If you're experiencing some bodily discomfort, don't be so quick to chalk it up to the flu. There are a lot of flu-like STD symptoms that disguise themselves as normal body ailments. If you've recently engaged in risky behavior, and you're experiencing some unfamiliar symptoms, read this list! These symptoms may seem like normal allergy, cold, or flu symptoms, but in reality, they could be STD symptoms in disguise. So please, for your
sake, if you have any of these STD symptoms, get tested immediately!
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Zika Virus Is Now An STD
The Zika virus is now known to be contracted from more than just Aedes mosquito bites; numerous sexually transmitted cases of Zika have been documented. The Zika virus can be found in semen, vaginal fluid, and other bodily fluids like blood, saliva and urine. So far, instances of sexual transmission of Zika have been reported in male to female, male to male and female to male cases.
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Untreated STD Worst Case Scenarios
In the absence of symptoms, it may be tempting to ignore an STD in the hopes that it will go away on its own, resolving to take care of it if the symptoms get worse. With some STDs, though, there isn’t a progression of symptoms; the disease could go from symptomless to life-threatening with nothing in between.
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