| DISEASE |
EFFECTS
|
COMMENTS |
| Chlamydia |
Causes
PID, chronic pain, infertility, problems during pregnancy. |
Over 4 million new
cases each year. |
| Gonorrhea |
Causes
PID, chronic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, arthritis. |
1.3 million
new cases per year. Some strains are resistant to treatment. |
| Genital Human
Papillomavirus (HPV) |
Causes
genital warts, cervical neoplasia; linked to cancer of the cervix. |
Over 1
million reported causes per year. |
| Herpes
(HSV-2) |
Painful
blisters around sex organs; produces fever, enlarged lymph glands,
flu-like symptoms. |
Almost
500,000 new cases reported each year. INCURABLE |
| Hepatitis B
|
Causes
cirrhosis and cancer. |
300,000 new
cases reported each year. |
| AIDS |
FATAL;
INCURABLE |
Estimated 40
million worldwide by the year 2000. |
| Syphilis
|
Leads
to blindness, heart disease, nervous disorders, insanity, tumors and
death. |
Over 100,000
reported cases per year. |
| Pelvic
Inflammatory Disease (PID) |
PID,
though not a STD, is a common result of STD’s. Chronic pelvic pain,
ectopic pregnancy (life threatening), infertility, abscesses in the
pelvis. |
Caused by
over 10 different organisms. About 1 million new cases per year. |