The Great Imitator

                          Syphilis isn’t a very noticeable STI. It is known as the great imitator because it makes you think that it’s another STI. Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema Pallidum. There are many symptoms of syphilis in its three stages. The primary stage usually begins with a small, painless sore called a chancre. It heals on its own and most people ignore it. But that’s why it’s called the great imitator. This is when the bacteria moves into the secondary stage.

The secondary stage is when syphilis is not treated in the primary stage. It is marked by skin rash and lesions around the affected area. Reddish-brown spots on the palms and feet are common. Sometimes the rashes are not very noticeable. Without treatment, the bacteria will move into the latent stage.

The latent stage is the most deadly. Why you ask? Because there are almost no symptoms until you are about to die. Syphilis can destroy your internal organs, cause dementia and paralysis, and gradual blindness. This damage is enough to kill you.

The incubation period is from 10-90 days before the first symptoms appear. It takes anywhere from 10-20 years for the effects of the latent stage to set in. You really don’t want to have a child while diagnosed with syphilis either. There is an extremely high risk of your baby being a stillborn. And for all you idiots out there, it means your baby is born dead!

Treatment and prevention are simple. A shot of some old school penicillin will do. But if you’re allergic to it, there are antibiotics out now that are prescribed. The only two ways to prevent syphilis by sexual contact is to use condoms, or be abstinent. Not a lot of choices.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/STDFact-Syphilis.htm

Gonnnnnoorrrrrheeeeaaaa

Monday, December 19, 2011

                                                                     Gonorrhea

Cause: it is a bacterial disease Symptoms of gonorrhea are pain and burning while urinating, discharge, swelled testicles, Symptoms in women include. Painful intercourse, discharge, fever. Noticed up to 2-5 days after transferred. But it can be a month before it is noticed in a man. If you leave gonorrhea untreated it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, in men ducts attached to the testicles can cause infertility if untreated. Can be passed to child from mother in birth and can cause the baby to be blindness, joint infection, or blood infection. Gonorrhea can be fully treated with antibiotics, but it is becoming harder to treat so dual therapy is recommended. Sexual abstinence is the biggest way to prevent gonorrhea and getting your partner checked. Condoms greatly reduce the risk of getting this disease.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004526/

http://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/stdfact-gonorrhea.htm

                        - Austin Trautner

Purple Polka Dot Virus (HIV)

                                                                                           (ewww)

HIV is a STI gross!  HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is caused by the transmission of blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS.   HIV is a virus that affects the body’s immune system. It destroys the white blood cells and actually makes the white blood cells imitate the bad cells.

          Most people who become infected with HIV don’t know it because they don’t feel sick. HIV is one STI that is asymptomatic which means you don’t show symptoms. Symptoms of HIV could be lack of energy, weight loss, frequent fevers and sweats, frequent yeast infections, skin rashes or flaky skin, short term memory loss, and mouth genital or anal sores from herpes. Some people don’t even know they are infected for six months. That is the incubation time. Also if you become infected and you get tested and the test comes up negative you should get tested again in six months just to be sure.

          People with HIV are prone to get various diseases because of the lack of antibodies in the body. If HIV is left untreated the infected person could develop cancers, Such as cervical cancer and lymphomas. Lymphoma causes the purple, round spots on the skin or mouth.

          There are a lot of different medicines that have to be taken to live with HIV. Most of them are antiviral medicines but some of them are inhibitors. They consume various combinations of pills which have to be taken at the same time every day.

          Nobody wants to live with HIV. The only 100% sure way to prevent this from happening is abstinence. Also if you insist on having sex anyway you can use condoms. They also help with preventing sexually transmitted infections. Just DONT HAVE SEX!!!

                                                     ( dont even know what this body part is)   

http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/

http://www.epzicom.com/hiv/hiv-facts.html?bing=b_&rotation=1211&banner=5295&kw=365

http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/default.htm

   

                                                                                                      -By Paris Terry

groddy bumpy HPV

                  H.P.V (Human Papillomavirus)

     It is caused and spread by skin to skin contact. There are about 40 types of genital HPV. Some types can cause cervical cancer in women and can also cause other kinds of cancer in both men and women. Other types can cause genital warts in both men and women. The HPV vaccine works by preventing the most common types of HPV that cause cervical cancer and genital warts. It is given in three different shots.

          Most HPV infections have no symptoms and are hard to identify. Warts are caused by low-risk strains of the virus and can be flesh-colored and hidden inside the cervix, vagina or anus. They can be small or large, alone or in clusters, flat or round. They can spread along the groin or thigh or be found in the mouth. High- risk cancer-causing strains of HPV cause no symptoms and are detected by an abnormal Pap test or the HPV test.

          HPV infection is a direct cause of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer was once one of the most common causes of cancer death for American women, but is now one of the most preventable, with fatality rates dropping because of early detection and treatment.

If you are pregnant and have HPV then it is most likely to be passed down to the baby at birth if you give birth through the birth canal. If u do a c section then your baby has a really good chance that it won’t get it, but there are some cases when a baby gets HPV from their mother at birth even through a c section.

          HPV is not curable but you can take a shot to prevent it.

                                                      GOOGLE.COM
BY: DANI KUTTLER

LGV aka "The Skinning Disease"

So I was sitting is Personal Wellness today and suddenly became extremely paranoid. Holy crap! What happens if I have an STD? I actually decided to become more edumacated and research an STD. I did learn about one particularly nasty STD called LGV.

This particularly nasty STD is transmitted bacterially. Which means you can get it by direct contact with any place that has the bacteria, such as lesions and/or ulcers. So if you choose to be sexually active, use a condom. It is the #1 protector from STD’s besides abstinence. The symptoms of LGV can be mistaken for a rectal infection. The symptoms of LGV are rectal ulcers, bleeding, and discharge. LGV’s symptoms can commonly be mistaken for syphilis and herpes. A very scary thought is that it might take up to 30 days for LGV to show. Once it does show, or even if it doesn’t, you should probably go get checked up at a health clinic. If LGV doesn’t get treated it can cause severe cases of hepatitis, arthritis, pneumonitis, perihepititis and possibly death. Lucky for pregnant woman, the baby will not be affected by the STD because doctors have developed a medicine called Azithromycin to treat it without damaging the fetus. If you are not pregnant, you can take an antibiotic called Doxycycline twice a day for 21 days.

Here's some "great" pictures.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/lgv/STDFact-LGV.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphogranuloma_venereum

Barry Chang

LGV On The Job

The hard working LGV is caused from three strands of the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get LGV from person to person through direct contact with lesions, ulcers, or any other area where bacteria is located. Movement of the organisms happens during sexual penetration or skin to skin contact. This dangerous STD can be very hard to diagnose. But, the first sign is typically a small genital or rectal lesion with an incubation of about 3-30 days.  Other signs include, tender lymph nodes in groin area or rectal bleeding and drainage from the rectum. During incubation, 3-30 days, you then realize if you have it or not. The symptoms will start to develop. If you don’t realize that you have LGV or you decide not to take care of it, it can lead to lymph nodes swelling in groin area and rapture causing permanent scarring. Also you can have pain around anus, drainage in rectum, and rectal bleeding that can lead to rectal scarring. Although very risky, LGV has no vaccine to prevent it but it does have an antibiotic. All doctors recommend that you take doxycycline, twice a day for 21 days. If you are unable to take doxycycline you can take erythromycin base or azithromycin. If you are pregnant you should avoid taking doxycycline. Now that you see all of the stuff that this small vicious STD can do to you, you can still avoid it. First off, you can be sexually abstinent. Also, you can use a female or male condom, limit the number of sex partners, or carefully wash genitals after sex.

Mariah Mahaffey

Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV). (2006). Retrieved 12 19, 2011, from Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology: http://www.operationalmedicine.org

Image Collection: STDs. (2011). Retrieved 12 19, 2011, from emedicinehealth: http://www.emedicinehealth.com

Illinois Department of Public Health. (2008, January). Health Beat. Retrieved 12 16, 2011, from Illinois Department of Public Health: http://idph.state.il.us

Perine, P. S. (1999). LGV CDC Fact Sheet. Retrieved 12 16, 2011, from CDC: http://cdc.gov

Creepin' Chlamydia

Chlamydia- a disease caused by bacteria, and most of the time it is sexually transmitted.

Cause: Can get it during vaginal, anal or oral sex; also if passed down from mother to child.
The only 100 percent way to prevent getting Chlamydia is abstinence. But if you do choose to be sexually active, make sure your partner gets tested and using condoms can reduce your risk of getting Chlamydia.

Symptoms: Chlamydia is known as a silent disease, so it can take up from 1 to 3 weeks for any symptoms to show. Some of the symptoms for women are: Burning sensation, discharge, fever, pain, and etc.  Some of the symptoms for men are: Discharge from penis, burning sensation, itching, and etc.
If left untreated, it can lead to some serious health problems. Untreated Chlamydia can spread and cause PID (Pelvic inflammatory disease) and can also increase your chances of getting HIV.

Pregnancy: Chlamydia is the leading cause of pink eye in newborns; it can also cause infertility and premature delivery.

Treatment: Chlamydia is curable; it can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics. And make sure you get re-tested every three months.

- Cindy Yeh

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). (2011, august 17). Retrieved december 19, 2011, from Centers for disease control and prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm

A.D.A.M., Inc. (2011). Chlamydia. Retrieved December 19, 2011, from PubMed Health: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002321/

File:SOA-Chlamydia-trachomatis-female.jpg. (n.d.). Retrieved December 19, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SOA-Chlamydia-trachomatis-female.jpg

 

Nether-Region Warts

HPV (Human Papillomavirus) is one of the most common STI’s.  It is caused by a virus and is transmitted through vaginal or anal sex. HPV can also be passed through oral or genital contact. HPV can happen to anyone, straight or bisexual. The symptoms of HPV include warts on the genital region, and can sometimes lead to cancer. The warts themselves won’t lead to cancer however large they grow in size and number.

            Left untreated the warts may go away, increase in number, or just stay the same.  Genital warts can take weeks or months to show up. This meaning that a sex partner could have HPV and unknowingly give it to you through unprotected sex. Having multiple sex partners can increase your chance of catching and or passing HPV to any one of them.

             Having HPV while delivering can have an effect on the baby. It is very rare, but HPV can be passed from the mother to her child through vaginal birth.  In this case, the baby would develop RRP (Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis) in which warts would grow in the throat. If children get HPV it is referred to as Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (JORRP).

            HPV is not curable; however, doctors have made medicines to treat the symptoms. Cryotherapy is simply freezing the warts. Conization, known as cone biopsy, removes the warts. And lastly LEEP, this is a painless electrical current used to remove warts.

            Prevention is the key to staying HPV free. There are two vaccines at the moment: Cervarix, and Gardasil. Gardasil treats both males and females and protects against most genital warts; and anal, vaginal, and vulvar cancers. And the best prevention is abstinence!

By: Erica Mast

Works Cited

Human Papillomavirus (HPV). 28 October 2011. 19 December 2011 <http://www.cdc.gov/hpv/vaccine.html>.

Is There a Cure for HPV (Human Papillomavirus). 8 February 2009. 19 December 2011 <http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/hpv-treatment-is-there-hpv-cure?page=2>.

Crazy Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection. This infection is caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get this by having sex with someone that had the bacteria. If you have more than one sex partner than the chances of you getting chlamydia is a lot higher. One and four men that have chlamydia don’t have any symptoms at all and thirty percent of women with chlamydia don’t have any symptoms at all. There are few symptoms for male and female. Males will have a burning sensation while urination, discharge from the penis or rectum, testicular tenderness or pain, or rectal discharge. In females they may experience a burning sensation while urinating, very painful to have sex, rectal pain or discharge, or vaginal discharge. Symptoms may take up to one to three weeks.

                If this disease is not treated it can result in pelvic inflammatory disease only in females. If not treated then the females fallopian tubes can become infected with no signs. Chlamydia can also increase the chances of becoming infected with HIV. If you are pregnant and have chlamydia it can cause a premature delivery which means the baby comes out dead.

                The treatment for chlamydia is fairly easy. It can be treated and cured by antibiotics which are a dose of azithromycin or a week of doxycycline twice a day. You need to not have sex while you have chlamydia. If the full amount antibiotics prescribed are not completely taken, then the infection will not be cured. The best way to prevent from get chlamydia is to have sexual abstinence. This is when you don’t have sex at all. If you are going to have sex do not switch partners all of the time.

Sources

http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002321/

http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/STDfact-chlamyidia.htm

                   By:Zac Gaw              

Herp-de-Derp Herpes!



Herpes.  It sucks.

 It’s caused by either the herpes simplex virus type 1 or type 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2), but usually from type 2. Usually, people don’t even notice signs of it – they don’t know it, and they got disease.  :O If the symptoms do appear, they’re usually blisters on the genitals or rectum, that’ll take a few weeks to show up.  And those little blisters burst, leaving behind tender sores called ulcers, which sucks, and those sores don’t go away for weeks. Then in a few weeks or months, that process will be repeated, but lucky for the affected person, it won’t suck quite as much the second time! :D

Although incurable, people can still get treatment for this. Treatment consists of just taking medication daily, which prevents outbreaks, and shortens them if they do occur.  If a person goes without treatment, though, the infection will spread to other parts of the body, outbreaks will become more frequent and severe. And if you’re pregnant?  You’re risking the baby’s health. The effects of HSV on fetus’ include developmental effects, pre-term labor, risk of miscarriage, and possible death of the newborn baby.

But don’t worry – YOU can prevent this terrible disease, in one of 3 ways:  talking to your partner before sex about whether they carry the disease, using a condom, or just plain, simple abstinence, the single greatest discovery known to man-and-womankind.

And just so you know, herpes looks like this:



Center for Disease Control and Prevention, . "Genital Herpes - CDC Fact Sheet." Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs). (2010): n. page. Web. 19 Dec. 2011. <http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/STDFact-herpes.htm>.

Jacob Garver

Hidious HPV

HPV

                H.P.V. or the Human Papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. 90% of people infected with HPV do not show symptoms and the body’s immune system can get rid of the virus in about 2 years but the other 10% may experience genital warts and in rare cases warts may be found in the throat. If HPV goes untreated it can lead to vulvar cancer, vaginal cancer, penile cancer, and anal cancer. To treat HPV you can wait for the warts to go away or get them treated by your health care provider. Also you can get vaccines to help prevent HPV.  Also you can protect yourself by remaining abstinent. If you choose not to be abstinent you can use a condom to protect you and your partner.

Causim Entwistle
http://www.cdc.gov/

SO SLY SYPHILIS by:Joshua Wallace

So sly syphilis by:JOSHUA WALLACE

Syphilis is a STD (sexually transmitted disease) it’s caused by bacteria known as Treponema pallidum. You don’t notice signs from 10-90 days. The nick name came up for this is "the great imitator" because it has so many signs and symptoms that other diseases have. You can get syphilis by coming in direct contact with the sore. The sores usually show up on the external genitals, vagina, anus, rectum and may also show on lips and inside of a mouth. This easily gets passed on when having oral, vaginal, or anal sex. It may not be spread through with contact of toilet seats, doorknobs, swimming pools, hot tubs, bathtubs, shared clothing, or even eating utensils. Many people who get syphilis don’t get symptoms for several years. It comes in 3 stages. 1^st stage starts out with a sore known as “chancre” which is small, round, and painless. It last up to 6weeks and heals w/o treatment. In the 2nd stage rashes and mucous membrane lesions would start to appear and happen. The rashes do not itch but may appear as rough, red, or reddish brown in spots on both palms and the bottom of the feet. Other symptoms could come in this stage such as a fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches, and fatigue but will resolve without treatment. Then comes the last stage to the so sly syphilis. In this stage all signs and symptoms would have went away. So now you’re thinking everything is ok with you, your fine, right? No you’re not! Once you’ve made it hear your insides starts to deteriorate. Causing damage within internal organs such as: the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints. You will know you’re in the last stage when you start to find it difficult to coordinate the movement of muscles, numbness, gradual blindness, and dementia. This could conclude in DEATH. If a woman is pregnant and decides to have the baby, it could result in having a STILLBIRTH, that’s when the fetus is born DEAD, or the baby will be born alive but die shortly after birth. If the baby lives it may not show signs or symptoms. Although if not treated straightaway, the fetus could cultivate severe difficulties within a few weeks. If the new born is untreated it will mentally delay, have seizures, or DIE. All of this could be dodged if a person gets treated before choosing to have sex. It’s easy to cure all you have to do is get a shot of intramuscular penicillin; an antibiotic will cure someone who has had the diseases for less than a year. Additional shots will have o be giving to someone who’s had it for over a year.

Find this information at: http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm

by JOSHUA WALLACE

Sickly Scabies

Scabies are caused by the human itch mite. It infests and lives in the upper layer of your skin. Scabies is usually caused by prolonged skin to skin contact. The most common symptoms of scabies are itching and rash. There also may be redness and skin irritation. Scabies likes warm folds of the skin and the rash may bear resemblance to a pimple. Also, tiny burrows are sometimes seen on the skin. Keep in mind that symptoms may take 2-6 weeks to appear. If left untreated, the rash may become so bad that you may scratch off skin leading to permanent skin damage. If a pregnant woman has been infected with scabies, she may pass it along to her baby, and this may cause infection of their head, face, and neck.

Caleb Balstad

SCOURCES

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/scabies/

               No over the counter treatments for scabies have been tested to treat scabies, therefore you need to get a prescription “scabicide” from your doctor. Scabicide lotion or cream should be applied to all parts of your body from your neck to your toes. In an order to prevent the scabies from spreading, it is important to wash all bedding and clothing you have come into contact with up to 3 days prior to the treatment. It is also recommended that all family members take part in the treatment of scabies. To avoid skin to skin contact in the first place, one could use a condom during sexual intercourse, or to avoid sexual contact with an infected individual until their treatment is over.

If You Have HIV, Listen up!

                                                                           HIV is short for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV can and probably will lead up to AIDS. You may not know you have HIV for up to 12 years. If you treat HIV early, you won’t cure it, but you will make your life longer. 33 million people in the U.S. are currently living with HIV or AIDS. You can get HIV from coming in contact with someone’s body fluids that has the cells, such as blood, vaginal secretions, breast milk and semen.  You can protect yourself from STD’s such as HIV and AIDs by practicing safe sex by wearing a condom. There are not very any medicines for HIV or AIDS. Some of the few are: Nucleoside/nucleotide, this is injected and is incorporated into the virus’ DNA to try and help reverse it.

http://www.amfar.org/abouthiv/article.aspx?id=3352

Skyler Leitterman

Sneaky Syphilis

Sneaky Syphilis

            People contract this bacterial STI through either:  anal, oral or vaginal sex.  Syphilis is a bacterial infection.  This means that it is curable through medical treatment; with that being said, it can go away, but not forever.  You can get syphilis once and you can get it again. 

            The symptoms of primary syphilis start off with a sore called a “chancre” sore, which appears on the genitals, mouth or rectal area.  This sore is described to be like a button: hard-ish and about ½ inch wide.  It’s not tender to the touch, either, nor does it hurt. Along with the chancre sores, swelling of the groin lymph nodes can be apparent. Signs of secondary syphilis start to come around days, maybe even weeks after the sores go away, and when the bacteria has spread throughout the entire body.  Most people say they get the feeling of being sick: Headaches, achiness, loss of appetite and a rash.  The rash is usually a reddish-brown color, widespread on the body, doesn’t itch and can last forma few weeks to a few months. Having flu like symptoms are common; thus the nickname of syphilis being “The Great Imitator”.  Symptoms of latent syphilis start to show up after the secondary stages disappear.  The symptoms of latent syphilis can last up to 50 years!  There are no true symptoms to the latent stage of syphilis, yet at the same time, an infected person may be contagious.  This can be determined through a blood test. Tertiary syphilis—the last stage—effects about 1/3 of untreated people. This is when organs and the body become severely affected.  Signs include: Fever, nausea, liver disease, bone pain, painful non-healing skin ulcers, anemia and heart disease.  The nervous system can also be heavily affected by deterioration, resulting in loss of mental function. 

            The incubation time—or time it takes to show any symptoms—of syphilis is anywhere from 10 to 90 days. 

            If you think you might have syphilis, tell someone!  Go to a doctor and get tested.  Syphilis is easy to treat if caught early.  If it goes untreated, it will carry on into the later stages, like secondary, and latent syphilis resulting in organ deterioration and mental damage. 

            A pregnant woman who is a carrier of syphilis can pass the STI to her baby through pregnancy or birth.  Untreated syphilis can cause a bad outcome on a baby, so if you’re pregnant and think or you do have syphilis, GET TESTED.  It’s the best thing you can do for you and your child.  If you are pregnant and you do come out positive for syphilis, you will immediately get treated with penicillin.  While penicillin will eliminate passing the disease to the baby, if you get treatment after the 2^nd half of pregnancy, it will not stop the possibility of pre-mature labor or fetal distress. Syphilis in a pregnant woman can cause: stillborns, death of a newborn, miscarriages and premature births.  Some babies who are born have symptoms that include: anemia, jaundice (or yellowing of the skin and or eyes), rashes, fever, seizures, developmental delay, swollen liver or spleen and death.

            The treatment of syphilis for someone who has had it for a year or less includes: a penicillin injection or an antibiotic.  *know that there are NO home remedies to cure any stage of syphilis.  Treatment for syphilis will prevent any more damage, but it cannot fix the damage that had already been done. 

            The most effective way of preventing syphilis is sexual abstinence.  If one choses to be sexually active one would want to use condoms correctly and every time they chose to have oral, anal or vaginal sex, or use a dental dam for oral sex. 

Images of Syphilis:

Infected Penis with Chancre sore.

 Vagina infected with syphilis.

Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm  http://menshealth.about.com/od/sexualdiseasesstds/a/syphilis.-0I3.htm

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&cp=8&gs_id=3t&xhr=t&q=syphilis&tok=MsUGYR4lOLMRTuHRBk5p7w&pq=syphilis+in+pregnant+women&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=819&wrapid=tljp132430885364426&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=kFnvTpKnBcKAsgLPjq3MCQ

Post By:  Ivis Buckingham

     

Curable Chlamydia

Chlamydia is spread by having sex. Semen, vaginal fluid and blood carry the bacteria…Blah! When you get chlamydia you will have discharge…that’s disgusting!!! You may also have pain when you’re trying to take a Mr. Wizzy. Having sex would also be painful….that must REALLY suck!! You may not even know that you have got chlamydia until 1-3 weeks after you’re uh…fun  ;)  If you have chlamydia you need to get treated ASAP!! If you don’t it can cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and can do damage to a woman’s reproductive organs and can cause infertility…No babies for you! :/ If you are pregnant and have chlamydia, that’s not a good situation broski. It can cause your baby to be born too early. It can also infect your baby’s eyes and respiratory system. So bottom line…Chlamydia+baby= BAD SITUATION!!  If you have chlamydia don’t flip out! You can get rid of it. It can be cured with the antibiotics “azithromycin” or  “doxycycline”.  Scared of getting chlamydia? Well then be responsible and protect yourself!! The simplest way would to be of course not have sex…that’s usually not an option for most teens however. So if you’re going to have sex…WEAR A CONDOM!! It doesn’t completely protect you but it’s better than nothing!!! You should also try to not get around! Limit your number of sex partners.

http://chlamydiasymptoms.org/

http://www.skinchoice.com/chlamydia.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/stdfact-chlamydia.htm

By: Cayley Bell <3