Sexually Transmitted Infections: Medicine in Its Fullest

As far back as ancient times, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been part of the human condition. Records from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome depict outbreaks of gonorrhea and syphilis. The Middle Ages saw epidemics of both these diseases, which, of course, were untreatable then, leading to stigmatization, isolation, and shame, accompaniments of STIs that persist to this day. As populations became more mobile, initially with ocean voyages in the time of Christopher Columbus, and all the way up to modern times with air travel, STIs spread in both senses of the word: from patient to patient and from continent to continent.
Source: Medical Clinics of North America - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research