STD better known as Sexually transmitted disease is a disease or infection which has significant chance of spreading among humans via means of sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral sex or anal sex.
STDs can also spread via birth, IV needles or breastfeeding. Till the year 1990 such diseases were known as venereal diseases. Over a period of years, public health officials started using new expressions like "Sexually Transmitted Disease" in an attempt to clarify the meaning and the outcome of the disease. Particularly the expression STD refers mainly to illnesses which are causing symptoms.
Besides, the expression STD is occasionally applied because it is less restrictive in consideration of other factors of transmission. STD occurrence rates keep increasing on a daily basis all across the globe.
STDs can also spread via birth, IV needles or breastfeeding. Till the year 1990 such diseases were known as venereal diseases. Over a period of years, public health officials started using new expressions like "Sexually Transmitted Disease" in an attempt to clarify the meaning and the outcome of the disease. Particularly the expression STD refers mainly to illnesses which are causing symptoms.
Besides, the expression STD is occasionally applied because it is less restrictive in consideration of other factors of transmission. STD occurrence rates keep increasing on a daily basis all across the globe.
