UT Health Science Center Sex Education Program

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 

Sexually Transmitted Diseases distribution chart, Protozoal STDs: Estimated Number Infected Each year, Trichmoniasis - 7,400,000. Viral STDs: Estimated Number Infected Each Year, HPV-6,200,000, Herpes Simpex-1,600,000. Reported Number Infected in 2006, Hepatitis B-4,713, HIV-56,000. Bacterial STDs: Reported Number Infected in 2006, Chlamydia-1,030,911, Gonorrhea-358,366, Syphilis (all stages)-36,935.

 

STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases, are infections that are spread through sex (oral, anal, vaginal, and outercourse). Click each picture to learn more about the signs and treatment of each STD!

 

Facts to Remember About STDs

  • STDs can cause serious health problems (sores, warts, pain, infertility, cancer, and even death). 11
  • A person can have an STD, not know it, but pass it on to someone during sex. 11
  • If you have had sex, you need to see a healthcare professional. 11
 

LINKS TO RESOURCES ON STDs

In English: www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
In Spanish: www.cdc.gov/std/Spanish/default.htm

 

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1. Trichomonas image from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Department of Microbiology. http://www.uthscsa.edu/mission/spring00/std.htm

 

2. Syphilis images from the CDC. http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Defect/syphilis.htm

 

3. Gonorrhea image from the University of Pennsylvania Office of Health Education. http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/ohe/HealthLinks/gonorrhea.htm

 

4. Chlamydia image from Wikipedia Encyclopedia; 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia_trachomatis

 

5. Herpes Simplex images from Pacific University College of Optometry. http://opt.pacificu.edu/ce/catalog/14382-AS/Herpes.html

 

6. Hepatitis image from The University of Texas Medical Branch. http://blog.utmb.edu/newsroom/?p=1684

 

7. HPV image from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-hcp.htm

 

8. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2004, 36(1): 6-10.

 

9. CDC. Disease Burden from Viral Hepatitis A, B, and C in the United States. September 2004.

 

10. Worth the Wait® Sex Education Curriculum 8th Grade, 5th Edition, October 2003

 

11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2006 Surveillance Report, Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States.

 

12. Weinstock, H et. al. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2004.

 

13. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5553.pdf

 

14. JAMA, HIV/AIDS issue, August 3, 2008. Estimated for 2006.

 

15. CDC STD Surveillance 2007.