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Chancroid
Basic facts:
- Chancroid is an STI transmitted
to a sexual partner through contact with the sores chancroid causes
on the vagina, penis, anus, or rectum.
Symptoms:
- Blisters or ulcers (sores)
on the mouth, lips, genitals, anus, or surrounding areas.
Complications:
- Treatment cures the infection,
and complications are rare.
- If left untreated, chancroid
can lead to swollen lymph nodes (glands) in the genital area that can
rupture and drain pus.
Prevention of transmission to others
and repeat infections:
- An infected client should
inform all sexual partners he or she has had in the last three months
about the infection (if possible) and encourage them to come to the
clinic for more information and treatment—even if a partner does
not have any symptoms.
- An infected client should
avoid sex (1) until the sores are completely healed to make sure he
or she does not pass the infection to others, and (2) until after any
partner completes treatment (or for seven days if one-dose therapy is
used) so he or she does not get infected again. If abstinence is not
possible, the client should use a male or female condom during anal,
oral, or vaginal sex (however, transmission can still occur if the condom
does not cover the sores).
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