Contents:
- Medical Video: Women and Sex Differences in Medicine: Precision Health for Women
- Who is at risk of getting two venereal diseases at once?
- Some examples of venereal diseases that can infect two at a time
- 1. Chlamydia and gonorrhea
- 2. HIV and syphilis
- 3. HIV and hepatitis C
Medical Video: Women and Sex Differences in Medicine: Precision Health for Women
Can someone get two sexually transmitted diseases at once? The answer, you can. Although it seems impossible, in fact someone can indeed be exposed to two venereal diseases at once. When you have sex with the same person, both diseases can appear together.
Who is at risk of getting two venereal diseases at once?
If you are sexually active and do not settle on just one partner, the risk of getting two sexually transmitted diseases at the same time is possible. Couples who don't regularly check their genital health regularly have a high risk of contracting it. Remember, venereal disease or sexually transmitted diseases will generally appear without realizing it. Viruses in your genitals can last long until they are infected with a new virus. So not infrequently a person can get more than 2 venereal diseases in one period.
For example, let's say you have unprotected sex with people who have two sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and gonorrhea. The following possibilities can occur:
- You can get infected or contract HIV and gonorrhea at the same time.
- You can get infected with only HIV, but you don't get gonorrhea
- You can only get gonorrhea and not get HIV
- Or you may not be infected either
Some examples of venereal diseases that can infect two at a time
1. Chlamydia and gonorrhea
Venereal disease that can attack at once is chlamydia and gonorrhea. Both of these diseases are the most common and can attack the genitals at once. Found from data released by Virginia Department of Health, between 40 and 50 percent of young adults infected with gonorrhea are also infected with chlamydia.
In addition, more women suffer from two venereal diseases at the same time. Both of these diseases are caused by chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria. Usually, both diseases can be treated with antibiotics alone, if they have been detected early.
2. HIV and syphilis
You can get two sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and syphilis for example. According to a report from the Virginia Department of Health, one third of cases of people suffering from HIV, in fact, are also affected by syphilis. The rate of syphilis infection in the community of HIV sufferers is on average potentially 118 times higher than those not affected. It is estimated, this happens due to anal sex which causes sexually transmitted diseases to attack the body's immune tissues through sexual fluids that come out directly in the body.
3. HIV and hepatitis C
The WHO states that 170 million people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C in the past 19th century, making it an epidemic on a scale larger than HIV. In addition, hepatitis C is an infection that cannot be cured. This disease has many life-threatening side effects, such as liver failure, cirrhosis, and cancer. Hepatitis will also make the immune system difficult to fight viruses and infections, so you will be more easily infected with HIV.
