When you think about girl sex, the first thing that comes to mind is not usually your potential for risk or needing to practice safer sex. In some ways, that makes sense: unplanned pregnancies are not a concern when you’re a girl who’s enjoying sex with another girl, so traditional contraception geared toward planned conception […]
Vaginitis Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – Vaginitis Vaginitis is a name for swelling, itching, burning or infection in the vagina that can be the result of different factors. The most common kinds of vaginitis are bacterial vaginosis (BV) and yeast, a fungus. Sometimes, trichomoniasis (trich, pronounced ‘trick’) is called vaginitis too. Trichomoniasis is caused by a parasitic protozoa called Trichomonas vaginalis. Typically, vaginitis produces […]
Trichomoniasis Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – Trichomoniasis It is common not to notice trichomoniasis symptoms. When there are symptoms, they usually start within 5 to 28 days after sexual contact. In some cases, it can take months for symptoms to appear. While trichomoniasis affects both women and men, symptoms are more common in women. Most men with trichomoniasis […]
Syphilis Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – Syphilis Often, syphilis has no symptoms or has such mild symptoms that a person doesn’t notice them. There are also several stages of syphilis which may overlap. The stages may be separated by latent stages, or times when no symptoms are present. Symptoms vary with each stage and the syphilis symptoms do […]
Scabies Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – Scabies If a person has never been infected with scabies before, symptoms appear approximately 3 to 6 weeks after infection. If a person has been infected with scabies before, they will begin to experience symptoms within 1 to 4 days after infection because of previous exposure to scabies. Some people will not […]
Pubic Lice Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – Pubic Lice People do not usually notice symptoms until having pubic lice for anywhere from 5 days up to several weeks. Some people will not have any symptoms, or may not notice the lice or eggs at all. Sometimes pubic lice will be found during a routine genital or medical examination even […]
PID Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – PID Many women do not know that they have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Some cases of PID may have no symptoms at all. It is possible for a woman to have PID and be asymptomatic or have symptoms too mild to notice for an unknown period of time. People who experience an […]
NGU Symptoms – STD Symptoms & Signs
STD Symptoms – NGU If NGU symptoms do occur they usually show up within 1 to 5 weeks after infection and may last only a few hours or days. In mild cases, symptoms may not show up for several months. However, some men never develop symptoms. Women almost never show signs of infection or they […]