6 common s*xually transmitted diseases in Nigeria

Syphilis is another serious transmitted disease that has the tendency of becoming deadly if not treated beforehand.

Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can be gotten by any sexually active person.

Listed as one of the most common diseases that can be transmitted sexually, chlamydia is a bacterial infection that is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.

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Note: It is very important to state here that these early signs and symptoms usually disappear within a week to a month and are mistaken for those of another viral infection.

But various studies have shown that there are rare cases of people experiencing signs and symptoms, months after infection.

And when trichomoniasis causes symptoms, they may appear within five to twenty-eight days of exposure and range from mild irritation to severe inflammation.

Decades after, it has been made known through available data that the rate at which sexually transmitted disease spreads in Nigeria is alarming.

Early-stage of this disease usually comes with no sign or symptoms, therefore, making Chlamydia difficult to detect.

Caused by the bacterium known as Neisseria Gonorrhea, gonorrhea is a bacterial infection of the genital tract.

However, if we're serious as a people in any way whatsoever, this issue should have been taken seriously enough to attract government attention to initiate necessary control measures to prevent those consequences that cannot be separated from these diseases..

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