Can sexually transmitted diseases cause infertility? Do infants and young children also need to be prevented from sexually transmitted diseases

Q&A on sexually transmitted diseases: Can sexually transmitted diseases cause infertility?

To answer this question, it still depends on the type and degree of sexually transmitted disease you are suffering from. It is undeniable that many sexually transmitted diseases can cause infertility. Like sex workers in the old society, few were able to have children. Although syphilis patients could conceive, they were prone to stillbirth and gave birth to premature or syphilitic babies. Gonorrhea can cause infertility due to gonococcal invasion of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, while men can also cause infertility due to gonococcal invasion of the testes, epididymis, and vas deferens. Of course, it depends on the degree of infection. If it is simple urethritis, without complications, and after timely treatment, it will not cause infertility. Jiang Haobo, dermatology, Donghua Hospital, Dongguan City

Are sexually transmitted diseases hereditary?

Some female patients with sexually transmitted diseases are often worried that the disease will be transmitted to the next generation, and even refuse to marry. Actually, this is not correct. The so-called inheritance is due to chromosomal abnormalities, passed on to the next generation. Sexually transmitted diseases are infectious diseases that do not alter the body's genes, so they are not hereditary. As long as sexually transmitted disease patients are cured, they can get married and have children, leading a happy family life. Of course, sexually transmitted diseases are contagious, especially gonorrhea and non gonococcal urethritis, which can be transmitted to children through bathing. But this is not genetics.

Is it necessary to receive fluids or injections to treat sexually transmitted diseases?

The main route of administration for treating sexually transmitted diseases, like other infectious diseases, is oral administration, intramuscular injection, intravenous infusion, and local medication. The treatment of diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea is mainly based on intramuscular injection according to the plan stipulated by the STD expert consultation committee, and is also a delicious medication treatment. Generally, patients without comorbidities do not require intravenous medication. Some medical units may treat minor illnesses and increase the financial burden on patients, which is unnecessary. You should know that any medicine is seven times poisonous, and using it too much is not beneficial.

What should I pay attention to when interacting with sexually transmitted disease patients?

In interpersonal communication, life, and work, what should you pay attention to when an individual you may come into contact with is a sexually transmitted disease patient, or when you suspect that they are a sexually transmitted disease patient? How to protect oneself from infection?

In fact, general contact does not cause infection, including shaking hands and dining together. Some people doubt that others have sexually transmitted diseases and are afraid to have any contact with them, which is incorrect. But the secretions, saliva, and blood of patients with sexually transmitted diseases may carry bacteria, so it is best not to share towels and underwear with you. In addition, bath towels and bathtubs can also contaminate bacteria or viruses of sexually transmitted diseases, which should be taken seriously and should not be used together to take baths. Showers are generally safe.

Do infants and young children also need to be prevented from sexually transmitted diseases?

Many people believe that preventing sexually transmitted diseases is only a matter for adults and has nothing to do with infants, young children, and children. In fact, this is not the case. In clinical practice, it is not uncommon for infants and children to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases. Some young girls may have redness, redness, or purulent secretions in their vulva, which parents do not approve of. Eventually, the child cries uncontrollably and the pain is unbearable. Only then do parents take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment, and after being checked by a specialist doctor, they tell the child that they have gonorrhea. What's going on here? In fact, infants and young children, especially girls, have weak resistance to bacteria due to underdeveloped external genital mucosa, which can easily lead to infection with gonococcus, mycoplasma, and chlamydia. The source of infection can be their parents or other relatives and friends. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their carriers are easily transmitted to infants and young children through contaminated hands, contaminated clothing, contaminated towels, etc., resulting in flying disasters for children. So, paying attention to the condition of the child's external genitalia, timely cleaning, and timely treatment is the responsible attitude towards the child.

How to view advertisements for treating sexually transmitted diseases correctly?

Everyone has the impression that sexually transmitted disease advertisements are almost ubiquitous, ranging from power poles and trash cans to certain newspapers and even appearing on the front page. It seems that sexually transmitted diseases are rampant among Chinese people, and even formal hospitals cannot treat them. Actually, this is misleading. For sexually transmitted diseases, every hospital has a sexually transmitted disease department or dermatology department for treatment. Specialized doctors are well-trained and knowledgeable, and they pay great attention to keeping patients' privacy confidential. The funds required for treatment are determined by the pricing department. Due to institutional reasons, regular hospitals currently rarely advertise. Some advertisements claim that only by going to their place is a legitimate professional medical institution, so please keep an eye out for it. At present, many individuals who practice medicine without a license have changed their appearance and entered some medical institutions for small profits. And there are also some companies involved in this "profitable" industry, renting a few bungalows and relying on certain medical institutions to make a living. Being stabbed by someone is a small matter, which increases the psychological burden and delays treatment.