STDs A to Z: Symptoms, Testing & Treatment
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- WATCH: An Overview of common STIs, STI Testing, and Treatment
- Experts Chase Cannon and Stacey Griner provide a comprehensive overview of STIs today and what everyone should know about STIs and testing.
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Experts Chase Cannon and Stacey Griner provide a comprehensive overview of STIs today and what everyone should know about STIs and testing.
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Section: STD or STI?
Headline: STD or STI?
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There’s been a shift towards using “STI” (Sexually Transmitted Infection) instead of “STD” (sexually Transmitted Disease). This is because “disease” implies obvious signs and symptoms, but many common STIs have no symptoms or mild, easily overlooked symptoms. Therefore, it’s more accurate to describe the presence of a virus or bacteria as an “infection” that may or may not lead to a “disease.”
Examples of this include:
* Chlamydia (link to chlamydia-101 page)
* Gonorrhea (link to gonorrhea page)
* Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (link to HPV data on ashasexualhealth.org)
However, there isn’t complete agreement on this terminology within the medical community. Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield suggests using either term without defensiveness, as noted in his essay in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases (