VD Questions and VD Answers

[Applause] Right now, you are in the path of an epidemic. An epidemic with one new case every 16 [Music] seconds. An epidemic of diseases that can be cured, but too often aren't. The reason ignorance venerial disease what is it? How do you get it? How do you know if you have VD? What happens if you don't get VD cured? Can you tell by looking if someone has VD? Thousands of years ago when they built the great pyramids of Egypt, many of the workers probably had [Music] ganorrhea. Some of the pharaohs who paid the bills probably had it, too. Gihea is perhaps as old as man himself, but only recently did we finally learn how to cure it. [Music] When Christopher Columbus, certain the world was round, sailed west to find India, he discovered at least two things he never expected. America and syphilis. The latter broke out among his crew on the return voyage. The disease may have been there before, but there was no natural immunity to syphilis in Europe. From the waterfront, it spread like wildfire. In the first 10 years, early syphilis killed 12 million Europeans. Then natural resistance developed and syphilis no longer killed instantly. But it continued to spread until it covered the entire [Music] world. Syphilis and gorrhea are just two of a long list of communicable diseases. Some communicable diseases are spread through the air. Some are carried by insects and some are transmitted by food. Syphilis and gorrhea are spread by sexual contact. They're called veneerial diseases or VD for short. What kind of people get VD? Every kind, from every walk of life. They might not be one bit different from you and me. First, let's get rid of a lot of misinformation. You do not. I repeat, you do not get VD from doorork knobs, toilet seats, eating utensils. You don't get VD from cups and glasses, drinking fountains. heavy lifting or straining, uncleanliness, insects. You don't get VD from [Applause] animals, nor any of the following. There is only one way to get a veneerial disease. Sexual contact. You can't tell by appearance if someone has VD. Infected people look just like anyone [Applause] else. Birth control pills do not protect you against VD. Ganorrhea has many nicknames. Flap, a dose, strain, gleet, the whites, morning drop. But a rose by any other name is still gorrhea. And here's the organism responsible. It's called a ganiccous. It thrives in the moist tissue of human sex organs, but it can't live outside the body. Changes in temperature, dryness will kill it. Ganorrhea is transmitted by sexual intercourse or some other sexual contact with someone who has it. Men can tell when they get gorrhea. Two to six days after infection, there's a painful inflammation of the urethral canal, there's a thick discharge of pus and an unbearable pain when you urinate. Don't wait. See a doctor. Most gorrhea can be cured painlessly in just a few days. But the clock is ticking and each day you go without treatment, the effects get worse. Even untreated symptoms will vanish in 2 or 3 weeks, but ganorrhea will still be with you silently at work. Ganorrhea is a scarring disease. It can scar the urethal canal so that the rest of your life you will often need to get it corrected just to urinate. And that hurts like mad. Ganorrhea can reach the testicles and cause sterility. It can do a lot more. But why take chances? It's rapidly and painlessly cured. Women will probably not even know when they get gorrhea. There could be a mild pain in the lower abdomen. There might be a slight discharge, but don't count on it. Some health authorities say that in big cities, one out of every 10 women between 15 and 24 is walking around with gorrhea and doesn't even know it. What happens if it's not cured? The infection may enter the abdomen. This may require surgery. Ganorrhea may be the leading cause of sterility in women. You can't become a mother when your ovaries and your fallopian tubes have been badly scarred by gorrhea. And gorrhea is probably the top reason women must have their wombs removed surgically later in life. Ganorrhea can enter your bloodstream and cause problems such as arthritis and infections in your brain and heart. Men who have gorrhea symptoms should see a doctor right now. If you don't know a doctor, visit your county health department. Maybe there's a VD clinic or a free clinic in your area. Tell every woman with whom you've had contact within the 2 weeks before your symptoms appeared to see a doctor. She may be infected and not know it. Ladies who suspect they've been exposed to gorrhea should see a doctor right now. If you've got it, you probably don't know. He can probably tell you, but you may never know until too late that you have gorrhea unless some man tells you he has it. Don't get mad when a man says he thinks you're infected. He's doing you a favor by telling you. The treatment for gorrhea is simple. Just a shot or a handful of pills. But remember, after you're cured, you can catch gorrhea again and again. There is no natural immunity. Here's the organism that causes syphilis. It's called a spyroet. You get syphilis from contact with the body of an infected sex partner. Like gorrhea, syphilis has many nicknames. Pox, Louise, Bad Blood, Cyph, haircut, and old Joe. In men, the first sign of syphilis appears about 2 to 6 weeks after infection. It's a sore where the infection entered the body. It's called a shanker. The sore is likely to be so insignificant that no attention is paid to it. It might be mistaken for a pimple. In a woman, the first sign of syphilis is usually located inside her. She can't see it. It doesn't hurt, and she doesn't know it's there. About 3 weeks after the shanker, both men and women develop other symptoms. You may get a fever. You may get a sore throat. You may feel just like you have the flu. Sometimes there is a rash on all or part of the body. But that's all there is to it. The symptoms all go away without medical treatment. After that, you'll feel fine. You can do everything you ever did before. And in 85 out of every 100 cases, you'll never see another symptom. Great, isn't it? Except that your lifespan has been greatly reduced. [Music] But let's look at the 15 out of every hundred who aren't lucky enough just to have their lives shortened. Further complications may appear as early as 2 years after infection. Syphilis is carried by the blood and lodges in various organs. If it attacks the central nervous system, it may cause insanity, severe crippling, paralysis or blindness. If it attacks the heart, it can cause death. The unborn child of a sypholytic mother can be infected. The child may be born dead or deformed or grow up with other effects of syphilis. You know what? At any point, a doctor can cure syphilis almost immediately. But the clock is ticking there, too. Every day, untreated syphilis does a little more damage. Why let it? The moment a man suspect syphilis, he should see a doctor. And be sure to tell every woman he may have gotten it from or given it to. He'll be doing himself a favor. Look at it this way. Women may be the unknowing carriers of syphilis and gorrhea. Men have a better chance of knowing when they have VD. Each woman kept ignorant of her infection may pass it along to another man who passes it along to another [Music] woman. It's possible to get VD again just because you didn't speak up. Don't forget VD can be caught over again many times. Treatment of VD is quick. If you don't get treatment, you're asking for pain, misery, or death. It's all up to [Applause] you. PS, VD can be prevented. Ask your doctor. Heat. Heat. [Applause]