About 9% of reproductive-aged women, including nearly 1.5 million women in the USA are infertile. Sexually transmitted diseases are the hidden cause of infertility that you do not hear about very often.
This emotional toll of infertility can be extremely difficult on the couple’s relationship. The physical, emotional and financial stress of infertility can, if you are not careful, hurt your relationship with your partner.
Sexually transmitted diseases are one of the causes of infertility. The reason it is called silent diseases is it can lie dormant in the body for years causing mild symptoms that you might not even notice, but weakening reproductive system. Keep reading to know more about STDs and their impact on fertility in a woman.
STDs are caused by almost every kind of organism. This includes bacterial infection like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Viral STDs include genital herpes, genital warts, HIV and hepatitis. Trichomoniasis is caused by a flagellated protozoan.
1. You may have more than one sexual partner
2. You may have sex with someone who has more than one sexual partners
3. You do not use condoms while having sex
4. You share needles when injecting intravenous drugs.
5. You trade sex for money or drugs.
The germs that cause STDs are hidden in semen, blood, vaginal secretions and sometimes saliva. Most of the organisms are caused by oral, anal sex but other conditions like genital warts and genital herpes may spread by skin contact.

Sexually transmitted organisms that can cause infertility:
1. Chlamydia:
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection with women under 25 years of age are most commonly affected[2]. 10-15% of the women with chlamydia if left untreated can develop pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID) and subsequent complications
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