Stds in Teens

Over twelve million cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases occur a year, twenty five percent of those are among teenagers from ages thirteen to nineteen. There are many risks and dangers when you've contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease. Many teenagers are unaware and uneducated upon the manner of Sexually Transmitted Diseases which is one of the top reasons for which they are contracted. There are some Sexually Transmitted Diseases which do not have any alerting symptoms to let their host or the person aware of their presence. When teenagers contract a Sexually Transmitted Diseases for example Chlamydia they are most likely not to be treated until is has already developed to a further stage as Chlamydia has no alerting symptoms.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases can also vary in gender and sexual orientation. Gender, Women are three times more likely to contract certain Sexually Transmitted Diseases such as Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a parasitic bacterium that lives inside cells of the reproductive tract. This is thought to be just due to the reason that women are more often screened for Chlamydia. However, there are Sexually Transmitted Diseases which men are more prone to have such as Syphilis in its second stage. Six point four more per hundred thousand of men are more likely to contact syphilis. Syphilis is A serious, highly contagious, progressive bacterial disease that can affect all parts of the body including the brain, bones, spinal cord, heart, and reproductive system. Sexual orientation, homosexuals are more likely to contract Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Thus anal intercourse is more traumatic than vaginal intercourse. There is a much higher risk to cause bleeding with anal intercourse, and thus pass along any virus. To the contrary of vaginal intercourse as the Vagina is made for sexual reproduction which includes sexual intercourse and vaginal delivery of a baby, therefore it easily expands to accommodate a penis, and the walls are also much stronger and more elastic than the anus.

Education, many teenagers contact Sexually Transmitted Diseases as they are unaware and uneducated. Many teenagers don't know of precautions they could take to avoid Sexually Transmitted Diseases or even unwanted pregnancy. A Sexually Transmitted Disease can be transmitted by the sharing of bodily fluids such as semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, and any other fluids containing blood. Many Teens are unaware of any thing such as a Sexually Transmitted Disease without any symptoms. Some Sexually Transmitted Diseases have no Symptoms such as Chlamydia, however there are other Sexually Transmitted Diseases which have common symptoms or side affects to other diseases or sicknesses. For example some of the symptoms of HIV include fever, headaches, feeling tired, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, and developing a skin rash. Many of these symptoms are common to the symptoms or side affect to have

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