Summary: The effects of STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases, vary depending on the type of infection, but can include sores, swollen genitals, redness, drainage, skin rashes, weight loss, loose stool or even deadly infections. Treat STDs as soon as symptoms become apparent with advice from a physician's assistant in this free video on sexually transmitted diseases.
Albert Hedgepeth Jr. graduated from physician's assistant school at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1980. He currently works as a P.A. in gynecology for Wake County, but has experience in cardiac...read more
"The effects of STDs vary depending on the type of infection you have. It can be anywhere from bumps, sores or swollen areas of the genitals including the anus and or the mouth. You can have redness, drainage or discharge from an area, skin rashes in lathe sample of sheet and get black dotted rash of the pumps in the bottoms of your feet. You can have weight loss; loose stools; night sweats with fevers; general aches and pains because you can get sexually transmitted diseases that infect just your joints. You can actually have from sexually transmitted diseases such as Hepatitis B, jaundice where your liver is actually infected and swells and doesn't drain properly causing you to become jaundice or yellow. So these are the most common side effects or results found in STD. Other STDs can results in serious infections, require hospitalization and treatment with very high powered antibiotics and or even death. So sexually transmitted diseases are not something to being embarrass about. You should seek treatment as soon as you find out you have them or think you have symptoms of one."
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