HPV in Pregnancy: Risks for Mom and Baby
Having HPV during pregnancy rarely harms the baby. The most common change is that genital warts grow faster than usual because of pregnancy hormones and increased blood flow.
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STD Condition Guides, Page 3
Plain-English deep dives on HIV, hepatitis, HPV, syphilis and more.
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Can You Get Syphilis Again After Treatment?
Yes - you can absolutely get syphilis again after you've been treated and cured.
Pubic Lice vs Scabies: How to Tell Them Apart
Crabs (pubic lice) and scabies are both itchy, sexually transmissible skin parasites - but they're different organisms with different signs.
Scabies in Pregnancy: Safe Treatment Options
Permethrin 5% cream is the first-line treatment for scabies in pregnancy because it's applied to the skin and very little is absorbed.
PEP for HIV: Emergency Prevention After Exposure
PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) is a 28-day course of HIV medicine you start within 72 hours of a possible exposure to keep the virus from taking hold.
Syphilis in Pregnancy & Congenital Syphilis
Syphilis in pregnancy is a curable bacterial infection that can pass to the baby and cause miscarriage, stillbirth, or lifelong disability - known as congenital syphilis. The fix is straightforward: e
Mgen Treatment: Antibiotics, Doses & Resistance Testing
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) is treated with a resistance-guided, two-step antibiotic course that always starts with doxycycline.
Syphilis Reinfection vs Treatment Failure
A rising syphilis titer after treatment can mean two very different things: reinfection (you cleared the first infection and caught it again, usually from an untreated partner) or treatment failure (t
Trichomoniasis Symptoms in Women
Trichomoniasis in women often causes a frothy, yellow-green discharge with a fishy smell, plus genital itching, burning, soreness, and pain when urinating or having sex.
Chlamydia Reinfection: When to Retest
Chlamydia reinfection means catching Chlamydia trachomatis again after you were already cured - it's not your antibiotics failing. The usual cause is sex with an untreated partner.
Yeast Infection vs BV: How to Tell the Difference
Bacterial vaginosis and a yeast infection both cause itching and discharge, but they're different conditions.
Trichomoniasis Treatment During Pregnancy: Safe Meds
Trichomoniasis in pregnancy is treated with oral metronidazole, taken as a multi-day course, and it's considered safe in any trimester.
Scabies Rash Pictures: What It Looks Like
Scabies looks like a pimple-like, intensely itchy rash, often with tiny crooked, raised lines called burrows where the mite has tunneled into the skin. Itching is worst at night.
Chlamydia Treatment: Antibiotics and Recovery
Chlamydia is curable with antibiotics. The CDC-preferred treatment is doxycycline 100 mg by mouth twice daily for 7 days.
Herpes & Asymptomatic Carriers: No Symptoms?
Yes - you can carry herpes and pass it on without ever having a symptom. Most people with genital herpes never recognize an outbreak, and the majority of HSV-2 infections go undiagnosed.
How to Prevent BV: Daily Habits That Lower Risk
To prevent bacterial vaginosis, protect the Lactobacillus bacteria that keep the vagina mildly acidic: don't douche, use condoms correctly every time, and limit new or multiple partners.
Syphilis RPR vs Treponemal Test Explained
Syphilis testing uses two different kinds of blood tests.
Chlamydia and Pregnancy: Risks and Treatment
Chlamydia during pregnancy is common, treatable, and worth taking seriously. Left untreated, it can be passed to your baby at birth and raises the risk of complications, but a safe course of antibioti
Genital Herpes Symptoms in Women
Genital herpes symptoms in women often start with itching or tingling, then small blisters that break into painful sores on or around the vulva, vagina, cervix, or anus.
Chancroid vs Syphilis: Telling the Ulcers Apart
Chancroid and syphilis both cause genital ulcers, but the classic fork is pain: a chancroid ulcer is a soft, painful sore with tender, pus-filled groin nodes, while the primary syphilis chancre is a p