Common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in women include gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital herpes, and HPV infection (genital warts). Learn about types, symptoms, and treatment.

Typhus is a disease caused by bacteria often transmitted by fleas, ticks, and lice. Get information about typhus causes, symptoms, history, treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and prognosis.

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and bacterial infection. Learn about the contagious period and incubation period for chlamydia, find out how people transmit chlamydia and read about chlamydia symptoms and signs (discharge), treatments, and diagnosis.

Gonorrhea in women causes symptoms like burning, itching, frequent urination, redness, swelling, and vaginal discharge. Gonorrhea treatment includes oral medications and injectable medication.

Naegleria fowleri is sometimes called the brain-eating amoeba. Exposure to untreated warm freshwater in the summer is a risk factor. Read about symptoms, treatment, causes, prevention, and prognosis of Naegleria fowleri infection.

Symptoms and signs of group A streptococcal infections include sore throat, fever, swollen lymph nodes, rash, low blood pressure, and tissue destruction. Read about treatment, contagious, diagnosis, and complications.

Get information on cellulitis (noncontagious spreading bacterial skin infection) treatment, causes, symptoms (pain, redness, swelling), antibiotics, and complications. See a picture of cellulitis.

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease or STD. Transmission of the infection occurs through oral, vaginal, or anal sex. Chlamydia often has no symptoms, but if left untreated, it can cause serious health problems, and it can increase your risk of getting an HIV infection.

How can you stop a cough naturally? Learn about 19 tips to stop nighttime and persistent cough. Causes of excessive coughing include prescription medications, allergies, cigarette smoke, heart disease, and infections. Home remedies include natural herbs and supplements like ginger, honey, turmeric, and mint.

Cystic acne is the most severe form of acne and is characterized by painful nodules on the face, back, chest, and neck. Read about treatment, medications, home remedies, and causes.

An autoimmune response to a strep infection causes PANDAS. Symptoms mimic those of OCD and ADHD and include motor and verbal tics. Get information about PANDAS treatment and prognosis.

Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria. Read about treatment, symptoms, signs, causes, prevention, research, diagnosis, prognosis, and complications.

Yaws is an infectious disease that mainly occurs in the tropical areas of South and Central America, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific Islands. The disease is caused by a bacterium called Treponema pertenue, which causes lesions that look like bumps on the skin of the feet, hands, face, and genital area. Yaws is treated with penicillin or another antibiotic.

Cholera is an infectious disease that can cause signs and symptoms like severe watery diarrhea and dehydration. Ingestion of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae causes cholera.

Chronic bronchitis is different from acute bronchitis in that it involves a cough that lasts for at least 3 months, 2 years in a row. Signs and symptoms are cough and sputum production (the most common symptoms), wheezing, shortness of breath, and fatigue.

Read about dry eyes (dry eye syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis sicca). Learn about the causes, symptoms, treatment, and surgery of dry eyes.

Get travel tips on preventing and treating traveler's diarrhea, malaria, yellow fever, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, polio, cholera, and meningococcal meningitis.

Read about the whooping cough vaccine (DTaP, Tdap), treatment, symptoms, stages, causes (Bordetella pertussis), and prevention. Whooping cough gets its name from the high-pitched whoop sound that follows a series of rapid coughs.

Chronic cough in children and adults is a persistent cough. Causes of chronic cough include colds, GERD, bronchitis, drugs, and smoking. Chronic coughs can be dry, wet, or whooping. Other symptoms of a chronic cough are sore throat, heartburn, or a stuffy nose. Treatment for a chronic cough is aimed at the cause. Learn about 5 types, 10 home remedies, and 5 prevention tips.

Overuse of antibiotics and other problems have caused antibiotic resistance among some bacteria, leading to stubborn bacterial infections with symptoms that don't respond well to treatment. Learn more about antibiotic resistance in bacteria and fungi.

Strep throat is a contagious bacterial infection of the throat area. Symptoms and signs include fever, sore throat, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Strep throat is treated with antibiotics. OTC medications and home remedies can be used to soothe the symptoms caused by strep throat.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes HIV infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV symptoms and signs include rash, fatigue, enlarged lymph glands, and recurrent vaginal yeast infections. Read about HIV testing, treatment, transmission, and prevention.

In vaginitis, the vagina becomes inflamed caused by infections, poor hygiene, or medical conditions. Common symptoms of vaginitis are vaginal pain, discomfort, odor, discharge, or itching. Risk factors for vaginitis include STDs, cigarette smoking, douching, using IUDs, and multiple sex partners. Antibiotics may be prescribed to treat vaginitis.

Eyelid inflammation (blepharitis) may be caused by Staphylococcal infection, allergies, or head lice. Blepharitis, in turn, may cause styes, pinkeye, and chalazions. Learn more about symptoms, home remedies, and treatment, and see pictures.

Rheumatic fever is a disease brought on by group A streptococcal infection. Get the facts on causes, symptoms (rash, chorea, arthralgia), treatment, survival, 5 major criteria, diagnosis, and complication.

Symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in men include painful urination, bumps or sores on the penis, and penile discharge and itching. Learn about the most common STDs in men, treatment, testing, and prevention.