{"id":27007,"date":"2018-02-07T12:20:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/afrocentric\/stis-are-serious\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:07:48","slug":"stis-are-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/stis-are-serious\/","title":{"rendered":"STIs are Serious"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14018 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/20-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are very serious. There are several sexually transmitted infections, with these being the most important and common:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HIV<\/strong> &#8211; Human Immunodeficiency Virus is spread through vaginal sex, anal sex, , from mother to child during labour, via breast milk and via blood. It causes a weakened immune system and leads to AIDS, which is ultimately fatal. HIV is incurable (life expectancy is about 10 years without treatment) but it can be managed &amp; controlled (life expectancy is measured in decades on treatment) so the key is to know your status and get onto treatment if needed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Syphillis<\/strong> causes a wide range of symptoms, initially affecting only the genitals (sores, discharge) but later affecting many parts of the body. Syphillis can be\u00a0treated with penicillin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gonorrhoea<\/strong> causes discharge and pain initially but can cause more widespread symptoms later. Gonorrhoea can be treated with antibiotics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chlamydia<\/strong> cause few symptoms usually but can cause pain and infertility later. It can be treated with antibiotics.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Herpes<\/strong> causes warts or blisters that may be painful, but often causes no symptoms or is not noticed. Herpes cannot be treated and becomes a life-long infection characterised by repeating episodes\/flare-ups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HPV<\/strong> &#8211; Human Papilloma Virus actually infects most sexually active adults. It causes very few if any symptoms but is a key risk factor for the development of cancer of the cervix in women. There is an effective vaccine (must be given to virgin females) but no cure &#8211; women should have regular PAP smear screening tests to detect any early pre-cancerous signs that can almost always be treated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All of these infections can be avoided by using condoms, always and correctly. Condoms, used correctly, offer 80-90% protection.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sex"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 17:23:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27424,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27007\/revisions\/27424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}