Class Presentation
Name: Binit Bhattarai
Reg. No: 20BCE2902
Effects of STD
Here we talk about the effects of STDs on a human body physically and mentally which involves
the negative stigma from the society.
STDs can have adverse effects on the patients both physically and mentally. Physical
complications a STD patient might have to go through include Pelvic pain, Pregnancy
complications, Eye inflammation, Arthritis, Pelvic inflammatory disease, Infertility, Heart disease
and Certain types of cancer such as HPV-associated cervical and rectal cancers. The patient of
STD may also have genital pain, rashes, hair loss, swelling and other sores or bumps throughout
their body. Although these complications are not a compulsion of STD, they have very bad
effects on the body. These patients may need to be admitted to hospitals and may have to bear
high fees for betterment of their health. These physical effects directly affect the mind of the
patient. Statistics show that about 20% of the STD patients suffer from crippling depression and
anxiety which may lead to suicide or mental illness.
STDs directly hamper the quality of life of a victim. People with STDs experience frustration,
anxiety, anger, fear of rejection, isolation, guilt, embarrassment, shame and feelings of physical
filth or contamination. These negative psychological effects are potentially more important
than the medical effects of the disease. Society plays a important role in this as they consider
sex as some sort of taboo and consider STD patients as outcasts. For Example: Ryan White, a US
student who had HIV through blood transfusion was expelled from school so others wouldn't
get affected. This type of social stigma always hampers STD patients.
We should help these STD victims instead of shaming them. Eradicating social stigma and
shaming helps the mental health of a patient. This can be done by better educating the general
public on the STD subject. Princess Diana of Wales used to shake hands with HIV patients to
show that it doesn't affect others by touching thus educating the public and helping to remove
stigma. She was one of the first celebrities to help the STD patients and many other have
followed who have spread awareness among the public. Also, better and cheaper medical
assistance and donating to charities that help STD patients can provide some relief to them.
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