{"id":13943,"date":"2017-09-14T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianetadonna.aogoi.it\/non-categorizzato\/do-chancroids-favor-men\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:48:17","slug":"do-chancroids-favor-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianetadonna.aogoi.it\/en\/sexually-transmitted-diseases\/sexually-transmitted-diseases-sexually-transmitted-diseases-2\/do-chancroids-favor-men\/","title":{"rendered":"DO CHANCROIDS FAVOR MEN?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The soft chancre, or chancroid, <\/strong>is caused by rod-shaped bacteria (<strong><em>Haemophilus ducreyi<\/em><\/strong>) that more <strong><em>commonly<\/em><\/strong> infects and manifests in a more painful form in males (it can be asymptomatic in women). In Western countries, this infection is rare, while in Africa and the Caribbean, infections are especially frequent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contagion<\/strong> always occurs directly from <strong>unprotected sex<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Within 3-7 days of unprotected sex with an infected person, the bacterium causes typical <strong>ulcerous lesions<\/strong> that are <strong>swollen around the edges<\/strong>, <strong>painful and have a soft center<\/strong> (hence the name of the infection). These mainly affect the area of \u200b\u200bthe <strong>glands<\/strong>, the <strong>frenulum<\/strong> (thin flap of skin joining the gland at the <strong>foreskin<\/strong>), the <strong>perineum<\/strong> and the area around the anus.<\/p>\n<p>There is usually an enlarged <strong>lymph node<\/strong> (<strong>lymphadenopathy<\/strong>) on one side, with a tendency towards <strong>suppuration<\/strong> and <strong>fistula<\/strong> formation.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>ulcers<\/strong> caused by the bacteria can spread by <strong>autoinfection<\/strong> (if you touch ulcers, in fact, the bacteria can get onto the fingers and be transferred to the mouth or other areas). <strong>Sexual promiscuity<\/strong> and <strong>poor hygiene<\/strong> increase the chance of <strong>contagion<\/strong>. The presence of <strong>ulcers<\/strong> may predispose you to other <strong>sexually transmitted diseases.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diagnosis<\/strong> involves looking for <strong><em>Haemophilus ducreyi<\/em><\/strong> in the material collected from the <strong>ulcer<\/strong> or <strong>lymph node<\/strong>. In <em>severe cases<\/em>, it may be necessary to <strong>drain the pus with a needle<\/strong> from inside the <strong>ulcers<\/strong>. Treatment is based on the intake of <strong>antibiotics<\/strong>, either orally or by intramuscular injection. At the end of treatment, it is very important to go for a <strong>checkup<\/strong>. Complete <strong>healing<\/strong> is achieved in about 10-15 days. <strong>Relapses<\/strong> are uncommon unless treatment was not followed properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, but it&#8217;s best that all the partners check themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[523,524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sexually-transmitted-diseases","category-sexually-transmitted-diseases-sexually-transmitted-diseases-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DO CHANCROIDS FAVOR MEN? - The Circle of Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pianetadonna.aogoi.it\/en\/sexually-transmitted-diseases\/sexually-transmitted-diseases-sexually-transmitted-diseases-2\/do-chancroids-favor-men\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DO CHANCROIDS FAVOR MEN? 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