A new year has arrived (the world didn’t end yet, much to the chagrin of some), which means, it’s a perfect time to make improvements, set goals, and brainstorm dreams into fruition! Therefore, we’re contemplating how we can best serve you, our readers, over the upcoming year. Recharged and Excited for The New Year I […]
STD? What Now? Your Ultimate Reference Guide to Living with an STD
If you are living with an STI/STI/STD, most websites stop at the basic health information surrounding STDs like symptoms, expectations, treatments and testing. That information is useful, but at The STI Project, we go one step further into the grey area most people avoid, because it’s often incredibly subjective. Having lived with a sexually transmitted […]
Hepatitis A, B, & C – Compare and Contrast
Is It Serious? Hepatitis A (Hep A) Sometimes. There is no chronic form. Hepatitis B (Hep B) Yes. It can become chronic. Infants are more likely to get the chronic form. Over time, people with hep B may develop: cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver and liver cancer. Hepatitis C (Hep C) Yes. Most people […]
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 […]
Gonorrhea: Becoming Drug-Resistant Says the WHO
Gonorrhea’s Progressive Resistance Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it (cephalosporin antibiotics). The emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea will significantly complicate the ability to treat the bacteria successfully, since there are few antibiotic options left which are highly effective. Scientists believe overuse or incorrect use of antibiotics, coupled with the […]
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – PID – A Serious Bacterial STD
How do you get Pelvic Inflammatory Disease/How can you get PID? Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Causes: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious bacterial infection of the reproductive organs. People without uteruses/fallopian tubes cannot develop PID, and it is not contagious (however, people with penises can carry the bacteria that was the initial cause of PID). Many […]
Nongonococcal Urethritis – NGU – A Urethral Infection
How do you get NGU/How can you get Nongonococcal Urethritis? Nongonococcal Urethritis Causes: Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU) is a bacterial infection of the urethra in people with penises (and more rarely, in people with vulvas/vaginas), usually caused by another sexually transmitted infection (STI), most often Chlamydia. NGU is usually caused by another STI that was transmitted via […]
Mycoplasma Genitalium – An STI Similar to Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
How do you get Mycoplasma Genitalium/How can you get Mycoplasma? Causes: Mycoplasma genitalium (mycoplasma) has recently been identified as a sexual transmitted infection and is a bacteria that infects the mucous membranes of the urethra,cervix, throat and anus. Mycoplasma is transmitted by vaginal, anal and oral sex. How to tell if you have it? Mycoplasma Genitalium Symptoms: […]