| Chlamydia | - Prevalent STDs in men
- Caused by the chlamydia trachomatis bacteria
- Symptoms include itching, pain while urinating, and a clear discharge
- Treated using oral or injectable antibiotics
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| Gonorrhea | - Prevalent STDs in men
- Caused by the gonococcus bacteria or Neisseria gonorrhea
- Rarely exhibits symptoms but most gonorrhea patients usually observe a yellowish discharge
- Treated using oral or injectable antibiotics
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| Genital warts | - Prevalent STDs worldwide
- Caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
- Usually transmitted through close skin contact, often during intercourse
- Increases your risk of developing cancer
- Can be treated in numerous ways, including surgery, topical medications, and freezing the lesions using liquid nitrogen
- HPV vaccine can protect you from the nine most common types of HPVs
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| Genital herpes | - Caused by the herpes simplex virus (Type 1 and Type 2)
- Affects the genitals, skin, and other parts of the body
- HSV-1 can be transmitted via saliva and if there is a herpes-related sore around a partner’s mouth, it can be spread to the genital area during oral intercourse
- HSV-2 can affect your genital area, mouth, and anal region
- Common symptoms include blisters around the anal, mouth, and genital areas. These blisters can potentially break, resulting in a painful sore that takes weeks to heal.
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| Molluscum contagiosum | - Contagious viral skin infection that can affect both adults and children
- Caused by the pox virus
- Only considered an STI when it occurs in adults not when it occurs among young kids
- In adults, the transmission usually happens through skin-skin contact or lesions, generally during any form of sexual activity.
- Symptoms include small, round bumps on the skin
- Treatment includes prescription medications, and freezing the bumps to the application of chemicals or electrical current.
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| Syphilis | - Caused by the treponema pallidum bacterium
- Serious sexually transmitted infection, warranting early effective treatment to help prevent permanent damage as well as long-term complications
- Initial symptoms may include a round, hard sore at the infection site, which is generally around the anus, genitals, mouth, or rectum.
- Subsequent symptoms may result in a life-threatening infection that can affect your nervous system, brain, heart, and other vital organs.
- Treated using injectable antibiotics
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| Trichomoniasis | - Caused by the Trichomona parasite
- Usually thrives in infected women, but men can also carry this parasite in their urethras, penile tips as well as prostate glands.
- Treated using oral antibiotics and pessaries
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| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS | - Deadly virus that attacks your immune system
- Can be transmitted through sexual contact as well as other means such as blood transfusion
- Increases your susceptibility to other infections
- HIV-positive individuals have an increased risk of catching other types of sexually transmitted infections
- Can remain in your body, staying in bodily fluids such as semen, breast milk, semen, and rectal and vaginal fluids.
- Transmission can occur through sharing needles, sexual contact, contact through broken skin, breastfeeding, and during birth.
- No cure for HIV but treatment can significantly minimise the amount of the virus present in the body to an undetectable level – meaning you cannot transmit the disease to other people.
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