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Prevention & Education
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASESexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) are a serious, sometimes painful, and can cause a lot of damage. Some STDs infect your sexual and reproductive organs. Others (HIV; hepatitis B, syphilis) cause general body infections and death. Sometimes you can have an STD with no signs or symptoms. Other times, the symptoms go away on their own. Either way, you still have the STD until you get treated. A few STDs cannot be cured, but most STD can be cured if you get treated.
How Is STD Spread?
STD Is SPREAD during close contact during vaginal, anal and oral sex. Some STDs (HIV and hepatitis B) are also spread by contact with infected blood. Most STD germs need to live in warm, moist areas. That's why they infect the mouth, rectum and sex organs (vagina, vulva, penis and testes).
HIV is a retrovirus that can be passed from person to person if HIV in blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or breastmilk enters the bloodstream. HIV is contagious, meaning it can be passed from one person to another person, under very specific circumstances.
What to Do
IF YOU THINK you might have an STD, get checked out. Don't just hope the STD will go away. It won't! Most county health departments have special STD clinics. Private doctors also treat STD. If you don't know where to get help, call Open Door Clinic or your local family planning clinic for information. Your case will be kept private. You may feel embarrassed about having an STD.
