Causes Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Health can be defined into by a persons mental, social and physical condition. Diseases can be categorised by the type of severity, and what implications it has on the particular individual, and how they 're passed from person to person. For example for diseases such as Gonorrhea and Chlamydia which are both STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) diseases such as these can only be passed through sexual contact. Other diseases such as Influenza and Chickenpox are spread through the air. They 're spread when droplets of pathogens are released into the air by sneezing, coughing or talking. So both of these would be in the infectious disease category because they 're transmitted to one another, through normal social contact; whether that being via …show more content…
The less common ways of transmitting HIV is by being born to an infected mother, it can be passed through the stages of pregnancy from mother to child. Eating food that has been chewed by someone who has been infected by HIV, although extremely rare, this can still spread the infection. Also Being bitten by a person with HIV; there has been a few cases, but each of these cases it has only involved severe trauma with extensive tissue damage and the presence of blood. There is no risk of transmission if the skin is not …show more content…
When people first are diagnosed or discover they have AIDS, they may not start to begin to take medication. The decision to begin treatment depends on that certain individual; this is determined by past medical history, their current CD4 T cell count, how long they have been infected for and there current overall health. At this current time there are two vaccine that are being tested, one being preventive and the other therapeutic. Antiretroviral therapies have given renewed hope for many individuals coping and living with HIV. However, they do not offer a cure, and they can cause many discomforting side