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Enfermedad Inflamatoria Pelvica: La Realidad

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This pamphlet provides information on pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), another name for infections of the womb, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, which results from untreated STDs. The pamphlet describes basic facts about PID: how one acquires the disease, testing, risk for PID, symptoms, treatment, transmission, and risk of reinfection. It explains that if PID is not treated, it can affect other reproductive organs and can cause problems with pregnancy. PID can cause chronic pain in the pelvic area.

El Embarazo y las Enfermedades Transmitidas Sexualmente: La Realidad

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This pamphlet provides information on STDs and pregnancy. It states the facts about how an STD could affect a baby and why a pregnant woman should be tested early in the pregnancy and be treated if infected with an STD. The pamphlet explains that a woman can get an STD while pregnant, when the pregnant woman should be tested, partner notification, and the treatment of STDs with antibiotics.

Tricomoniasis: La Realidad

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This pamphlet provides information on trichomoniasis, an STD that is caused by a parasite. It discusses basic facts about the disease, transmission, symptoms and the lack of symptoms in some individuals, testing, reinfection, and treatment with antibiotics. It explains differences in symptoms for men and women, and the different consequences for men and women if they do not get treated. The pamphlet advises treatment for sex partners to avoid reinfecting each other and suggests ways of reducing the risk of trichomoniasis, including abstinence and the use of condoms.

Herpes Genital: La Realidad

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This pamphlet provides information about genital herpes, an STD. It explains how genital herpes is spread, the type of symptoms, if any, and treatments for the symptoms, since there is no cure for the disease. The pamphlet states that there are two types of genital herpes: HSV1 and HSV2, both of which cause sores or blisters on or around the genitals. It explains that if infected with genital herpes, an individual can expect to have several outbreaks a year and has a higher risk of getting HIV infection from unprotected sex with a partner living with HIV.

Gonorrea: La Realidad

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This pamphlet provides information on gonorrhea, an STD. It lists basic facts about the disease, the symptoms experienced by a woman and a man, transmission, testing, and treatment with antibiotics. It notes that an individual may be reinfected with gonorrhea from an untreated or new partner and advises a person with gonorrhea to inform recent sex partners so that they can get tested and treated.

Infección por Clamidia: Hoja Informativa de los CDC

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This information sheet discusses chlamydia, a common STD that is caused by a bacterium. Topics include transmission, prevention, risk, symptoms, testing and treatment. The sheet also discusses complications if the disease is left untreated and its effect on a pregnant woman and her baby. Information is provided for accessing the services of national health organizations.

Vaginosis Bacteriana: Hoja Informativa de los CDC

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This information sheet discusses bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition in which the vagina experiences an overgrowth of certain bacteria, and which often causes pain, discharge, odor, and itching or burning. The information sheet explains that the infection is common in women of childbearing age and in pregnant women, and describes the signs and symptoms, complications, effect on a pregnant woman and baby, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. BV can increase a woman's susceptibility to HIV and her ability to transmit HIV to a partner.

Sifilis: Hoja Informativa de los CDC

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This information sheet discusses the STD syphilis. It describes syphilis; how it is transmitted; its symptoms during the primary, secondary, latent and late stages; prevention; who is at risk; how syphilis affects the baby of an infected pregnant woman; testing; treatment and the possibility of reinfection; and where to find additional information.

Enfermedad Inflamatoria Pélvica (EIP): Hoja Informativa de los CDC

Submitted by NPIN admin in on

This information sheet discusses pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). It explains PID, its epidemiology, transmission, signs and symptoms, complications of PID, treatment, and what women can do to prevent STDs, which are often the cause of PID.