Causes and dangers of sexually transmitted diseases in women

　　female Compare male more susceptible to infection sexually transmitted diseases

　　Generally speaking, men are mainly infected with sexually transmitted diseases, but from a physiological structure, women are more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases than men, and the consequences are more serious. The inner wall of the female vagina is an extremely thin layer of mucous membrane, which is extremely susceptible to infection. Moreover, women are exposed to infection sources for a longer period of time than men because sperm and organic sources of infection can accumulate in the vagina.

　　It is also difficult to diagnose female STDs, partly because some STDs have no symptoms, and even if damage to the human body or other signs are already present, these symptoms are often hidden in the vagina and are not easily discovered. Therefore, women are twice as likely as men to develop certain STDs, such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, and half as likely to develop syphilis.

　　The serious harm of sexually transmitted diseases to women

　　Looking at STDs from a woman's perspective, in addition to having the same consequences for women as for men, it can also cause a series of complications. These complications can affect women's lives to varying degrees.

　　Affect fertility

　　Some infections, such as chlamydia, can infect the upper reproductive tract and progress to bone pelvic inflammatory disease It will scar and block the fallopian tubes, making it impossible or difficult for sperm to merge with the egg to complete fertilization. Sexually transmitted diseases can also put pregnancy at risk by preventing the fertilized egg from traveling down the fallopian tube to Uterus Here, the child is born Ectopic pregnancy , endangering the life of the mother. Sexually transmitted diseases also often destroy pregnancy, causing stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, premature birth Or newborn baby Underweight, etc.

　　Increase risk of other disease opportunity

　　Sexually transmitted diseases can also increase women's chances of contracting other diseases, such as papillomavirus (commonly called genital warts), a total of more than 70 types, two of which are closely related to cervical cancer. Some sexually transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis, can weaken women's resistance to human immunodeficiency virus.

　　In addition to affecting physical health, sexually transmitted diseases often cause psychological harm to women. Research shows that women react emotionally to contracting an STD differently than men. As mentioned earlier, women's inner pain after contracting an STD greatly exceeds the pain of the disease itself, and they may continue to feel this way for several years.