Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a group of infectious diseases that are mainly transmitted through sexual contact, referred to as STDs. Traditionally, STDs, or classical STDs, only include syphilis, gonorrhea, soft chancre, lymphogranuloma venereum and inguinal granuloma, commonly known as “phimosis”.
After the 1970s, the World Health Organization decided to replace the term STD with sexually transmitted disease (STD) because the number of STDs had increased significantly and STDs were no longer limited to the “classic” STDs mentioned above. This broadened the scope of STDs to include all types of sexually transmitted diseases. In addition to the classical STDs mentioned above, they also include diseases infected by Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, viruses, parasites, fungi and protozoa. There are more than 20 diseases such as non-gonococcal urethritis, genital herpes, warts, vaginal trichomoniasis, scabies, hepatitis B and the so-called “super cancer” AIDS.
Currently, the term “sexually transmitted diseases” has been adopted worldwide instead of the old term “sexually transmitted diseases”. However, it should be noted that there is no consensus among countries on the scope of sexually transmitted diseases and the types of soldiers that should be included. Our national conditions are different from those of foreign countries, and we need to be especially careful when diagnosing sexually transmitted diseases in the context of our national conditions. This is because some diseases, such as scabies, ringworm, pubic lice, and hepatitis B, have been classified as sexually transmitted diseases, but some of them are not transmitted by sexual contact. Therefore, they cannot be treated the same as other sexually transmitted diseases.
Of course, the prevalence and spread of sexually transmitted diseases involves many aspects of medicine and sociology, and is a typical biopsychosocial medical model, different from the control link of general infectious diseases. It has the characteristics of being intertwined with morality and law, and is widespread, persistent, insidious, and not easily prevented. At the same time, as a social disease, it is influenced by a variety of social and self factors such as ideology, customs and habits, and its latency is strong and highly extended, and its complete eradication is much more difficult and complicated than physical diseases. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of STD must not only focus on biomedical aspects, but must be extended to social, holistic, comprehensive, and synchronized with the development of the whole society, and carry out comprehensive treatment in all aspects.