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Created: April 6, 2010
Last update: 20 July 2010
sexually transmitted infections (STI) conditionally divided into three main categories: bacterial, parasitic and viral. The three most common bacterial STD chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Let's look at it in turn:
1. Chlamydia
Chlamydia is a bacterial infection caused by bacteria Chlamydia infection. It occurs most often in the genital organs (both men and women), but can also occur in the throat, rectum, or eyes. Chlamydia is the most common curable STDs, an estimated 4.3 million new cases in the United States annually. Much less than the number is reported, however, because chlamydia symptoms can be mild or not, and why people do not realize that they are. Approximately two thirds of women and half men chlamydia are asymptomatic, and many other people with this infection distort or you will not notice the symptoms because they are very soft. For genital chlamydia, when symptoms are present at all, for men may include pain during urination, discharge or pain in the testicles. For women, they may include discharge
nausea, pain during urination, pain during sex or bleeding after intercourse or between periods. Chlamydia is easily cured with antibiotics, sometimes with a single dose, and sometimes with several doses within one to two weeks. 2. Gonorrhea
infected an estimated 700,000 new people per year in the United States alone, gonorrhea is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. This is because, Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria. It occurs most often in the genital organs (both men and women), but may also occur in the throat, rectum, eyes, blood, skin or joints. Approximately one tenth of men and half women gonorrhea are asymptomatic. When symptoms occur, they are in men may include discharge, pain when urinating, or swelling and pain in the testicles. For women, they may include discharge, pain during urination, pelvic pain or bleeding between periods. Gonorrhea often occurs with Chlamydia. When a patient is diagnosed with gonorrhea, they often turn to chlamydia at the same time. For the treatment of gonorrhea are antibiotics often a dose is not enough if the infection is caught early. However, doctors are increasingly finding that they are dealing with strains of gonorrhea that created resistance to certain antibiotics. Fluoroquinolones, such as were common to treat gonorrhea, is now ineffective against most gonorrhea infections. Thus, on the one hand, gonorrhea is one of the easiest to cure STDs, on the other hand, it develops in a way that could seriously change it. 3. Syphilis
Syphilis is a bacterial infection caused by an organism called a spirochete. Syphilis cases, only a small part in comparison with chlamydia and gonorrhea, and has long been reduced further, although in recent years have seen a marked increase in the United States. Syphilis appears painless ulcers or open sores on the anus, penis, vagina, mouth, and sometimes other body parts. The bacterium is transmitted through direct contact, usually sexual, with these wounds. In addition to ulcers, symptoms of syphilis may include flulike symptoms
in the affected area, or rash. If untreated, syphilis can lead to numbness, loss of muscle control, paralysis, blindness, insanity and even death. Syphilis is treated with antibiotics, often penicillin, or by injection or strattera dosage orally. Learn more about this author. Click here to send author comments or questions. .
