Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) are diseases that are
passed from one person to another during sexual intercourse.
STD's may also be passed by any other intimate contact with the
sex organs. The two most common types of STD's are gonorrhea and
syphilis. **NOTE - Doctors in many countries are calling
cervical dysplasia (the formation of abnormal tissue in the
cervix, a precancerous condition of the cervix), the newest
sexually transmitted epidemic. It is believed that it is caused
by the same virus (human papilloma virus) that causes venereal
warts. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention) there are over 15 million cases of sexually
transmitted disease cases reported annually. The age group at
the greatest risk for acquiring an STD is adolescents and young
adults between the ages of 15 - 24 with 3 million becoming
infected each year. Most STDs are treatable although at one time
gonorrhea was easily cured yet has now become resistant to many
of the older traditional antibiotics. A