These are diseases which are passed from one person to another person through sexual contact.
They are also called sexual transmitted diseases (STDs)
| STI |
Cause and transmission |
signs and symptoms |
| Syphilis |
- caused by bacteria.
- transmitted through:
- Sexual intercourse.
- Infected mother to child at birth.
- Deep mouth kissing.
- Sharing of person items.
|
- Painless sore (chancre) on genitals.
- Chancre is irregularin shape.
- Sores in the mouth, lips, anus, fingers.
- Painful rash all over the body after several weeks.
- Hard lumps on the skin.
- Loss of hair.
- Cause paralysis and heart disease.
- Madness and death if not treated.
|
| Gonorrhea |
- Caused by bacteria.
- Transmitted through:
- Sexual intercourse.
- Infected mother to child at birth.
- Contact with an infected person's fluids or genitals.
|
- Pain when passing out urine.
- Yellowish or greenish discharge from penis.
- Pain in the lower abdomen in females
- Swelling of testicles.
- Knees and other body joints swell
- Infertility if not treated.
|
| Chancroid |
- Caused by bacteria.
- Transmitted through;
|
- Painful regular sore with a red border(bubo)
- Painful and swollen lymph glands.
- Sore on hand sand thighs.
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NB: Genital herpes and HIV/AIDS are other STIs caused by virus.
