STD's

3. A bacterial infection of the reproductive tract, with or without symptoms; a frequent cause of ectopic pregnancy or failure to become pregnant.
5. A common, incurable STD caused by a virus that produces blisters. The symptoms clear up on their own, but the virus remains to cause future outbreaks.
7. An STD caused by tiny parasites that breed in pubic hair and cause intense itching.
10. The stage of a disease when symptoms are temporarily unseen or inactive.
11. Refraining completely from sexual relations with other people.
14. A Viral STD that causes loss of liver function and severe liver disease.
15. An STD caused by a parasite that can cause bladder and urethral infections.

1. A group of over 100 related viruses whose symptoms include genital warts and cervical cancer.
2. A hard, painless sore that develops early in syphilis infections.
4. An abbreviation, the virus that causes AIDS.
5. Contagious wart-like growths on infected areas, caused by human papillomaviruses.
6. A fatal, transmittable viral disease of the immune system that creates a severe immune deficiency, and that leaves people defenseless against infections and cancer.
8. A prevention that can be used during sexual activity that can greatly reduce the risk of contracting many STDs
9. A bacterial STD that often advances without symptoms to spread through the body, causing problems in many organs.
12. A bacterial STD that, if untreated, advances from a sore to flulike symptoms, then through a long symptomless period, and later to a final stage of irreversible brain and nerve damage, ending in death.
13. Having sexual relations with one partner only, excluding all others. These relationships are usually long-term relationships.