Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD)

1-pill HIV cocktail available soon

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A pill that should improve the quality of life of the people who are infected with HIV was approved on Wednesday by the FDA. The new treatment includes three previously used medicines combined in one drug that needs to be taken once a day. The drug was named Atripla and will cost the same as the...

by Jenny3481 over a year ago

hiv or tonsilitis

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hey guys, i had PROTECTED sex with a permiscuous girl 8 months ago, i am a 19yr old male, two weeks ago my glands swolle up and my tonsils were inflamed, i had a hard time swallowing food and pain in my throat acompanied by a lot of mucus spiting, and a light fever... my doctor gave me...

by markymark7509 over a year ago

herpes?

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can someone please help me? Some may not believe but, whatever. I have not cheated on my girl of 7 months and i know for a fact she has not either. About 3 months ago i was told by the docter at the white cross, that i had herpes!! but i did not get them on my genitals, they were on the inner thigh...

by quicksilver6894 over a year ago

Am I pregnant?

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OK, SO IT ALL STARTED THIS PAST SATURDAY. MY BF AND I WERE OUT AND I FELT LIGHT HEADED AND I WAS GETTING HOT FLASHES. THEN THAT DAY WE HAD SEX AND AFTER WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS THIS PINK JELLY LIKE DISCHARGE. I WASNT SURE IF I SARTED MY PERIOD. BUT APPARENTLY I HADNT. IT ONLY HAPPENED THE ONCE....

by CHARISSA6332 over a year ago

re concerned I may have HIV/AIDS

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Hi there A few weeks ago I had an ulcer which got significantly worse throughout the subsequent weeks which I have never previously had before..Last week I felt very confused generally and a bit unsteady on my feet but generally ok aside from that. I also had a bad cold/flu which my dad also had so...

by ANON5770 over a year ago

Reoccuring ARS HIV Symptoms?

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Almost three months ago I had unprotected sex with a friend of mine. A week and a half later I had red spots on my tongue, a sore throat, stiff nead/headaches, a very low-grade fever, and swollen lymph nodes. The sore throat was only around for a week, the fever only a few days, but the stiff neck,...

by SomeGirl5592 over a year ago

Chlamydia poses less risk than thought

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The rate of severe complications associated with chlamydia, the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease, might be lower than commonly thought. Infection with chlamydia trachomatis is the most common preventable cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in young women. PID, in turn, can...

by Laylah over a year ago

2 million kids in Africa HIV positive

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More than 2 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa where there is no access to treatment and death almost certain. Less than 5 percent of HIV-positive children have access to the pediatric AIDS treatment they desperately need, the report said. Last...

by Kruko over a year ago

Young women at risk of being re-infected with Chlamydia

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The findings show that younger women are more susceptible to and do not understand the risks of not only Chlamydia, but other STDs as well, the researchers said. Chlamydia is the most common STD among women and, in 70 percent of cases, causes no symptoms. The bacterial infection can lead to pelvic...

by Laylah over a year ago

HIV type affects disease progress

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A study has suggested that the type of HIV a person has predicts how quickly they could die from Aids. US researchers studied people in Uganda, and found HIV was more likely to progress rapidly in people with subtype D than in those with subtype A. Most people in the UK and other western countries...

by lucky29 over a year ago