Assist Pregnancy Center AssistCPC.org
5101-D Backlick Road, Annandale, VA 22003








  Mon.: Noon - 6pm.
  Tues.: Noon - 6pm.
  Wed.: Closed
  Thurs.: Noon - 6pm.
  Fri.: Closed
  Sat.: Closed

   703-354-7272

Assist@AssistCPC.org

5101-D Backlick Road
Annandale, VA 22003

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Assist Pregnancy Center is not a medical facility and does not provide STD testing. Some pregnancy resource centers are medical facilities that offer STD testing: call OptionLine at 800-395-HELP to see if there is a medical pregnancy resource center near you that offers STD testing. Other ways to find STD testing are to contact your OBGYN or your primary care physician. If you have medical insurance, check with the doctor referral line or nurse line provided by your insurance company for a doctor or clinic that offers STD testing and accepts your insurance. You can also see if your local public health department offers STD testing.
Types Caused By Symptoms Treatment Effects
AIDS
Every 15 minutes a person gets infected.		 An infection by a virus that damages the body's ability to fight infections. Extreme tiredness, swollen glands, fever, night sweat, weight loss, dry cough, diarrhea. No Cure Fatal.
Chlamydia. Over 4 million new cases each year. An infection by a micro-organism. Women: Pelvic pain, vaginal discharge, bleeding after intercourse.
Men: Discharge from penis, painful urination.
Some people have no symptoms. 		Antibiotics Cases PID, chronic pain, infertility, problems during pregnancy.
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Approximately 20 million people are currently infected with HPV. At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year. Any of 100 strains of a virus. Most people who have a genital HPV infection do not know they are infected. The virus lives in the skin or mucous membranes and usually causes no symptoms. There is no "cure" for HPV infection, although in most women the infection goes away on its own. The treatments provided are directed to the changes in the skin or mucous membrane caused by HPV infection, such as warts and pre-cancerous changes in the cervix. Information about the HPV vaccine. Some people get visible genital warts, or have pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, anus, or penis. Very rarely, HPV infection results in anal or genital cancers.
Gonorrhea. 2 million new cases each year. Infection by bacteria. Women: Pelvic pain, painful urination, vaginal discharge.
Men: Painful urination, discharge from penis.
Some people have no symptoms. 		Antibiotics Causes PID, chronic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, arthritis.
Genital Warts. Over 12 million total cases. Warts caused by a virus. Small painless cauliflower-like bumps that grow around sex organs or rectum. Slight itching, burning, or irritation. Removed by burning off, freezing, or minor surgery. Linked to cervical cancer.
Herpes. 500,000 new cases each year. Infection by a virus. Painful blisters that break into open sores around mouth, sex organs, or rectum. Usually the sores dry up and disappear in 5 to 21 days, but the virus still exists. No Cure Fever, painful blisters, infection passed to baby during pregnancy.
Syphillis. 100,000 reported cases each year. Infection from bacteria. Early stages: Painful sore on mouth, sex organs, or elsewhere on body. Antibiotics Blindness, heart disease, nervous disorders, insanity, tumors, death.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). 1 million cases each year. Infection of uterus, tubes, and pelvic organs caused by gonorrhea, chlamydia, or bacteria. Lower abdominal pain, painful intercourse, burning urination, heavy bleeding, fever. Some women have no symptoms. Antibiotics Chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, infertility.
 
 
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