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What is it?
Gonorrhoea
A common sexually transmitted
infection. Recent trends show that
more and more people are
becoming infected.
If left untreated it can be painful
and can cause serious health
problems such as infertility in both
men and women.
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) can damage the body’s
defence system so that it cannot
fight off some infections.
There is currently no cure or
vaccine to prevent people becoming
infected with HIV.
Bacteria which are easily passed
from one person to another through
sexual contact.
It can be passed on without
knowing.
Chlamydia
Syphilis
One of the most common sexually
transmitted infections.
If untreated it can become painful
and cause serious health problems
such as infertility.
It has been relatively rare in the UK
for several decades, but recent
trends show that more people are
becoming infected.
If left untreated it can cause very
serious health problems in both men
and women.
Bacteria which are easily passed
from one person to another through
sexual contact.
It can be passed on without
knowing.
Bacteria which are easily passed
from one person to another through
sexual contact.
It can be passed on without
knowing.
From one person to another during
sex.
Passed from one person to another
if the blood, semen, preejaculation, vaginal fluids or breast
milk of an infected person enters
the body of an uninfected person.
From one person to another during
sex.
From one person to another during
sex.
By skin-to-skin contact with
someone who has syphilis sores or
rashes.
Use condoms for vaginal, anal and
oral sex.
Use a male or female condom.
Always use condoms for anal sex.
Use condoms for oral sex.
Use condoms for vaginal, anal and
oral sex.
Use condoms for vaginal, anal and
oral sex.
Symptoms
Gonorrhoea
Women:
• Unusual vaginal
discharge
• Pain when passing
urine
• Lower abdominal pain
or tenderness
Men:
• Unusual discharge from
the tip of the penis
• Pain when passing
urine
• Pain or tenderness in
the testicles
HIV
Some people experience flu-like
symptoms a few days or weeks after
infection.
Symptoms may also include fever, a
rash, swollen glands, a sore throat,
mouth or throat ulcers aching
joints.
At least half of newly infected
people are thought to experience
some of these symptoms, but many
people infected have no symptoms
at all or mistake them for other
illnesses.
Chlamydia
Women:
• Unusual vaginal
discharge
• Pain when passing
urine
• Lower abdominal pain
or tenderness
• Bleeding between
periods
• Bleeding after sex
• Pain and/or bleeding
when you have sex
Men:
• Unusual discharge from
the tip of the penis
• Pain when passing
urine
• Painful swelling of the
testicles
Syphilis
First stage:
One or more sores will appear
where the bacteria entered the
body. The sores may take 2-6 weeks
to heal.
Second stage:
A painless rash
Flat, wart-looking growths around
the vulva in women and around the
anus in both men and women
A flu-like illness, tiredness and loss
of appetite, with swollen glands
White patches on the tongue or roof
of the mouth
Patchy hair loss
This stage is very infectious and
may last several weeks or months.
Third stage:
When the infection remains
untreated, it is called latent
syphilis. During this stage, the
person infected may have no
further symptoms. However, after
many years, untreated syphilis may
start to cause very serious damage
to the heart, brain, eyes, other
internal organs, bones and nervous
system. It could even be fatal.
Treatment
Further Info
Gonorrhoea
HIV
Chlamydia
Syphilis
Early treatment of gonorrhoea is
simple and usually involves having a
single dose of antibiotics.
Treatment is usually very effective,
however some infections are
resistant, particularly those caught
abroad.
At present, there is no cure for HIV,
but there are drugs available to
prevent or treat many of the
illnesses that people with HIV are
prone to.
Early treatment of Chlamydia is
simple and involves taking a course
of antibiotic tablets.
Treatment of first and second stage
syphilis is simple and involves
having a single antibiotic injection
or a course of injections or taking
antibiotic tablets or capsules.
Treatment at any time during the
first two stages of syphilis should
cure the infection. By the third
stage, syphilis is usually still
treatable, but damage already done
to your body can be permanent.
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