HIV Symptoms in Men: What to Look For
Early HIV in men usually shows up within two to four weeks of infection as a flu-like illness - fever, sore throat, rash, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, muscle aches, and mouth sores - though many
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HPV & Genital Warts: Symptoms and What They Look Like
Genital warts usually show up as a small, painless bump or a cluster of bumps in the genital or anal area - sometimes flat, sometimes raised and cauliflower-shaped.
Can HIV Be Cured? Treatment vs Functional Cure
No, HIV can't be cured right now. Treatment (antiretroviral therapy, or ART) can drive the virus down to undetectable levels and keep you healthy for life, but that's lifelong control - not eradicatio
Mgen vs Chlamydia: Symptoms, Testing & Treatment
Mycoplasma genitalium (Mgen) and chlamydia are both bacterial infections that cause urethritis in men and cervicitis in women, and they feel almost identical.
HIV Drug Resistance: Causes & What It Means
HIV drug resistance happens when the virus mutates so that one or more HIV medicines no longer keep it suppressed. It usually develops when treatment is taken inconsistently or the wrong drugs are use
Bacterial vs Viral STDs: Curable or Not?
The difference comes down to cause. Bacterial and parasitic STIs - chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis - are curable with antibiotics.
Hepatitis and Pregnancy: Risks to Baby and Care
Hepatitis and pregnancy mostly comes down to hepatitis B, which can pass from parent to baby at birth. Every pregnancy is screened for it.
Trichomoniasis vs Bacterial Vaginosis
Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a parasite, while bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an overgrowth of the vagina's own bacteria - not an STI in the traditional sense.
Hepatitis A vs B vs C: How They Spread
Hepatitis A, B, and C are three different viruses that all inflame the liver but spread differently: hepatitis A spreads fecal-orally, including through some sexual contact, and clears on its own; hep.
Chlamydia vs Gonorrhea: Symptoms, Testing & Treatment Compared
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are both common bacterial STIs that often cause no symptoms and, when they do, look almost identical - discharge and burning urination.
HSV-1 vs HSV-2: Which Herpes Type Do You Have?
HSV-1 and HSV-2 are the two herpes simplex viruses behind oral and genital herpes.
How to Prevent Genital Herpes Infection
To prevent genital herpes, limit direct skin and mucous-membrane contact with the virus: use condoms or dental dams consistently, avoid sex during a partner's visible outbreak, ask partners about thei.
HIV Symptoms in Women: Signs & Differences
HIV symptoms in women often look just like the flu - fever, chills, rash, night sweats, sore throat, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes that show up within a few weeks of infection.
Genital Herpes and Pregnancy: Risks to Baby
Genital herpes during pregnancy is usually safe to carry, and most people with the virus deliver healthy babies.
NGU vs Chlamydia: Symptoms, Tests & Treatment
NGU (nongonococcal urethritis) and chlamydia aren't opposites - they overlap. NGU means inflammation of the urethra that isn't caused by gonorrhea, and chlamydia is one of its most common causes.
Scabies Testing: How Doctors Diagnose It
Scabies testing usually starts with a clinical exam: a clinician looks for the telltale burrows, rash, and intense itching.
Yeast Infection Treatment: OTC vs Prescription
A yeast infection is treated with antifungal medicine that clears the overgrown Candida.
Yeast Infection Symptoms: Itching, Discharge & More
Yeast infection symptoms include vaginal itching or soreness, thick white discharge that looks like cottage cheese and has no fishy odor, pain during sex, and burning when you urinate.
Scabies Symptoms: Itch, Rash & Burrow Signs
Scabies symptoms are intense itching that's worst at night and a pimple-like rash, often with tiny crooked lines called burrows where the mite tunnels under your skin.
Hepatitis B vs Hepatitis C: STI Differences
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are both blood-borne liver infections that can spread through sex, but two differences matter most.