Pharmacotherapy/Treatment Of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) arre infections contracted through unprotected sex or close sexual contact with an infected person. They are sometimes called sexually transmitted disease (STDs) or venereal disease. Most of these infections are not contracted only through unprotected sex or close contact with infected persons. Read Also : Difference between STI and STD STI can affect any part of the body and not only the genital. In some cases, symptoms do not occur in the genital. It is just a means of transmission. Statistics Of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) According to WHO in 2016, 376 million people were reported to be infected with one form of STI around the world. That is more than a million new infections recorded everyday. Majority of these infections are among people between the age of 15 and 24 years old. Trichomonas had an infection rate of 156 million. That is more than the 127 million cases recorded for chlamydia, 87 million by gonorrhea and 1.3 milli...