STDs-Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are a wide ranging group of infections that come in a wide variety of alphabet soup such as HIV, AIDS, HPV, BV, PIS and more than 20 other types that you may not have even heard of. 

In this episode Bobbie helps you to identify if you are susceptible and to determine if you have contracted a sexually transmitted disease. Useful statistics from the USA  Center for Disease Control can also help the sexually active person in America today know what they are dealing with - for example, while Gonorrhea rates are down and Syphilis rates are stable, Chlamydia rates are doubling. And Denver and Los Angeles have the highest HPV rates with the most frequently affected age group being 20 to 24.

STDs can be caused by bacteria, parasites and viruses and  many are treatable but not curable. The nature of the infection determines the course of treatment.  Bobbie gives you helpful medical options and other management solutions for this important health topic in modern times.