Complications of Sexually transmitted disease
Serious complications may develop as a sequelae of STDs if appropriate treatment is not given.The complications include:
1.Complications of pregnancy
a.congenital syphilis.Its an important cause of stillbirth.
b.congenital cytomegalovirus infection-It leads to birth defect.
c.prematurity-It is responsible for many neonatal deaths.
2.Complications in infants
a.Infections by N.gonorrhoea could rapidly lead to blindness.
b.C.trachomatis can cause conjunctivitis and fatal pneumonia in infants from 1-4months of age,typically presenting as an afebrile,interstitial pneumonia.
c.Pelvic inflammatory disease caused by gonorrhoea,Chlamydia and other STD
agents may result in infertility or ectopic pregnancy
d.Urethritis may result in stricture
e.Cancers related to STD which include hepatocellular carcinoma caused by hepatitis B ,and kaposi’s sarcoma, B-cell lymphomas and primary lymphoma of CNS in patients with AIDS.