Sexually Transmitted Infections (Diseases) or Venereal Diseases (VD) are diseases that are passed on from one person to another through sexual contact, and sometimes by genital contact – the infection can be passed on via vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex.
Too many people have been having unprotected sex and been asking me about the early symptoms of hiv and hiv tests that are available for confirmation of the infection. Here is the required information to all those who are looking for hiv symptoms at different stages.
Chancroid is one of the easily transmitted sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria. Chancroid causes open sores on and around the genitals in both men and women. The transmitted bacterium, Haemophilus ducreyi, attacks the tissue in the genital region and causes sores that open up.
Trichomonas Vaginalis, another easily transmitted sexually transmitted infection. Risk factors include having multiple sexual partners, having sex without wearing a condom etc. Symptoms include pain during urination, foul smelling vagina, pain during ejaculation (in men) etc.
“Out of 10 questions I get from my patients and the visitors of my website, 4 are related to catching a sexually transmitted infection because they had oral or protected or unprotected sex with an unfamiliar person” says Dr. Karthik Gunasekaran, one of Chennai’s popular sexually transmitted infection specialist at Metromale Clinic & Fertility Center, Chennai.
Epididymis is a tube located at the back of testicles that stores and carries the sperm to the vas deferens. Swelling and inflammation of epididymis is called ‘Epididymitis’. Epididymitis is very common in men aging between 14 and 35. It can also happen in men of different age groups too.
When you present yourself to your sex specialist, the first he/she would do to you is a physical examination of your testicles. An experienced sexologist can easily feel any lumps or tumors in the area. If no condition is obvious through physical examination, he/she may ask to go for certain tests.
Testicular pain may be chronic or sharp; may be felt in one or both the testicles depending on the cause. There are several reasons that can lead to pain in testicles including testicular torsion, epididymitis, orchitis, injury or trauma, inguinal hernia, growth of lumps or tumors, kidney stones etc. Even a mild testicular pain should not be ignored because sometimes, that may be indicating a severe underlying cause that needs to be treated. Ignoring testicular pain can lead to surgical intervention or removal of testicles.
“Masturbation is a healthy habit”, you would have heard this from Dr. Karthik Gunasekaran of Metromale Clinic & Fertility Center a hundred times if not thousands. There are some branches of science that are against this opinion but modern science didn’t find any evidence in support of those claims.
Most of these symptoms will subside in 6 weeks time. You may be symptom free for many weeks, months or even years depending on how effectively your body is able to fight the virus. However, you should know that it is a losing battle for your body to fight against HIV.
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