eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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Because an infection can clear naturally or using drugs, and prevent a disease from taking hold, meaning, it does not stay in your body. The odds of this being a disease will depend on the type of infection.
A bacterial infection isn’t necessarily a disease, but it can be transmitted via sex and cause great pain.
If we call them Sexually Transmitted Diseases, we lose the inclusion of infections that are not diseases but instead bacterial or other. Sexually Transmitted Infections include the discussion of any ailment, bacterial, viral, or other, that is transferred or picked up from sexual activity (note: not always with a human, unfortunately).
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