Diseases spread by sexual contact ( venereal diseases).

Diseases spread by sexual contact.

1. Gonorrhea: This is a disease spread by sexual contact.

Signs: in the man.

(a). Pain with urination.

(b). Drops of pus from penis.

(c). fever (sometimes)

(d). Difficulty urinating (sometimes he cannot pass any urine at all).

Signs: in the woman.

(a). Vaginal discharge.

(b). She may feel pain when urinating.

Nb. If a pregnant woman with gonorrhea is not treated before giving birth, the infection may get in the baby's eyes and make him blind.

2. Syphilis: is common and dangerous disease that spread from person to person through sex.

Signs: 1. Sores; it is called a chancre.

It appears 2 to 5 weeks after sexual contact with a person who has syphilis. It may look like pimples or an open sore.

3. HIV/AIDS: This disease is caused by sexual intercourse.

Sign: feeling dizzy, weakness

Fever, malaria, diarrhea

Joint pain, fatigue,colouration of urine.

Night sweating, drowsiness

4. Hepatitis A and B: This disease is also caused by sexual intercourse. 

Sign: colouration of eye (yellow) and urine.

Body Weakness

Joint pain.