Venereal Diseases (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

Venereal diseases are infections transmitted through sexual intercourse or close body contact. Increasing sexual freedom, having first sexual intercourse at an early age, and multiple sexual partners increase the incidence of venereal diseases. Lack of knowledge on this subject, lack of education, or failure to seek help due to reasons such as embarrassment or judgment also facilitate the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Everyone has the right to take the right steps in sexual life during adolescence. This is only possible with accurate and reliable information.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can be transmitted through vaginal, anal, oral sex or close contact of genital areas. Condom use prevents the contagiousness of some venereal diseases, and reduces some significantly. Unfortunately, some venereal diseases are contagious due to skin contact in areas not protected by condoms. Shared syringe use among drug users is another way of transmission. It can also be transmitted from mother to baby.

Contrary to popular belief, STD is quite common. It is most common in the world in the USA, and studies have shown that 2/3 of venereal diseases are seen in young people under the age of 25. It has been reported that one quarter of sexually active young people in the USA are infected with STD before they reach the age of 21.

Anyone can be infected with STD. Often you cannot tell whether a person has venereal disease. Sometimes the person who transmits it is not aware of it. You can get STDs even from a single sexual intercourse. Unfortunately, gender, age, socioeconomic status, being clean and meticulous, or the type of sexual intercourse do not change the risk of STD transmission. For STD risk, it is not important who you are, but how knowledgeable you are about it and how you behave.

There are more than twenty STDs. The most common are genital warts (HPV), genital herpes (HSV), molluscum contagiosum, syphilis, scabies, pubic lice, chlamydia, gonorrhea and other urethritis infections, hepatitis B and C, and HIV/AIDS.

How can you tell if you have an STD?

If you have an STDbut this An expert physician can understand it. You can get help from a specialist in "Skin and Venereal Diseases" as a specialty. Sometimes, you can get help from a gynecologist or urologist depending on your gender, especially since it can be confused with other diseases. If you or your spouse/partner have any of the following, you shouldconsult a specialist.

• When there is discharge from the vagina or penis p>

• If there is redness, scabbing or swelling in the genital area

• Noticeable itching or pain in the genital area /pain

• If the urine color is cloudy, its smell is different, or if there is pain/pain when urinating

• If you have water-filled blisters or sores in the genital area, around the anus, inside the mouth or in the throat

If you experience any of the above, especially pain/discomfort in the lower abdomen or fever, lymphoma, If it is accompanied by swelling of the glands and a general feeling of illness, you should consult a specialist physician immediately.

In some people, especially women, these infections may not cause any symptoms, but they remain contagious , so annual STD check-up and necessary tests should be performed.
If you think you have STD, you don't need to be ashamed, afraid or feel guilty. Venereal diseases are very common infections and do not get better on their own. Therefore, start by making an appointment with your physician. You can only find out if you have STD and if so, which one it is, only through examination and necessary tests, and receive appropriate treatment. No one except you and your doctor can tell whether you have a venereal infection or not. Unfortunately, you cannot know whether others have STDs or not. For this reason, you cannot say that sexual intercourse with anyone is “completely safe”.

STD is even more important for pregnant women. A test must be done at the beginning of pregnancy. Because in case of STD, miscarriage or premature birth may occur and the disease can be transmitted to the baby.

Understanding STD. important points to prevent STD transmission.

• 100% prevention of the risk of STD transmission is only possible by not having any genital, anal or oral sex or by being with a single partner who has not encountered STD throughout his life.
  STDs can be transmitted even if you are a virgin. Oral sex or contact with the skin of the genital area is sufficient for transmission.

• By using a condom, you can be protected from STDs, especially those transmitted by vaginal fluid, semen or blood, infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and hepatitis that cause urethritis. B and C and HIV/AIDS are the most common. However, this is possible with the proper use of latex condoms. Unfortunately, protection is not enough. If you learn the symptoms specific to these diseases and notice symptoms of these in the other person before sexual intercourse, you can first get help from a specialist physician for examination and necessary tests.

• How much? The more you have sexual intercourse with many people, the greater your risk of STD transmission.

• Even if you have sexual intercourse with only one person,if the other party has sexual intercourse with others There is a risk of transmitting STDs to you.

• It is possible to get more than one STD with one sexual intercourse, and some of them also increase the risk of transmitting other STDs. p>

• Even if you have been treated before, it is possible to get the same STD again. If both sexual partners are not treated simultaneously, the disease will constantly be transmitted from one person to another.

• Untreated STD can lead to serious health problems and infertility, somehealth problems may occur years later. It may even occur.

• A person has a venereal infection but may not have signs and symptoms of the disease and continues to be contagious.

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• STD signs and symptoms can also be seen outside the genital and anal area. There may be STD findings inside the mouth, on the whole body skin or only in the blood, and it can be detected in any type of ci. Contagion continues through sexual intercourse.

• If you suspect that you or your sexual partner has STD, you should immediately be examined by a specialist physician, have the necessary tests done and get the appropriate treatment. Only in this way is it possible to protect your own health and prevent the risk of infecting others.

What can you do to reduce the risk of transmitting STDs to yourself?

If you are sexually active. You have a risk of contracting STD, but it is very easy to reduce this risk.

• Reduce the number of sexual partners.

• Remember that alcohol and drug use makes it easier for you to have sexual intercourse and makes it harder for you to protect yourself.

• Be informed about the symptoms of STD. When in doubt, consult your doctor or have the necessary examinations done at regular intervals.

• You can ask the person you want to have sexual intercourse with whether he/she has an STD or get tested. You may want to.

• Use a latex condom before and during sexual intercourse. Using spermicide-containing foams, gels or creams together with condoms will reduce the risk of STD transmission. However, keep in mind that the protection of lubricating gels or condoms that are not used properly and on time will decrease. Also keep in mind that condoms are unfortunately not perfect at preventing STD transmission. Some STDs can still be transmitted by contact with areas not protected by a condom.

• Birth control pills protect against pregnancy, not STDs.

• It is possible to protect against some STDs with vaccination. There are vaccines against Hepatitis B and HPV in our country. If you do not have protective antibodies against Hepatitis B, get vaccinated. It is possible to prevent 80-90% of genital warts with vaccination. The ideal age for HPV vaccination is 11-14 years for girls and boys, but it is recommended for women up to 26 years of age and men up to 21 years of age, even if they have had sexual intercourse and even if warts are seen. In men, if the choice of sexual partner is male or the immune status is suppressed In case of illness, this period is extended until the age of 26. Although these are the recommended age limits, there may be individual differences, you can get more detailed information on this subject from specialist physicians.

• If you suspect that you or your sexual partner has an STD, be sure to talk about it and get treatment together. It may be difficult to talk about this issue, but being open and honest at the beginning will prevent future problems.

• Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation about STDs. There is a high probability that you may obtain misinformation regarding this issue from your relatives, people you consider more experienced than you, or from the internet. Please remember that it is very important that youget sufficient and accurate information on this subject from reliable sources.

 

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