Herpes Simplex Virus

Genital herpes, exemplified by intermittent ulcers in the genital region, will infect somewhere around 200,000 and 500,000 Americans this year. An expected thirty million Americans convey this infection — around 10 percent of our population, and around one in every five men and women between the ages of fifteen and forty. Genital herpes simplex, typically […]

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Syphilis: The Great Pox

Once referred to as the “great pox” or the “French disease,” syphilis has been a distinguished medical infliction for hundreds if not thousands of years. It was epidemic in Europe in the fifteenth century. In the spirit of always pointing to some other group, the journeys of Columbus are sometimes condemned for bringing this disease […]

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Gonorrhea: A Woman’s Disease

Gonorrhea has been lurking for thousands of years. Dr. Rudolph Kampmeier, an expert in infectious diseases, noticed that among the ancient Greeks, gonorrhea was perceived as the “woman’s disease” that led to “running of the penis.” Throughout history, gonorrhea turned into a marker for STDs, including syphilis, in light of its obvious impact on the […]

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STD and the Women’s Anatomy

Sexually transmitted diseases are distinctive as women’s diseases, and women face extraordinary vulnerability in transmission. Women are infected far more readily than men. Men are presented to the organisms that cause the ailment, but women are infused with them. Likewise, though men’s genitalia are exposed to the elements—such as chilly temperatures and cleanser and water—making […]

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The STD Epidemic

What used to be referred as a venereal disease are currently called sexually transmitted infections, an umbrella word for a group of illnesses of diverse severity and causes that are transmitted sexually. These conditions incorporate chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes simplex, HPV, AIDS, hepatitis B, and maybe forty more illnesses that are transmitted from one individual […]

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