Sexually Transmitted Disease: Shannon’s Story

What does it mean to be protected from these silent predators? She feels fine, but what could be destroying her on the inside?

Sources

CDC:

https://www.cdc.gov/sti/about/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/clinical-risk.htm

World Health Organization

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sexually-transmitted-infections-(stis)

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sexually-transmitted-infections-(stis)#:~:text=More%20than%201%20million%20curable%20STIs%20are%20acquired%20every%20day,chronic%20hepatitis%20B%20in%202022.

Cleveland Clinic:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9138-sexually-transmitted-diseases--infections-stds--stis

STD exposure calculator

https://stdtestingfacilities.com/std-risk-calculator/

Focus on the Family

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/basic-information-regarding-stis/

https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/stds-on-the-rise-again-demonstrating-the-continued-societal-decline-of-sexual-morality-in-america/

San Francisco Department of Public Health, City Clinic 

https://www.sfcityclinic.org/patient-education-resources/std-risk-chart

National Library of Medicine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560808/

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