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Does sexually transmitted disease permenantly damage the body?
« on: 01/11/2016 03:23:01 »
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Is a body once damaged by sexually transmitted diseases no longer the same ever again?
What do you think?
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Re: Does sexually transmitted disease permenantly damage the body?
« Reply #1 on: 01/11/2016 08:13:56 »
It depends upon the disease. Some infections are transient or can be resolved with a course of drugs leaving no obvious residual changes. Other infections are more significant or long-lasting in their effects: chlamydia, for example, can cause scarring of the fallopian tubes, which can be a cause of infertility. Herpes simplex infection, once acquired, never leaves the body and periodically reactivates at the infection site producing painful blisters (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/chrissmithcolumn4.htm/). Meanwhile, HIV devastates the immune system and HPV causes cervical cancer.
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