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Asked by TEDIUS LEWA on 16 Jul 2025.
Question: Is there possibilities of manufacturing drug that can cure all diseases related sexual intercourse as one drug
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Justa Mwangi answered on 16 Jul 2025:
Unfortunately, no single drug exists that can effectively treat all sexually transmitted diseases (STIs). This is because:
Different Types of STIs: STIs are caused by various microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
Different Treatment Needs: Bacterial STIs (like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis) can usually be cured with antibiotics.
Viral STIs (like herpes, HIV, and HPV) cannot be cured, but antiviral medications can help manage symptoms and prevent complications. For instance, antiviral medications can prevent herpes outbreaks but don’t eliminate the virus, notes the American Medical Association. For HIV, antiviral medications can effectively suppress the virus, allowing people to live long and healthy lives.
Challenges and advancements
Antibiotic Resistance: Overuse and misuse of antibiotics have led to increasing antibiotic resistance in some bacterial STIs, making treatment more challenging.Progress in Treatment: Despite the challenges, significant advancements have been made in STI treatment, including highly effective single-dose oral therapies for many common bacterial STIs.
PrEP: A notable prevention strategy is PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), which involves taking medication before sex to prevent HIV infection with high effectiveness.
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Miriam Ngarega answered on 21 Jul 2025:
This is such an intelligent question, butt there is no single medicine that can cure all diseases spread through sex. This is because different germs cause different diseases. Some are caused by bacteria, some by viruses, and others by parasites. Each type needs its own special treatment.
For example:
Diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis are caused by bacteria. These can be treated with antibiotics.
Diseases like HIV, herpes, HPV (human pappilomavirus which causes cervical cancer) are caused by viruses. Antibiotics do not work on viruses. Instead, people need special medicines called antivirals, and some of these diseases cannot be cured completely. Good thing is that there are vaccines. For HPV, there is a HPV vaccine which works very well. The HPV vaccine is available for girls aged 10-14 years for free at health centers so all girls should consider getting it. For HIV, a new vaccine, lenacapavir, was just discovered and will be brought to Kenya soon.
Some infections, like trichomoniasis, are caused by parasites. They need different medicines called antiparasitic drugs.
Because there is no single cure for all, the best way to stay healthy is to prevent these diseases by using protection like condoms and getting regular health check-ups.
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