I thought that this video was really gross. I do think videos like this one are effective in showing what a sexually transmitted disease really looks like. It’s one thing to hear about what STD’s can do to you and what they can look like but it’s totally different when you are looking at an infected person’s body. I learned, at least in my opinion, that some STD’s look similar. They definitely all looked painful but some of them it was hard for me to tell apart until I saw more intense pictures of them. According to my health book, Core Concepts in Health, some of the STD’s that pose a major threat are HIV/AIDS, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HPV, Herpes, Hepatitis, and syphilis. The authors consider these diseases to be major threats because “they are serious in themselves, cause grave complications if left untreated, and pose risk to a fetus or newborn (Insel and Roth pg 311).
Insel, Paul M., and Walton T. Roth. Core Concepts in Health. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Pub., 1988. Print.