STD CHANCROID : WHAT IS IT? HOW IS CHANCROID TRANSMITTED?
incidence: very rare
cause: bacteria (Hemophilus ducreyi)
symptoms: genital ulcers, lymph node swelling
treatment: antibiotics
Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection of the genital area caused by the bacteria Hemophilus ducreyi. The primary symptom of chancroid is painful genital ulcers. Having any sexually transmitted disease that causes genital ulcers makes a person more susceptible to acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, because breaks in the skin make it easier for HIV to be transmitted.
HOW IS CHANCROID TRANSMITTED? Chancroid is transmitted through genital, oral, or anal sexual contact with an infected person. Chancroid is usually transmitted by a person who has a sore or sores, but the disease can be transmitted by someone who has no sores.
Condom use decreases the risk of transmission but may not eliminate it if a person has sores outside the area that a condom protects.
There is no evidence that the disease can be transmitted from one person to another by nonsexual contact, but an infected person can rarely spread the infection to other areas of his or her body by touching infected genital skin and then touching the other areas.
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