Infectious venereal diseases generally indicate all diseases transmitted through sexual activity.

Cause of Incidence

• Usually, this is contracted through sexual activity shared with an infected person, and may be transmitted by fingers or mouths. Furthermore, vertical transmission may take place from mother to fetus, and rarely, protozoan infection may take place in everyday places such as public baths and steam rooms.

Classification

• Bacillosis : syphilis , gonorrhea , chancroid , nongonococcal urethritis (Chlamydia)
• Virus infection : acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), herpes genitalis (genital herpes), condyloma acuminatum (anogenital wart)
• Protozoan infection : trichomonas vaginitis , amebic urethritis
• Fungal infection : candida vaginitis

Symptoms

• Skin rash and alopecia : when contracted of syphilis, skin rash on palms and soles along with sudden loss of hair may take place.
• Becoming feverish : low fever or symptoms of coming down with the initial state of a cold, displayed on the whole body, could be the initial symptoms of syphilis or gonorrhea.
• Leucorrhoea , abdominal pain : such symptoms may be displayed in cases of gonorrhea
• Unusual fluor : in cases of candida vaginitis, trichomonas vaginitis
• White skim inside the mouth : in cases of syphilis , AIDS, gonorrhea
• Blebs : blebs or ulcers may occur in the perineal region in cases of herpes
• Warts : in cases of anogenital warts, verruca in the shape of a rooster's crown may occur

  However, most sexual diseases display no symptoms, having patients live unaware of them and generating complications such as infertility, uterine cancer, chronic infection, jaundice, and etc. In cases of long-term infection, they can trigger fatal results. Therefore, periodic examinations of at least once a year are necessary.

Those Requiring Examination

• 1. Men and women over their 20s.
• 2. Prenatal diagnosis of pregnant women.
• 3. Those of infertility or with experience of initial miscarriage or habitual abortion.
• 4. Those with vaginitis.
• 5. Acute salpingitis or oophoritis , nongonococcal urethritis , cervicitis , and pelvic inflammatory diseases.