Stinky telltale STI symptoms in men and women - rancid odour and fishy smells

dailystar.co.uk:

monkeypox cases, which can be sexually transmitted, so much focus is put on various STIs and STDs to be aware of. STD stands for sexually transmitted disease, whereas STI means sexually transmitted infection.Essentially, the difference is between a disease and an infection.Not all diseases begin with infections, but many do.The obvious warning symptoms indicating an infection remain visually, with various bumps, lumps, discharge and unusual growths indicating something is not quite right.However, unusual and unpleasant smells may also be present warning of a possible STI infection.

STIs may cause a smelly penis in some cases, according to Medical News Today. The health site added: “The two STIs most likely to cause penis odours are chlamydia and gonorrhoea."Symptoms of chlamydia in a man include:Researchers from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk found a much higher percentage of men suffering with gonorrhoea also experience an unpleasant smell coming from their bodies.The study, which was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, explained that adult males with gonorrhoea have a putrid smell, as far as many females were concerned.In previous animal research, rats and mice picked up on chemical signals to avoid sexual contact with infected potential mates, but research on humans remained elusive.Researchers collected saliva and armpit samples from 16 healthy men, 13 gonorrhoea-infected, and five other men who had recovered from gonorrhoea after medical treatment, with healthy young female volunteers then assessing the sweat samples for odour.The study found that women described the smell from infected individuals as less pleasant compared to the healthy and recently recovered men, and a very high.