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
Barry Chang
