Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
... What is pelvic inflammatory disease? Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the female reproductive organs. PID usually is contracted through sexual contact. PID can damage the uterus, o...

Chlamydia
... What is chlamydia? Chlamydia is a serious infection that is spread by having sex with an infected person. It is the most common sexually transmitted disease, or "STD." Both men and women can...

Genital Warts
... What are genital warts? Genital warts are growths or bumps on the penis, vagina, vulva (vaginal lips), cervix (the opening between the vagina and the womb), rectum, or groin. Genital warts are a sexua...

Gonorrhea
... Gonorrhea (gon-uh-REE-uh), also called "clap" or "drip," is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD). Gonorrhea is a serious infection that is caught by having sex with an infec...

Herpes
... What is herpes? There are two types of herpes. The first type is herpes simplex type 1 (or HSV-1). HSV-1 occurs most often on or near the mouth and appears as a chancre or cold sore. The second type, ...

Talking to Your Teens About Sex
... Sexuality is an important part of being human. It involves more than the physical act of intercourse with another person. It affects how we feel about ourselves as males and females, and even affects ...

Condom True or False Test
... 1. Only latex condoms are recommended for the prevention of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). True or False... 2. Oil-based lubricants like baby oil and Vaseline are saf...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An Overview
... What is an "STD"? An "STD" is a sexually transmitted disease. STDs are spread by having sex with someone who has an STD. You can get a sexually transmitted disease from sexual acti...

Syphilis
... WHAT IS SYPHILIS? Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), once responsible for devastating epidemics. It is caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum. The rate of primary and seconda...

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
... Aside from AIDS, the most common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among women is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), an infection of the upper genital tract. PID can aff...

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
... Pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, is an infection of a woman's pelvic organs (uterus, , and ovaries). PID can affect the fallopian tubes (the tubes that carry eggs from the ovary to the uterus,...

What I need to know about Hepatitis B
... You can also get information about hepatitis B from these groups: American Liver Foundation (ALF) 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603 New York, NY 10038-4810 Phone: 1-800-GO-LIVER (465-4837), 1-888-4HEP-USA (44...

Genital Herpes
... Genital herpes is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus or HSV. There are two types of HSV, and both can cause genital herpes. HSV type 1 most commonly infects the lips, causing sores known ...

Gonorrhea
... Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, mouth, and rectum of both men and women. In wo...

Gonorrhea
... Gonorrhea is a very common sexually transmitted disease (STD). This means that it is a disease that you get by having sex with someone who already has gonorrhea. The disease is caused by the gonococcu...

Chlamydia
... Chlamydia (“kla-MID-ee-uh”) is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI), which is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get genital chlamydial infection during ora...

Chlamydia
... Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by (Chlamydia trachomatis). An estimated 3 million Americans get chlamydia each year. Three of every four reported cases occur in young ...

Vaginitis Due to Vaginal Infections
... Vaginitis is an inflammation of the vagina characterized by discharge, odor, irritation, and/or itching. The cause of vaginitis may not always be determined adequately solely on the basis of symptoms ...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
... STDs, once called venereal diseases, are among the most common diseases in the United States. STDs are diseases that you get by having sexual contact (vaginal, oral, or anal) with someone who already ...

Human Papillomavirus and Genital Warts
... Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. More than 100 different types of HPV exist, most of which are harmless. About 30 types...

HIV Infection in Women
... The number of women with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) has been increasing steadily worldwide. By the end of 2003, according to the World H...

On the Teen Scene: Preventing STDs
... by Judith Levine Willis You don't have to be a genius to figure out that the only sure way to avoid getting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is to not have sex. But in today's age of AIDS,...

Syphilis
... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by . You can get syphilis by having sex with someone who already has syphilis. Syphilis can infect the mouth, genital area, or rectum. It also m...

Chlamydia''s Quick Cure
... by Tamar Nordenberg Anna Lange (not her real name) had no symptoms when she went to a Wake County, N.C., sexually transmitted diseases clinic earlier this year to pick up her birth control pills. But ...

Genital Herpes
... Genital herpes is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of HSV, and both can cause the symptoms of genital herpes. HSV type 1 most commonly causes sores on the lip...

Hepatitis
... Hepatitis is a liver disease. It makes your liver, an important organ in your body, swell up (or become inflamed) and stop working well. A healthy liver helps your body fight infections, stops bleedin...

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND GENITAL WARTS
... HPVs make up a group of more than 100 types of viruses. Most HPVs do no harm to a person. They are called papillomaviruses because they tend to cause warts, or papillomas. Warts are (noncancerous) gro...