There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Like bacterial STIs/STDs, viral STIs/STDs often give no warning signs or symptoms. This means you can contract it and infect a sexual partner without knowing it and serious complications which can cause irreversible damage can progress silently before you ever recognize a problem. Viral […]
Sexual Activities That Put You At Risk for STIs/STDs
Think you may have contracted or transmitted a sexually transmitted infection or disease? Worried about the weekend you just had and what you did over the course of too many beverages or while finally getting some alone time with a new hottie? Here are the things you could be at risk of contracting or transmitting […]
STI/STD Stigma – The New Scarlet Letter
Adultry, Sodomy, Promiscuity Go for it – as long as you don’t catch an STI/STD. The rules surrounding sexual activity have become so brazenly ambiguous these days – that is, until you catch an STI/STD. At which point, you are a sinner, dirty, damaged-goods and you will, hence forth, pay for your bad behavior – […]
Most Common STIs/STDs – STD Statistics
This list represents over 20 of the STIs listed on The STI Project’s Comprehensive List of STIs/STDs. Approximate number of annual STI cases in the US (rounded): Chancroid – 100 Donovanosis – 100 Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) – 500 Zika – 6,000 Syphilis – 40,000 HIV/AIDS – 48,000 Molluscum Contagiosum – 200,000-800,000 Hepatitis (A, B, & C) […]
The STI Project’s Comprehensive STI/STD List – A List of All STDs
STI/STD list and links to STI/STD photos, STD symptoms, & STD Treatment Chancroid – Chancroid is caused by a type of bacteria called Haemophilus ducreyi. It is almost always spread through sexual contact. Uncircumcised people with penises are at much higher risk than circumcised penises for getting chancroid. Most people in the U.S. who are diagnosed with chancroid […]
STD vs STI – What’s the Difference?
Po-TAY-to, Po-TAH-to? EE-ther, EYE-ther? Wondering what the difference is between STIs (sexually transmitted infections) and STDs (sexually transmitted diseases)? The STI Project is here to give you the low-down! STI and STD are often used interchangeably. More recently, the term STI has risen in popularity over STD in public health sectors. The reason for that […]
STI/STD Briefs – Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Symptoms,Test, & Treatment
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) STI/STD Brief These briefs are intended to give readers (specifically those who weren’t aware many of these STIs/STDs existed) an overview of each STI/STD, their commonality, treatment options, and diagnostic tests available. This information is by no means all-encompassing and The STI Project encourages using these briefs as primers and then further […]
STI/STD Briefs – Genital Warts Symptoms,Test, & Treatment
Genital Warts STI/STD Brief These briefs are intended to give readers (specifically those who weren’t aware many of these STIs/STDs existed) an overview of each STI/STD, their commonality, treatment options, and diagnostic tests available. This information is by no means all-encompassing and The STI Project encourages using these briefs as primers and then further delving […]