Pictures of STDs When looking for pictures of STDs on google or any other search engine, you’re bound to come across incredibly graphic, disgusting, and down right scary pictures of STDs. While these pictures are sometimes real depictions of specific STDs, they are often the very worst case scenarios and can be meant to scare […]
STD List – Different Types of Parasitic STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Parasitic STDs are caused by parasites passed from person-to-person and depending on the STD, can be transmitted during sexual activity; during non-sexual contact with another individual; from mother to infant during birth, or breastfeeding; and in some instances, from towels, or other objects that come […]
The STI Project Interviews for WPRR Public Reality Radio
The STI Project Was Asked To Interview on a Radio Station! Full Show which includes an interview with Senior Science Correspondent from HuffPost – Cara Santa Maria!!! (She’s lovely): Full Length – Dave Fletcher’s opening topics, Cara Santa Maria from HuffPost Science, and The STI Project Just my segment of the show – an hour […]
Safer Sex Guide – How to Reduce Your Risk of STDs
If you’re like me, you’d like to avoid additional STDs. If you’re not like me (I already have genital herpes, have had scabies and vaginitis – read about my story), you’d like to avoid STDs/STIs all together! If you’re not like either of those examples, maybe you’d like to prevent transmission of an infection or […]
Sexual Activities That Put You At Risk for STDs
Think you may have contracted or transmitted a sexually transmitted disease or infection? Worried about the ‘awesome’ weekend you just had and what you did over the course of too many beverages or while finally getting some alone time with the hottie you met in aisle 5 at the grocery store? Here are the things […]
Scabies – Another STD Caused by Mites
How do you get Scabies/How can you get it? Causes: Scabies is an easily spread skin disease caused by a very small species of mite. This parasitic infection is spread by skin-to-skin contact with another person who has scabies. Scabies are transmitted through close physical contact; as a result, this parasite is often sexually transmitted. However, children often pass […]
Observations and Anecdotes from an STD Testing Counselor
This guest post was written by Elissa White, an STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com. As an STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com, some might argue it’s a profession worthy of an episode of Discovery Channel’s ‘Dirty Jobs’. Being an STD testing counselor is certainly not for the faint of heart, whether I’m serving as a shoulder to cry on or I’m […]
STD List for Women – STDs Common in Women
Below you’ll find an STD list of STDs commonly found in women* and those less common in women based on percentage of cases each year, type of infection and location of infection, as well as how the infection is transmitted. You can also see the full STD List in alphabetical order with links to detailed symptoms, […]
