Sentences with phrase «like syphilis»

You might have heard that having an STD like syphilis, herpes, or gonorrhea can make it easier to catch HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

When it comes to STDs, «prevention» is usually synonymous with «condoms» — and, while condoms provide excellent protection against most STDs, they are more limited in preventing the transmission of STDs like syphilis, which are spread by skin - to - skin contact.

We carry it like syphilis inside.

The rise in diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea is a constant reminder of what this hookup culture has become and reiterates that we can not grow complacent.

Their survival strategy, evolutionary biologists now realize, differs from that of a disease like syphilis but works just as well.

Not exact matches

A racist who acts like he's got tertiary syphilis on the brain.

As to your ending comment about gay men and syphilis, we must take many things into account when looking at a statistic like that.

It may seem crazy to recommend safe sex to women who are pregnant, or trying to get pregnant, but the fact is that sexually transmitted infections, like chlamydia or syphilis, can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy.

The Second World War changed all this; the imminent collapse of civilization tended to break down social barriers, and sex education became more about avoiding syphilis, gonorrhoea and the like.

Dangerous spirochetes, like the Treponema of syphilis or the Borrelia of Lyme disease, have long - standing symbiotic relationships with us.

At one time, syphilis, like HIV, was not treatable.

That's the first thing you learn in ethics... like doing the infamous syphilis experiment at Tuskegee.

«Another prominent example are HIV syndemics, where the suppressed immune system of the hosts greatly increases the susceptibility towards secondary infections like hepatitis, malaria, syphilis, herpes virus, or tuberculosis.

«When you use these medications, it is not like taking penicillin for syphilis.

The diagnoses are displayed openly on user profiles, and include short - term infections, like gonorrhea and syphilis, as well as long - term conditions, like herpes and HIV.

Diseases like gonorrhea, herpes and syphilis affect millions of people worldwide.

Rockerfeller is incensed that Rivera decided to include a portrait of Lenin and syphilis within the mural, and Congress is holding McCarthy - like hearings, trying to weed out communists in the theater.

The symptoms of syphilis are well - known, as are the side effects of the time period's medications like arsenic and mercury.

Crack is known to cause a dramatic increase in the kind of risky sexual behavior that leads to the spread of things like HIV and syphilis.

Anyone wishing to avoid the oral transmission of STDs like herpes, gonorrhea, HPV, syphilis, chlamydia, and intestinal parasites, dental - dam advocates say, should use a latex barrier.

Other STDs, like herpes and syphilis, can look like genital warts but need different treatment.

If you have a curable STD (like gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis), take all of your medication the way your doctor tells you to, even if your symptoms go away sooner.

For example, bacterial STDs like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis can do a lot of damage when left unchecked, but if caught in their early stages can be blasted away with antibiotics, leaving you good as new.