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Top 10 STDs --Causes and Remedies Related Links How to Clean Your Penis Penis Discharge-Learn the Causes and Remedies Scrotum Pain -Causes and Cures 10 Superfoods for Men's Health Herbs and Foods to Boost Testosterone Naturally Foods That Increase Erectile Performance Exercises to Improve ED Yoga to Strengthen Erectile Performance Yoga At Your Desk to Release Tension Foods That Help You Maintain Your Erection Normal Penis Size Get Lean Diet for Men 5 Common Beliefs About Penis Size -True or False? Does Circumcision Prevent STD Infection? August 23, 2011 By L. Carr, Associate Editor and Featured Columnist The fact that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as sexually transmitted infections or venereal diseases, are among the most common infections in the United States today is enough to make the average person think twice about jumping into bed. At least for a few hours. The prevalence of STDs is proof of our continued love affair with sex, but also our lack of precautions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified more than 20 STDs and say that around 19 million people in America are infected each year. Scary stuff. In the past, syphilis claimed the lives of commoners and kings alike, including Friederich Nietzsche, Ludwig van Beethoven, Al Capone, John Keats, Vincent van Gogh, and King Henry VIII. Today, HIV/AIDS is the most common life-threatening STD – Freddy Mercury, Rock Hudson and Arthur Ashe are among the many to have died from the infection and its complications. Other STDs can also kill through complications and their consequences on the rest of the body. What are the most common STDs and how are these STDs caused? Are there any ways to treat STDs? Can STDs be prevented? Obviously, the only way to prevent STDs is to not have sex. But this isn’t usually an option for adults. The second-best way to prevent STDs is to settle down happily with one sex partner for the rest of your life. Which is also not generally an option in today’s society. If these don’t apply, always wear a condom. A 2006 study by the University of Washington found that women whose partners consistently used condoms were half as likely to be infected with human papillomavirus, for example. And researchers from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention looked at results from 45 studies and found condoms prevented gonorrhea and chlamydia infection as well. We’ve looked at the 10 most common STDs, their causes and their treatment. Read on to find out what you should be avoiding in the bedroom. 1. Chlamydia At the top of the STD table is chlamydia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2009 statistics, there were a total of 1,244,180 cases of chlamydia in 2009. This is the largest number of cases ever reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for any condition. Cases of chlamydia increased 2.9 percent from 2008. The increase may reflect an increase in screening, but could also be serious cause for concern. The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis causes chlamydia and is transmitted through sexual contact or from mother to child. Around 2.2 percent of Americans are thought to carry the condition and a large majority don’t know they have it. Chlamydia is often symptom-free. Women may have abnormal discharge or a burning sensation when peeing, lower back and abdominal pain, fever, bleeding or pain during intercourse. Men may have a discharge, burning or itching around the penis. In men, chlamydia can cause inflammation of the testicles, prostate and urethra. Women are more severely affected, as Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancies – causes of infertility. You need to get treated due to these risks to your health and fertility in the future. Chlamydia is commonly treated with antibiotics. Vitamin C added to the antibiotic doxycycline treatment helped reduce discharge in women with chlamydia, according to a 2009 study from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 2. Gonorrhea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2009 statistics state that a total of 301,174 cases of gonorrhea were reported in the United States in 2009. This is down by 10.5 percent from 2008 and represents a rate of 99.1 cases per 100,000 population. It may be declining in the stats but experts suggest that gonorrhea is substantially under-reported. Gonorrhea is caused by the Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria and it is transmitted through vaginal, oral, or anal sexual contact. In men, gonorrhea can cause a pus-like yellow or white discharge from the urethra, a burning sensation during urination, or painful swollen testicles. Women tend to get milder symptoms, like increased discharge and bleeding between periods, and often no symptoms. (Read about other remedies that help to stop burning when you urinate.) Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. Don’t think it will go away on its own – if it is untreated, gonorrhea can lead to epididymitis, a condition of the testicles that can cause pain and infertility. Women can contract pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to infertility. 3. Syphilis Syphilis may be more commonly associated with opium- smoking Romantic poets and promiscuous personalities way back in history, but this STD still makes its ugly presence felt today. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance states 13,997 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States in 2009. The overall rate of syphilis declined 89.7 percent during the period of 1990–2000, but it has increased each year since 2001. The rate has soared among men - shooting up 70 percent since 2000. Syphilis is caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. Theses bacteria penetrate chafed skin or mucous membranes. Symptoms of syphilis include sores or lesions on the skin (which, when touched, can transmit the infection), fever, muscle pain, sore throat, flu-like symptoms, rash, headaches and swollen lymph nodes. There are three distinct stages for syphilis progression. Fortunately, today’s antibiotic treatments for syphilis are more effective and less dangerous than the mercury poisoning and head drilling treatments in the past. If you don’t treat syphilis, however, the same things happen today as they did in the past. Infected people can suffer brain damage and damage to other major organs or the cardiovascular system. 4. Human Papillomavirus The human papillomavirus is a dangerous STD, mainly due to the effects it can have on the body in the form of cancer. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of the human papillomavirus in US females aged 14 to 59 is 26.8 percent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than six million Americans are infected with HPV each year. The human papillomavirus penetrates the skin through abrasions in the genital area, which are caused by sexual activity. Repeated infection with the high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus can lead to the development of cervical cancer. The human papillomavirus is also known to cause genital warts. Genital warts are raised masses on the genitals and they may cause itching, bumps on the skin, and discharge. Genital warts can be treated with cryotherapy (freezing the warts), laser treatment, and electric currents. There is a vaccine licensed in the United States that provides protection against certain human papillomavirus types, which has shown success in treating cervical cancer. 5. 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