STI Symptoms – Genital Warts Most people with an HPV infection will not develop visible warts and the virus will go away on its own. Often they are so tiny, or so difficult to see, that you don’t even know you have them. This means you may not know whether you or your partner(s) have […]
Cytomegalovirus Symptoms – STI Symptoms & Signs
In a healthy person, initial CMV infection often occurs without symptoms and is rarely noticed. Most people who have CMV have no symptoms. If a person receives a transfusion of blood containing CMV, fever and sometimes liver inflammation may develop 2 to 4 weeks later. When CMV symptoms do appear, they may include: Occasionally, a […]
Best STI Blogs of 2012 – The STI Project Receives Another Award!!!
The STI Project has been graciously chosen as One of the Best STD & HIV Blogs of 2012!!! How cool is that?!?!? We are incredibly honored and even further motivated to keep up the good work!! This is what Healthline had to say: ‘Bold, brave, and unafraid, The STI Project is about breaking down stigma and correcting misunderstanding […]
Chlamydia Symptoms – STI/STD Symptoms & Signs
STI/STD Symptoms – Chlamydia Symptoms Half of all people with penises who have chlamydia and 80% of people with vulvas/vaginas who have chlamydia have no symptoms at all. The result of this is that a huge number of infections remain undiagnosed and untreated. It is important to understand that focusing on signs and symptoms is […]
Chancroid Symptoms – STI/STD Symptoms & Signs
STI/STD Symptoms – Typical Chancroid Symptoms Within 1 day – 2 weeks after getting chancroid, a person will get a small bump in the genitals. The bump becomes an ulcer within a day of its appearance. The ulcer may look like a chancre, the typical sore of primary syphilis. The ulcer: Can be on the penis, rectum, […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Parasitic STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Parasitic STIs/STDs are caused by parasites passed from person-to-person and depending on the STI/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 […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Viral STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Like bacterial STIs/STDs, viral STIs/STDs often give no warning signs or symptoms. This means you can contract it and infect a sexual partner without knowing it and serious complications which can cause irreversible damage can progress silently before you ever recognize a problem. Viral […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Bacterial STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Bacterial STIs/STDs are curable through treatment with antibiotics. Curable, that is, as long as you see a health-care provider, get tested and treated, follow through on all the medication, avoid sexual contact until cured, and make sure your sexual partner(s) get tested and treatment […]