There are several varieties of female sexually transmitted diseases. With the development of science, knowledge in this field of medicine is expanding. If before doctors knew only two diseases of this category (gonorrhea, syphilis), today this list has expanded: ureaplasmos and chlamydia, herpes (genital), trichomoniasis and even AIDS.
Do not think that these diseases can bypass you. These types of infections can live in the female body for several months, or even years, without bothering. If you have had an accidental sexual intercourse, then in order to avoid infection, you have seventy-two hours to go to the doctors. If less than two hours have passed, it is enough to wash the genital area with any disinfectant solution that can destroy microbes.
Sexually transmitted diseases: symptoms
Of course, you can catch these types of diseases by contacting with personal items, household items. But these cases in modern life are extremely rare. Sexually transmitted diseases in women are often infectious etiology, transmitted through sexual intercourse. The symptoms are quite different: from the types of infections in the genitourinary organs to the systems of the human body as a whole. Nevertheless, there are several signs that women have sexually transmitted diseases.
Common symptoms that combine common types of diseases include fever and headache, weakness, malaise in the joints, muscle pain, etc.
There are still specific symptoms that help identify sexually transmitted diseases in women:
Unpleasant sensations (for example, burning) during urination, itching in the genital area and discharge with an unpleasant, specific smell - indicate trichomoniasis and gonorrhea.
The appearance of erosion and small vesicles in the genital area and buttocks - indicates the presence of herpes (genital).
Candidiasis (fungal disease) depends on the location of the disease. If the infection affects the mucous membranes of the genitals or mouth, then the main symptoms are whitish films of dot-like plaque that occur after reddening of the membrane or its dryness. If changes in the skin appear (redness, vesicles, deformation of the nail rollers and plates) - this indicates candidiasis of the nails and skin.
Discomfort in the genital area (burning, itching) and the occurrence of genital warts and warts in the affected areas are symptoms of papillomavirus.
The appearance on the genitals of hard chancre (and in the case of household etiology - in other places), a significant increase in lymph nodes, changes in blood composition, skin rashes and damage to the nervous system indicate a secondary stage of syphilis. The chronic form of syphilis entails the destruction of cartilage and bone tissue, the appearance of ulcers on the skin.
There are sexually transmitted diseases in women, which manifest themselves as an acute respiratory disease, in rare cases, with an increase in the liver, spleen and lymph nodes. One such disease is cytomegalovirus.
HIV has the greatest number of symptoms, which causes AIDS. It can occur as prolonged diarrhea (cryptosporidiosis), pneumonia (pneumocystic), in the form of helminthiasis or toxoplasmosis, viral diseases and bacterial and fungal infections. The patient has fever (prolonged), damage to the skin (pustules), an increase in lymph nodes, skin rashes and mucosal lesions. A person loses weight, sometimes up to ten kilograms, or even more. Kaposi's sarcoma (among tumor diseases) is the most common sign of AIDS.
The most unpleasant, crying out a lot of problems with health and peace in the family are sexually transmitted diseases. Treatment started immediately can help avoid all these troubles.