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The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is one of the most common viral infection among the general public. There are certainly over a hundred different types of HPV. It has also been estimated that as much as 80% of the population is infected with a strain of HPV. About 30 various strains of HPV are considered to be sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s). Basically, there are strains that are known as “low-risk” which can be identified as having warts read more…

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Molluscum contagiosum, a cutaneous and mucosal eruption caused by a Molluscipox virus, is a viral infection first described and later coined by Bateman in the commencement of the nineteenth century. In 1841 Henderson and Paterson defined the intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies now generally known as molluscum or Henderson-Paterson bodies. In the early years of twentieth century, Juliusberg, Wile, and Kingery were able to siphon filterable virus from lesions and show transmissibility. Goodpasture later defined the similarities of molluscum read more…

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Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), widely known as lymphopathia venerea, lymphogranuloma inguinale, tropical bubo, climatic bubo, poradenitis inguinales, strumous bubo, and Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis LGV strain, the persistent serotypes L1, L2, or L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. It starts as an acute genital infection that eventually develops into a chronic crippling illness like genital elephantiasis or anorectal stricture. Further, the organism may possibly spread systemically to cause constitutional symptom.

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The symptoms normally appear 4 to 20 days after the infection. In females, the usual manifestations are profuse, frothy, gray or yellow-green vaginal discharge, occasionally with bleeding, an unpleasant vaginal odor, and vulvovaginal discomfort and itching. Other symptoms include perennial painful and frequent urination, vulvovaginal swelling, discomfort during sexual intercourse, and abdominal pain. Cervical hemorrhaging may also be present however only on rare situations.
In males the symptoms are rare and may just include the usual thin pale read more…

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Trichomoniasis, a disease of the genitourinary tract, inarguably is the most common curable STD that mostly affects the young, sexually active women. Although it also affects men, the cases however are uncommon. The most common site of infection in men is the urethra while for women the most common site of infection is the vagina. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 180 million new cases that occur each year for both women and men, 7.4 million read more…