STD treatments (Sexually Transmitted Disease treatments) are too general of a topic to cover without branching out across the different classes and types of sexually transmitted diseases.

STD signs will of course depend on the particular sexually transmitted disease (STD) being discussed and their different characteristic signs.

Generally, an STD is an infectious disease (viral or bacterial) which is transmitted person-to-person through sexual contact. However, oral, vaginal, or anal penetration is not the only route of transmission.

Infection may spread through simple body-body contact and kissing or touching. Mother-to-infant transmission, contaminated food, water, needles, blood, or medical instruments are alternate routes of transmission.

HIV (AIDS virus) and hepatitis viruses (such as hepatitis C) are able to be transmitted through many of these alternate routes as well as through sexual contact.

Viral STDs include genital warts, hepatitis virus (A, B, C, D, or E), genital herpes, HPV - Human papillomavirus, and HIV infection which can lead to AIDS.

Different STD types are covered below where more specific treatments can be addressed.

• AIDS treatments
• Chlamydia treatments
• Gonorrhea treatments
• Herpes treatments
• Genital Herpes treatments
• Hepatitis treatments
• Hepatitis C treatments
• HIV treatments
• HPV treatments
• Human papillomavirus treatments
• Syphilis treatments

Sexually transmitted diseases are amongst the most common infectious diseases and are usually only diagnosed following an episode of their specific sexually transmitted disease treatments.

Bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) include syphilis, gonorrhea, nongonococcal urethritis and chlamydial cervicitis (chlamydia), lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, and trichomoniasis.

Gonorrhea and chlamydia are the two most common STDs in the United States with over 3 million people newly infected each year.

Symptom severity can differ greatly from individual to individual. Some infected individuals may not experience any STD symptom (asymptomatic) while still being able to transmit the disease to others. These individuals are often termed ‘carriers’.

Often, it is only after the newly infected individual has displayed an STD symptom that the carrier may learn that are infected with a particular STD.