STDs: Pregnancy & Fertility
Sexually transmitted diseases can affect your ability to have children. How do these infections affect fertility, and can these changes be prevented? Even once you get pregnant, STDs can still have an effect on your reproductive life. They can even affect the health of your baby once you do get pregnant. What do you need to ask the doctor to test for? When would the damage be done?
Can STDs affect my ability to have children?
Left untreated, sexually transmitted diseases can affect your ability to have children. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a leading cause of preventable infertility
Left untreated, sexually transmitted diseases can affect your ability to have children. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a leading cause of preventable infertility
Having Children When HIV Positive
In recent years, almost all HIV infections occurring in U.S. children were the result of mother-to-child transmission. However, the epidemic is slowly coming under control.
In recent years, almost all HIV infections occurring in U.S. children were the result of mother-to-child transmission. However, the epidemic is slowly coming under control.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) & Infertility
Pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, can be a long-term consequence of several STDs. Not only can PID cause intense discomfort, worldwide it is a leading cause of preventable infertility and ectopic pregnancy.
Pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, can be a long-term consequence of several STDs. Not only can PID cause intense discomfort, worldwide it is a leading cause of preventable infertility and ectopic pregnancy.
Chlamydia: Long Term Consequences
What happens if a chlamydia infection goes untreated? What are the long term side effects? It can affect your health, your fertility, and the health of your future children.
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What happens if a chlamydia infection goes untreated? What are the long term side effects? It can affect your health, your fertility, and the health of your future children.
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STDs During Pregnancy
STDs don't only affect your health, they can affect the health of your baby.
STDs don't only affect your health, they can affect the health of your baby.
What Do I Need To Know About Bacterial Vaginosis During Pregnancy?
Bacterial vaginosis can increase your risk of preterm birth.
Bacterial vaginosis can increase your risk of preterm birth.
What Do I Need To Know About Chlamydia During Pregnancy?
Chlamydia can cause not only eye infections, but pneumonia, in infants.
Chlamydia can cause not only eye infections, but pneumonia, in infants.
What Do I Need To Know About Gonorrhea During Pregnancy?
Routine eye-drops at the time of delivery have reduced the most common complication of gonorrhea during pregnancy.
Routine eye-drops at the time of delivery have reduced the most common complication of gonorrhea during pregnancy.
What Do I Need To Know About Hepatitis B During Pregnancy?
Women at high risk for hepatitis B should be vaccinated before becoming pregnant.
Women at high risk for hepatitis B should be vaccinated before becoming pregnant.
What Do I Need To Know About Herpes During Pregnancy?
When an infant is infected with herpes, it can be life threatening.
When an infant is infected with herpes, it can be life threatening.
What Do I Need To Know About HIV During Pregnancy?
Proper treatment can reduce the likelihood that you will transmit HIV to your baby.
Proper treatment can reduce the likelihood that you will transmit HIV to your baby.
What Do I Need To Know About Syphilis During Pregnancy?
Syphilis infection during pregnancy can be extremely dangerous.
Syphilis infection during pregnancy can be extremely dangerous.
What Do I Need To Know About Trichomoniasis During Pregnancy?
Trichomoniasis increases a woman's risk of preterm birth.
Trichomoniasis increases a woman's risk of preterm birth.
Men Contribute To And Suffer From Infertility
Safer sex isn't just a matter of protecting yourself from disease now. It also helps to protect your fertility in the future. This article from Family Health International examines the role that sexually transmitted diseases play in male fertility.
Safer sex isn't just a matter of protecting yourself from disease now. It also helps to protect your fertility in the future. This article from Family Health International examines the role that sexually transmitted diseases play in male fertility.
The Checkered History and Bright Future of Intrauterine Contraception
Worldwide, IUDs are extremely popular. In the U.S. however, controversy over the Dalkon Shield in the 1970s-80s caused many devices to be pulled off the market. Their popularity has never recovered. This article discusses the history of IUDs in the U.S., their actual effects on fertility, and what you need to know about their use.
Worldwide, IUDs are extremely popular. In the U.S. however, controversy over the Dalkon Shield in the 1970s-80s caused many devices to be pulled off the market. Their popularity has never recovered. This article discusses the history of IUDs in the U.S., their actual effects on fertility, and what you need to know about their use.
The CDC Fact Sheet on STDs and Infertility
Worldwide, chlamydia and gonorrhea are the two leading causes of preventable infertility. Find out more here.
Worldwide, chlamydia and gonorrhea are the two leading causes of preventable infertility. Find out more here.