Five venereal diseases that you may have without knowing or noticing it

Venereal or sexually transmitted diseases load with a whole black legend behind them, which is reflected in our literary tradition and even in our daily speech.The novelists have described the Macilenta figure of the 'Sipilitic' to point to someone corroded by the flesh of the meat, and in Colombia 'gonorrhea' it is one of worst epithets that can dedicate us.

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However, the bulk of these infections stands out for having much less stigmatizing symptoms than is believed, or directly by the absence of them in the short term.This makes them more dangerous, because the infected person can also infect new sexual partners without being aware of it.Keep in mind that in the long term they usually have serious consequences, such as infertility or liver, renal, etc..

Therefore, if we have recently had sex outside a stable couple and without taking due precautions, it is not necessary to analyze any discomfort that we feel in the oral zone, in the anal or in the Urogenital.If we detect any abnormality, we do not hesitate to go to the dermatologist.Most of these infections have very simple remedies when they take time.

Here are five of these diseases that are often asymptomatic.Although they are among the most frequent, they are not the only ones, since the cast of possible infections is very broad, so that the best method for avoiding them is prophylaxis, periodic controls and relationships in guaranteed health circles.

1.Chancroid or soft chancre

It is a bacterial infection of the skin that can cause sores in contact areas in a sexual relationship between two people, be it the vagina, the penis, the anus, the throat, the lips or the tongue.Therefore, a simple kiss can transmit it, as well as all kinds of friction and penetrations, and we may be able to confuse a chancro with a sore caused by a stomach infection, a herpes or the touch of clothes, since it can take timeappear up to five days.

The bactería that causes the chancroid is called haemophilus ducreyi, and once in our skin it attacks the different tissues, penetrating until producing an open ulcer.On the other hand, sores can begin to bleed or produce contagious liquid during the following sexual relationship, whether oral, anal or vaginal, which is transmitted to the next host.Even skin skin with skin can transmit it, although it is less common.

We can suspect that we have a chancroid if after having sex we detect the sores - which can have between 3 millimeters and 5 centimeters - in the sensitive areas and we also feel pain when urinating or defecating, we bleed or notice that we have inflamed the ganglia.The cure is based on antibiotics.

two.Clamidia

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Chlamydia is a bacterial infection caused especially by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria, although there are other species of the same genus that can less commonly cause similar infections.It has two great inconveniences, the first of which is that it is often asymptomatic, that is, it does not have perceptible symptoms at first sight, but instead it can have long -term consequences.

The second inconvenience is that it can be transmitted both orally, as vaginal, anal and of course via the penis, but it can also be extended within the body itself.For example, when we rub our eyes after touching infected genitals, or, in the case of women, when the infected vagina unduly washed, the bacteria can pass the anus.

His problem in men is that they can extend it to other sexual classmates, and in women that can cause problems if not treated in time, such as chronic pelvic inflammation, ectopic pregnancy and could even cause sterility.In case of pregnancy, the baby could pass the bacteria.And in both sexes, in the case of an eye infection, chlamydia could cause blindness if it is not properly treated.

It is estimated that 70-95% of women and 50% of men infected withClamidia do not perceive their symptoms, which can sometimes be very slight and almost imperceptible.When they are noticeable, they consist of painful urination, abundant bleeding in the period, pain in sexual intercourse, etc..It is easily cured with antibiotics.

3.Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is another infectious disease transmitted by the Neisseria gonorrheneisseria gonorrhee bacteria, which can infect both sexual organs and mouth or eyes, if extended by manual contact.It contracts by vaginal or anal penetration, oral sex or the sharing of infected sex toys, but its infection is very rare through kisses.

As for its incubation period it is one to fourteen days, but in many cases its symptoms are barely noticeable or directly shows them.Now, although its short -term treatment is very simple and effective, based on antibiotics, if it is not detected and cure in time it can be extended by the bloodstream, generalizing the infection.

In women, thus, it can be the cause of ectopic pregnancies, chronic pelvis inflammations or sterility by obstruction of the fallopian tubes.In men it can cause testicular inflammations that end in infertility.When they occur, in men the symptoms are whitish mucous secretions via the urethra, as well as testicular inflammations and pains when urinating.In women, much more asymptomatic, there are discomfort when urinating and abdominal pains can occur.

4.Human papilloma virus

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a viral infection that can be contracted both by contact between skins and unrelated sexual relations.Its main characteristic is the creation of small warts in the penis or vagina that generally end up disappearing without the bearer ever receiving its presence.

Now, although in men they have no more or consequences, in women they run the risk - between 5 and 10% of cases - to give rise to cancerous developments of the cervical of uterus, so it is a disease thatmust be severely controlled.The symptoms, apart from the wart.

There is currently no clearly effective treatment for HPV, although in the vast majority of cases the virus itself ends up self -eliminating.In the event that precancerous lesions are produced, the most appropriate treatment is the elimination of the areas affected by surgery, a very effective system as long as they are detected early in periodic controls.

5.Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a type of virus infection that especially affects the liver, although it can also attack the lymphatic system, and which is transmitted through sexual relations in which it intervenes, blood, semen or any other fluid, including saliva.It takes one to six months to show symptoms, and when it does, most of the time - 80% of cases - are very slight and the disease is heals alone.

Only in 0.1% of cases may show acute hepatitis that ends in the death of the person, but in the remaining two0% the disease is chronic.In this group 10% can only be cured over time, but the remaining 90% ends up suffering, over the years, liver cirrhosis if it is not properly treated, a disease that ends in the patient's death.

However, there are various treatments today against chronic hepatitis B.Some are quite expensive and others involve interferon treatment, a technique with numerous physical side effects, although temporary.Therefore, hepatitis B is the most serious venereal disease of the four described here.

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