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Std or yeast infection, what's the difference?

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Dr. Kathleen Mullane answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

STD vs Yeast: An std is a disease transmitted sexually that is from an organism that normally does not colonize the genitourinary tract but has been introduced through the act of intercourse, that would include gc, syphilis, hiv, hepatitis, herpes, chlamydia, lgv...And the like. Yeast infections can be passed with sexual intercourse but usually they are from overgrowth of normal flora, .

Answered 9/29/2016

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