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Well, here it's from the CDC. I am a regular smart azz, but I thought that I would offer a refresher course, courtesy of the CDC. Kind of depressing...

Common STDs: (Seven Topless Dames)

Chlamydia (it can make a female infertile and cause PID)
Genital herpes (not curable, and can pass w/out breakout) You do not want to get these!
Genital warts (careful, condoms don't always stop 'em) They usually go away, but sometime need tx.
Gonorrhea (antibiotics, can cause major problems if left untreated)
Hepatitis A & B (you may turn yellow, get a high fever, and barf a lot)
Syphilis (just gross, but treatable)

... and not to forget HIV/AIDs (still not curable!)

From what I read, most are treatable such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Warts, and Syphilis. Hepatitis A and B are treatable (and there is a vaccination for both) and can be risky, and complications from B can be ongoing; but Hep A usually clears on its own. Hep C is transmitted blood to blood only, so it's not on the list as STD, but many clinics treat it and if you are sharing needles or cocaine straws, or rubbing bloody cuts together (LoL), then you are high risk for Hep. C.

I hope I did not bum everyone out! During college I interned for a HIV non-profit, so I remember some of this stuff.

what we really need is better education on stds and safe sex programs put into schools. maybe then there'd be less teen pregnancy and less std cases.


my honest opinion: again if you're going to JUDGE someone & tell them to basically eff off just because they have an std- then that's IGNORANT. everyone makes mistakes. and at least give them a shot- if they're honest to tell you up front about the std then give them one chance. dismiss them for oher things- not just cos they have an std.

thank you for editing that this thread was to ask an opinion and we all gave it...some dont like others opinions but we are not all the same....all im saying is yes people make mistakes but dont we all...but do we have to deal with their mistakes and make them our own..lets not all jump on the bandwagon and date someone with an std cause they messed up and you feel sorry for them cause they made a mistake...disease is on the rise and with thoughts and feelings that its okay scares me.....all im saying is educate

very few people are as honest as they should be. quite a few people also never get tested.

some info that every woman should read, or know already

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hpv

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), by the age of 50 more than 80% of American women will have contracted at least one strain of genital HPV. All women are encouraged to get a yearly pap smear solely to detect cellular abnormalities caused by HPV


Once cells are invaded by HPV, a latency (quiet) period of months to years may occur. The latency period just means the HPV virus is in an incubation period. Having sex with a partner whose HPV infection is in the incubation period still leaves you vulnerable to becoming infected yourself. HPV virus can last from 3 months to 2 years without a symptom. That means sometimes an infectee cannot track down the source of infection




at one point i believe i also read something about how they think hpv can also be found under the fingernails of males, fun huh?

and that's just hpv, there are tons of other diseases and crap that are out there. it's a scary dirty world out there