Complications of Sexually transmitted disease

Serious complications may develop as a sequelae of STDs if appropriate treatment is not given.The complications include:

1.Complications of pregnancy
a.congenital syphilis.Its an important cause of stillbirth.
b.congenital cytomegalovirus infection-It leads to birth defect.
c.prematurity-It is responsible for many neonatal deaths.

2.Complications in infants
a.Infections by N.gonorrhoea could rapidly lead to blindness.
b.C.trachomatis can cause conjunctivitis and fatal pneumonia in infants from 1-4months of age,typically presenting as an afebrile,interstitial pneumonia.
c.Pelvic inflammatory disease caused by gonorrhoea,Chlamydia and other STD
agents may result in infertility or ectopic pregnancy
d.Urethritis may result in stricture
e.Cancers related to STD which include hepatocellular carcinoma caused by hepatitis B ,and kaposi’s sarcoma, B-cell lymphomas and primary lymphoma of CNS in patients with AIDS.

Useful links:http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/disease_info.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexuallytransmitteddiseases.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease

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New Sexually Transmitted Disease Warning
Worse than SARS and Bird Flu combined, The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. The disease is contracted through dangerous and high-risk behavior. The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim and pronounced "gonna re-elect him." Many victims contracted it in 2004, after having been screwed for the past four years. Cognitive characteristics of individuals infected include: anti-social personality disorders, delusions of grandeur with messianic overtones, extreme cognitive dissonance, inability to incorporate new information, pronounced xenophobia and paranoia, inability to accept responsibility for own actions, cowardice masked by misplaced bravado, uncontrolled facial smirking, ignorance of geography and history, tendencies towards evangelical theocracy, categorical all-or-nothing behavior. Naturalists and epidemiologists are amazed at how this destructive disease originated only a few years ago from a bush found in Texas.