STD Awareness Month prompts concern

 
Students gained insight about sexual health at the Wellness check-up Wednesday at Smith-Brown Memorial Union.
STD awareness month prompted sexual health concerns among Southern students.​
Some of the most common STDs are chlamydia, herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, and pubic lice also known as crabs. Around three million new cases of chlamydia are reported each year, with adolescent women being the most commonly affected.
“I know the dangers of unprotected sex. Unprotected sex in this day and age is just nasty,” said Tanika Wilson, a freshman general studies major from Shreveport.  ​
Although chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis can be treated with the use of antibiotics, it can cause a person to become sterile or more susceptible to contracting HPV or HIV, which require continual treatment.
​​​STDs are diseases that are mainly passed from one person to another during vaginal, anal or oral sex. There are at least 25 different sexually transmitted diseases with a range of different symptoms.​
Jarome Johnson a  sophomore mathematics major from New Orleans said, if a female asked him to have unprotected sex he would assume she wasn’t concerned about her or his health.
According to the Center for Disease Control, 1.2 million are living with HIV and 1 in 5 Americans are unaware of their infection.
 ”I know the dangers of unprotected sex. Unprotected sex in this day and age is just nasty,” said Tanika Wilson a freshman general studies major from Shreveport.
Students were able to get condoms, get their vitals (blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure), height and weight and other wellness items and give-a-ways.
The Southern University student health center offers HIV and STD testing regularly in their offices in the rear of campus next to the SU counseling center.​