

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV / AIDS

Cases of HIV / AIDS is like an iceberg; which appeared only a mere surface, but the case is actually much larger than the visible case. This disease is a deadly disease because up until now has not found drugs cure. However, the actual prevention of this disease is comparatively simple provided they know how.

Cases of STDs and HIV / AIDS is a lot happening among teenagers. Various types of STDs and HIV / AIDS is influential on the level of a person's health in general and reproductive medical conditions in particular because in general the various diseases STDs and HIV / AIDS is directly related to the human reproductive technique. Even the HIV / AIDS can impact on mortality.

What you require to know about STDs?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are diseases that are transmitted through sexual activity. Sexually transmitted diseases will be more in danger when having sexual activity with multiple partners through vaginal, oral and anal sex.

What are the dangers of STDs for you?

STDs cause reproductive infections that must be taken seriously. If not treated properly, the infection can spread and cause pain, extended pain, infertility and death. For you girls require to recognize that the risk for STDs is greater than men because more vulnerable reproduksimu device. And often lead to more extreme because the preliminary signs are not immediately recognizable, while the disease continued to more extreme stages.

What are the signs and signs of PMS?

Because of the shape and location of the prominent genitals, the male PMS is more basically recognized, seen and felt, whereas in females without signs, so most often unconsciously.

  * Necrotic foci filled with liquid, blisters or ulcers on the penis / genitals.
  * The wound does not hurt, hard and red on the genitals.
  * The presence of warts or grow meat like chicken's comb.
  * The itching is intense along the genitals.
  * Extreme pain in the work of urination.
  * Gonorrhea or foul-smelling blood.
  * Hot and painful swelling in the groin which is then turned in to an ulcer.
  * Extreme weight loss, diarrhea accompanied by continuous, and often fever and night sweats.

In men signs of STD infection include:


In females the signs of PMS include:

  * Pain or pain in the work of urination or intercourse.
  * Pain in the lower abdomen.
  * Spending mucus in the vagina / genitals.
  * Whitish creamy white, lumpy and accompanied by intense itching and redness of the genitals or surrounding areas.
  * Whitish frothy, greenish, foul smelling, and itching.
  * Incurred patches of blood after sex.
  * Necrotic foci filled with liquid, blisters or ulcers on the genitals.

  * For those of you who are not married, the most powerful ways is not having sex.
  * Mutually faithful for married couples.
  * Avoid hazardous sex or dicy.
  * Always use a condom to prevent STD transmission.
  * Always maintain the cleanliness of the genitals.


How are you able to keep away from STDs?


What kinds of STDs?

There's plenty of kinds of diseases can be classified as PMS. In Indonesia, which are found today are:

Germs cause is Neisseria gonorrhoeae. There is a grace period for four -10 days after the germ enters the body through sexual activity.

Gonorrhea (GO)

The signs of the disease are pain, redness, swelling and pus. Signs in men is pain in the work of urination, discharge of thick yellow-green pus, the tip of the penis looks red and slightly swollen. In females, 60% of cases are asymptomatic. But there is also pain when urinating and there is a thick yellowish discharge.

GO disease, in men and females, often in the kind of infertility. In females it can also occur with pelvic inflammatory, and can be lowered to the newborns in the kind of eye infection that may cause blindness.

Infecting organism called Treponema pallidum. The period without signs last 3-4 weeks, sometimes up to 13 weeks. Then comes a bump around the genitals. Sometimes accompanied by dizziness and flu-like bone pain, which will go away without treatment. There is a reddish spots on the body about 6-12 weeks after intercourse. These signs will disappear by itself and often the patient does not pay attention to this.

Syphilis (syphilis)

Genital herpes

In the work of the first 2-3 years of this disease did not show any signs, or so-called latent period. After 5-10 years of disease will assault the nervous technique syphilis of the brain, blood vessels and heart. In pregnant females with syphilis can be transmitted to the kid and be born with destroy to the skin, liver, spleen and mental retardation.

Diseases caused by Herpes simplex virus with a grace period of 4-7 days after the virus enters the body through sexual activity. Signs and signs are:

  * Blisters (clustered like grapes), which is pain in the genital
  * Divide and leave a dry wound mengerak, then go away.
  * Signs recurred as above but not senyeri early stage when there's trigger factors (stress, menstruation, drinks / alcoholic foods) and usually persist lifelong intermittent In females, cervical cancer is often a few years later. The disease is no drug that truly efficacious, but antiviral medications can reduce pain and period of episodes of disease.

The disease is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The period without signs lasted 7-21 days. Signs include inflammation of the reproductive arise men and females.


Chlamydia

  * Discharge from the genitals or 'whitish watery' creamy
  * Pain in the pelvic cavity
  * Bleeding after sexual activity.

In females, signs can include:

  * Pain when urinating
  * Clear liquid out of the urinary tract
  * If no further infections, liquid more often out and mixed with blood


In men the signs are:

Due to exposure to Chlamydia in females is a defect in the Fallopian tubes and infertility, urinary tract inflammation, rupture of membranes channels leading to babies born prematurely (preterm). While in males the result is the destruction of semen channels and lead to infertility, as well as inflammation of the urinary tract. In babies, 60% - 70% exposed to the eyes or respiratory tract disease (pneumonia).


Not infrequently, the signs did not appear at all, but the infection technique is underway. Therefore the patient is not aware of being a carrier of an STD and pass it on to their partners through sexual activity.

Trichomoniasis is an STD caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. Signs and signs include:? watery vaginal discharge, yellow-green, frothy and foul smelling.

Trichomoniasis vaginalis

  * Slightly swollen vulva, redness, itching and discomfort.
  * Pain in the work of sex or when urinating.


Vaginal Candidiasis

Signs include vaginal discharge is white like milk, clotted, hot accompanied by intense itching and redness in the genital area and around it.

Whitish vaginal candidiasis is caused by the fungus Candida albicans. In normal circumstances, this fungus is present in the skin or inside the female genital canal. But in positive circumstances, this fungus is widespread in such a way as to cause vaginal discharge.

The disease is not always classified as an STD, but the sexual partners of infected females may complain of itchy fungus with signs of red spots on genital skin.

Genital warts

The reason is the human papilloma virus (HPV) with typical signs are there or more warts in the penis.

In females, can affect the skin in the genital area until the rectum, the mucous membranes of the genitals until the cervical canal. When pregnant females, warts can grow to immense. Genital warts can sometimes lead to cervical cancer or cancer of the skin around the genitals.

In males the genital and urinary tract inside. Sometimes warts are not visible so it is not realized. Usually the men realized after he infect her partner.

Until now there has been no drug that can cure genital warts. Treatment only to the extent it eliminates the wart.

Are STDs can be treated?

STDs can be treated. The only way is to go to the doctor or healthcare provider. If they are exposed to an STD, your partner ought to even be checked and treated. Do not treat yourself. Adhere to the treatment according to the instructions provided by doctor or health personnel to make positive healing. Avoid sexual activity as long as there's complaints / signs. In the event you become pregnant, tell your doctor or healthcare provider.

You require to know and recognize that STDs can not be prevented basically by:

Myths about STDs

  * Select a partner who looks neat appearance.
  * Washing the genitals after sex.
  * Drinking herbs.
  * Taking antibiotics before and after sex.


What are you able to do to help your mate affected by PMS?

  * Recommend to immediately see a doctor or health worker, in the event you require to deliver.
  * Recommend to convey keluhankeluhan Do not be ashamed to doctors or health workers.
  * Recommend to comply with the rules of treatment as instructed doctors / health workers.
  * Advise not to have sex again unless using condoms.
  * Encourage your mate to a sexual partner ought to even be examined by a doctor or health worker.
  * Tell about the consequences of STDs that are harmful to reproductive health.
  * Tell to keep away from self-medicate.


What is HIV / AIDS?

Is HIV / AIDS including PMS?

AIDS stands for Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This disease is a collection of signs due to decreased immune technique that occurs because a person infected with the HIV virus. HIV itself is an acronym for Human Immuno Virus. People infected by this virus can not cope with the invasion of other infectious diseases because their immune systems continue to decline drastically.

How HIV Transmission

Yes, because mode of transmission is sexual contact with individuals who have been infected with the HIV virus. This mode of transmission is most common in Indonesia today.

  * Multiple sexual partners, or come in to contact with positive people infected with the HIV virus.
  * The user syringe-infected people with HIV virus.
  * Receiving a blood transfusion contaminated with HIV.
  * Pregnant females infected with HIV will pass it on to the unborn kid.

HIV present in all human body fluids, but can transmit only present in sperm (semen), blood and vaginal fluids. Thus, ways of transmission are as follows:

After infection with HIV virus, initially did not show specific signs. a few weeks after that individuals who are infected often suffer from everyday illnesses such as flu or diarrhea.


Are Signs and Signs of HIV / AIDS?

How are you able to keep away from HIV / AIDS?

Patients often feel healthy from the outside it looks healthy. Often 3-4 years the patient does not show typical signs. Afterward, the year to four or 6 starts recurrent diarrhea, sudden weight loss, frequent canker sores in the mouth, and swelling in the lymph nodes.

The trick is as follows:

  * No multiple sexual partners and avoiding permanent extra-marital sexual relations.
  * Use condoms, high-risk groups like commercial sex workers.
  * As far as feasible to keep away from blood transfusion of obscure origin.
  * Use of medical devices and non-sterile medical guaranteed.

Up until now, have not found a complete way of treatment, currently there's only helping the patient to maintain the health of his body.


How is HIV treatment? AIDS?

By doing blood tests appropriate stages of disease progression. To detect the presence of antibodies against the HIV virus, which means there is the HIV virus in the body, blood tests performed by Elisa four times. Then when the result is positive, further testing by Western blot or Immunofluoresensi.

How to Detect HIV / AIDS

How can they help a mate affected by HIV / AIDS?

By continuing to treat it as a mate and did not alter the attitude of his disease. Give them encouragement and also pay attention to the limitations of his physical condition in the mix.

Wrong Myths Regarding HIV / AIDS?

  * Social relations with people living with HIV / AIDS will make us infected with the disease.
  * Shaking hands, using the same toilet, live at home, using the same sheets with HIV / AIDS can make us sick.

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