Can STD cause weight loss?

Some STDs will cause you to experience weight loss.
If you've noticed your weight dropping for no obvious reason, Healthline reported that this may be due to an STD. Losing weight is often an indication that your body is fighting an infection.
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What type of STD causes weight loss?

Later stages of syphilis can result in "fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headache, weight loss, muscle aches, fatigue." The CDC says that syphilis can be cured if treated early, but it can result in dangerous consequences if left untreated and spreads to other organs.
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Does chlamydia cause loss of weight?

You are a woman and you experience high fever and other flu-like symptoms, such as chills, backache, weight loss, and diarrhea, along with severe pelvic pain, bleeding after intercourse, severe nausea, or recurring back pain; you may have developed pelvic inflammatory disease, a serious complication of chlamydia that ...
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Can you lose weight with gonorrhea?

Common Symptoms

This can cause lower abdominal pain during intercourse, unusual menstrual pain, irregular periods, loss of weight and a general feeling of illness.
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Do you lose your appetite with STD?

Symptoms don't usually Herpes 2 typically causes genital on the genitals, anus, or mouth Other vomiting, loss of appetite, darkening develop until a person's immune sores or blisters.
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Does syphilis make you lose weight?

These syphilis symptoms may come and go for up to 2 years. They include body rashes that last 2 – 6 weeks — often on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. There are lots of other symptoms, including mild fever, fatigue, sore throat, hair loss, weight loss, swollen glands, headache, and muscle pains.
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What STD makes you sick to your stomach?

Nausea and Vomiting are symptoms of syphilis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis C, and HIV.
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Can chlamydia cause loss of appetite?

If present, they may be very mild, non specific, and intermittent. They may be flu-like including fatigue, poor appetite, nausea, muscle and joint pains, or a mild discomfort in the area of the liver.
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How do you know if someone has STD?

Signs and symptoms may include:
  1. Clear, white, greenish or yellowish vaginal discharge.
  2. Discharge from the penis.
  3. Strong vaginal odor.
  4. Vaginal itching or irritation.
  5. Itching or irritation inside the penis.
  6. Pain during sexual intercourse.
  7. Painful urination.
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How long can you have an STD without knowing?

Symptoms can develop within a few days or weeks, but sometimes they do not appear until months or even years later. Often there are few or no symptoms and you may not know you have an STI. If there's any chance you have an STI, go to a sexual health clinic or GP for a free and confidential check-up.
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What is late stage chlamydia?

If chlamydia is left untreated, it can damage a woman's reproductive organs. The infection can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). This happens in about 10 to 15 percent of women with untreated chlamydia.
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How do I know if I had chlamydia?

According to Dr. White, some of the symptoms women can experience when they have chlamydia and gonorrhea are “yellow-green discharge, light bleeding between your periods and an occasional burning sensation while urinating.”
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How can u tell if you have chlamydia?

If they do get symptoms, the most common include: pain when urinating. white, cloudy or watery discharge from the tip of the penis. burning or itching in the urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the body)
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Do STDs make you tired?

Chronic fatigue is a possible sign of several different STDs, including late-stage gonorrhea, chlamydia, and Hepatitis A, B, and C. You might think you're feeling extra tired because of a few late nights, but if the fatigue persists even after getting good rest, it's time to consider an STD test.
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Can I have an STD and not know?

It's possible to have an STD and not know it. Sometimes symptoms are mild. Sometimes they can be mistaken for other conditions, like when women have discharge from a yeast infection. Sometimes STDs don't have symptoms at all.
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How can I cure an STD without going to the doctor?

There is no proven alternative therapy to treating an STI. Treatment is testing and antibiotics. The most effective complementary treatments of STIs — that is, those that that go along with standard medical treatment — involve prevention and patient counseling.
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How do you tell if a woman has an STD?

An STI can be indicated by pain or a burning sensation during urination, the need to pee more frequently, or the presence of blood in the urine. Abnormal vaginal discharge. The look and consistency of vaginal discharge changes continually through a woman's cycle or even in the absence of a cycle.
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What are 3 indicators an individual may have an STI?

Some symptoms, however, appear in some combination across several of the most common STDs, including:
  • Unusual discharge from the penis or vagina.
  • Sores or warts on the genital area.
  • Painful or frequent urination.
  • Itching and redness in the genital area.
  • Blisters or sores in or around the mouth.
  • Abnormal vaginal odor.
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What are the first signs of an STD in a man?

Sexually transmitted diseases in men
  • pain or burning during urination.
  • a need to urinate more frequently.
  • pain during ejaculation.
  • abnormal discharge from the penis, particularly colored or foul-smelling discharge.
  • bumps, blisters, or sores on the penis or genitals.
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What happens if you have chlamydia for too long?

What happens if chlamydia goes untreated? If a person is not treated for chlamydia, complications may occur. Women frequently develop pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can cause infertility (not being able to get pregnant), chronic pelvic pain, tubal pregnancies, and the continued spread of the disease.
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How does chlamydia affect the body?

Chlamydia is an infection by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis). Chlamydia infection can affect several organs, including the penis, vagina, cervix, urethra, anus, eye, and throat. It can cause severe and sometimes permanent damage to the reproductive system.
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How do you know if a guy has chlamydia?

Chlamydia symptoms in men include:
  • White, cloudy or watery discharge from the tip of the penis;
  • Pain, discomfort or a 'burning sensation' when urinating;
  • Inflammation, tenderness and pain in and around the testicles.
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What STD gives you back pain?

In addition to lower abdominal pain, chlamydia can also cause lower back pain. This pain may feel similar to the lower back pain that's associated with urinary tract infections.
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How long can you have chlamydia before it causes damage?

Symptoms usually appear within one to three weeks after being infected and may be very mild. If not treated, chlamydia can lead to damage to the reproductive system. In women, chlamydial infection can spread to the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), according to the CDC.
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What is late stage gonorrhea?

If left untreated, gonorrhea can also spread to the blood and cause disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). DGI is usually characterized by arthritis, tenosynovitis, and/or dermatitis 15. This condition can be life threatening.
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