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Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Panel
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Comprehensive Panel to test for sexually transmitted diseases.



Syphilis: Syphilis is a bacterial infection that can be easily missed. The first symptom is a painless blister or sore that will disappear on its own. Syphilis can be treated with antibiotics. However, if left untreated, the disease can spread throughout your body over the course of many years and cause considerable organ damage.

Genital herpes: This virus causes recurrent, periodic outbreaks of sores in the genital region and remains in you body for life. However, there are anti-viral therapies available that can shorten the duration of symptoms.

Hepatitis A, B, and C: Hepatitis A is spread through infected water and food that have been contaminated with fecal material. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as one third of the U.S. population becomes infected with hepatitis A at some point in their life. Symptoms may be flu-like and are frequently not identified as being due to hepatitis. Most patients recover fully within about six months.
Hepatitis B is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis. It can be spread by exposure to blood, infected needles, through sexual relations, and from mother to baby. The number of new cases in the U.S. each year is approximately 73,000, a decline from the 1980s when the average was 260,000. Most people will get better without any intervention, but about 1-3% become carriers - chronically infected and able to continue to infect others. Newborns are especially vulnerable to chronic infection, with up to 90% of those exposed becoming carriers. With the advent of screening pregnant women for hepatitis B and the vaccination of newborns, the number of infected babies has fallen. Most chronic hepatitis B infections are now seen in people born in parts of the world (particularly southern and eastern Asia, southern Europe, and Africa) where infection among newborns still remains common.
Hepatitis C is spread in much the same way as hepatitis B; compared to hepatitis B, it is more likely to be spread by exposure to blood or infected needles and less commonly spread through sexual relations or from mother to baby. It is less common than hepatitis B as a cause of acute hepatitis, but is the most common cause of chronic hepatitis. According to the CDC, about 55% to 85% of those exposed to the virus develop chronic hepatitis.

Chlamydia: Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Chlamydia trachomatis is often called "the silent epidemic" because infections are common yet many people do not realize that they are infected. This bacterial disease is easily cured with antibiotics but can have serious health consequences if left untreated.

For any sexually transmitted disease, an infected person should inform their recent sexual partner(s) so that they may be treated as well. In some states, public health workers will contact those with recently-reported gonorrhea or chlamydia infections to be sure that they were treated and to get the names of their sexual partner(s) to notify them to get tested and treated.