Six common misunderstandings about sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases Doesn’t sound like a good word. If you hear that someone has a sexually transmitted disease, people around you will generally look at it strangely. It is precisely because of this that there are many misunderstandings about STDs in society, which leads many people to regard STDs as ferocious beasts and thus fall into the misunderstanding of STDs, making this disease more tormenting people.

Six major misunderstandings about sexually transmitted diseases

Misunderstanding 1. Lack of disease knowledge

Some patients only know that syphilis and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases but do not know that the definition of sexually transmitted diseases is very broad and is a general term for infectious diseases that are closely related to various sexual behaviors and sexual contacts. In addition to syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, inguinal granuloma and other familiar sexually transmitted diseases, there are also genital warts, AIDS, genital herpes, genital candidiasis, molluscum contagiosum, pubic lice, non-gonococcal urethritis, etc., which can be transmitted through sexual contact.

Misunderstanding 2: Only treat yourself, not your sexual partner

Some patients with sexually transmitted diseases relapsed many times after being cured and no longer had extramarital affairs. This is because they cured themselves and did not let their spouses treat them. As a result, they suffered from the same disease many times through the sexual life between husband and wife. Therefore, once a patient knows that he has an STD, for the safety of himself and his family, he should openly tell his spouse and go to the hospital for examination and treatment.

Misunderstanding 3: Preferring medical tourism advertisements

Many patients "voluntarily" came to be slaughtered because they believed in medical tourism advertisements. As a result, they not only lost money but also delayed their illness. Therefore, if you unfortunately contract an STD, you must go to a regular STD hospital for examination and treatment.

STDs are actually not as scary as everyone thinks, and STDs are not terminal illnesses. If you understand STDs correctly and treat STDs with the right attitude, you won't be so afraid of STDs. You must also be careful of the above misunderstandings about sexually transmitted diseases. If you suffer from sexually transmitted diseases, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time, and both spouses must be treated at the same time, otherwise it will be useless to treat only one party.

Misunderstanding 4: Being scared of STDs

Some patients think that STDs are terminal illnesses. In fact, STDs are not incurable and can be cured as long as they are treated actively. STD viruses are actually very fragile. For example, Treponema pallidum will die quickly in a dry environment or in soapy water or alcohol. Have firm faith in healing.

Misunderstanding 5. “Every tree and plant is a soldier” – STD phobia

A patient who had gonorrhea and condyloma acuminata achieved a clinical cure after systematic and regular treatment in a regular hospital. Multiple laboratory tests for sexually transmitted disease pathogens were all negative. However, the patient felt that the urethral pain and discomfort he had had before still existed. Therefore, he went to several hospitals and small outpatient clinics and was injected with more than 90 Bacillus Bacilli, more than 100 Fudaxin, more than 100 interferon and other antibiotics and other drugs at a cost of more than 100,000 yuan. He still felt that he was not cured and was depressed all day long, accompanied by headaches, insomnia, palpitations, fatigue, and loss of appetite. After consultation with experts, he was diagnosed with STD phobia. This disease is not uncommon in STD clinics. It is often suffered by those who have poor mental endurance, are nervous, and are overly concerned about their own health. They often exaggerate their normal physiological reactions or slight discomfort and attribute it to previous STDs. They strive to be confirmed and hope to get the doctor's approval and treatment, but they are skeptical or rejecting the doctor's explanation and the reliability of the test results.

Misunderstanding 6: If you have a sexually transmitted disease, you want to get an injection and "cure it" once and for all

Many patients hope to take "anti-inflammatory" injections after contracting STDs and hope to "cut off the roots" at once. In fact, this idea is unrealistic. Because there are many types of sexually transmitted diseases, the types of pathogens that cause sexually transmitted diseases are different. For example, gonorrhea is caused by gonorrhea, syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum, genital warts are caused by human papillomavirus, non-gonococcal urethritis is mainly caused by chlamydia and mycoplasma, pubic lice are caused by pubic lice, etc. Because the pathogens are different, the treatment methods are correspondingly different. For example, syphilis is treated with penicillin, gonorrhea is mainly treated with cephalosporin antibiotics, non-gonococcal urethritis is mainly treated with tetracycline and erythromycin antibiotics, genital warts are treated with laser, microwave, verrucosin and other antiviral drugs at the same time, while pubic lice are only treated with topical drugs. As for "radical cure", it depends on the type of disease. For non-drug-resistant gonorrhea and syphilis, formal and systematic treatment can achieve complete cure. For viral STDs such as genital warts and genital herpes, since there are currently only drugs that interfere with virus replication and synthesis but no antiviral drugs, these two diseases are STDs that are prone to recurrence. Even after treatment, sexual promiscuity no longer occurs, they may still relapse. Therefore, once you get a sexually transmitted disease, you should not expect to see a doctor and get an injection. Instead, you should go to a regular hospital for targeted systematic treatment. After treatment, follow the doctor's instructions, conduct regular follow-up visits, and check for pathogens to confirm the efficacy and modify the treatment plan. Because the subjective symptoms disappear, it does not mean that the STD is cured. Clinical manifestations and laboratory tests are the criteria for determining whether it is cured. It is important not to treat here and there with a hammer and a stick, because irregular treatment can easily cause pathogens to become resistant to treatment drugs, delaying the good opportunity for timely and effective treatment, and hastening the pace is wasting more.