STD VS STI

STD VS STI
Now that you know the following

information about STDs, you can

What's the Difference?
What's the Difference?
arm yourself with knowledge.

Awareness is one of the best ways to

protect yourself from contracting

disease.

GET TESTED
Many STDs don't have symptoms, but
they can still cause health problems.

Talk with your health Search for CDR Find location to get
care provider recommended tested for STDs
tests

The only way to know for sure if you

have an STD is to get tested.

If You Tested Positive...

Getting STD is not the end!
Many STDs are curable and all are treatable.
If either you or your partner is infected with an STD
that can be cured, both of you need to start
treatment immediately to avoid getting re-infected.
 MODE OF
STD VS STI TRANSMISSION HERE'S HOW YOU CAN AVOID GETTING
OR GIVING AN STD:
What's the Difference?

SEXUAL CONTACT WITH AN

INFECTED PERSON PRACTICE ABSTINENCE
STD stands for Sexually -VAGINAL The surest way to avoid
Transmitted Disease, whereas -ANAL STDs is to not have sex.
STI means Sexually -ORAL
Transmitted Infection.
Essentially, the difference is
between a disease and an
infection. HAVE FEWER PARTNERS
Agree to only have sex
BLOOD TO BLOOD with one person who
agrees to only have sex
CONTACT with you.
Not all diseases begin with
infections, but many do, SHARING NEEDLES OR OTHER
Sexually transmitted disease DRUG USE EQUIPMENT
first begin as sexually TALK WITH YOUR PARTNER
transmitted bacteria or virus Talk with your
first enters the body and begins partner(s) about STDs
multiplying. and staying safe before
having sex.

TATTOO OR
Once the sexually transmitted BODY
bacteria or virus have entered PIERCINGS USE CONDOMS
the body, the infection may Using a condom
progress into a disease. correctly every time
Disease occurs when this you have sex can
foreign presence officially help you avoid STDs.
disrupts the body's normal
funstions and processes.
INFECTED MOTHER
TO HER BABY GET VACCINATED
The most common STD
can be prevented by a
vaccine.