Cause: A bacteria called treponema.  This enters the body through tiny cracks in the skin or by penetrating mucus membranes, such as through oral sex, then lives and multiplies in [ … ]

HIV is a virus which can cause AIDS. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, so called because it attacks the immune system, the body’s defence against disease and infection. AIDS [ … ]

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world today, but until recently little was known about this devastating, silent scourge. We explain the causes, the effects – [ … ]

Hepatitis is a disease of the liver caused by poisons in the blood, such as excessive alcohol, as well as by the viruses Hepatitis A, B, C – and, more [ … ]

Genital Herpes is caused by the herpes simplex virus, types 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2). Both these strains can cause genital herpes, but HSV-2 is usually responsible. It’s the same [ … ]

Gonorrhoea is a bacterial infection spread through unprotected sex, including oral sex. Initial symptoms, appearing around two to ten days after exposure, include painful urination, a discharge of pus from [ … ]