Question

A disease characterized by a burning sensation during urination and pain around genitalia is
a. Syphilis
b. Gonorrhea
c. Trachoma
d. Mumps

Answer 1

Hint: STD is nothing but the sexually transmitted disease, these are the diseases that are mainly obtained by contact through sexually and they may spread by contact through infected needles and breastfeeding, etc.

Complete answer:
Some of the symptoms of the sexually transmitted disease are :
- Pain during the sex or urination.
- Sores or bumps or rashes on the vagina or in and around the area of genitalia, anus, things, and buttocks.
- Usual discharge or bleeding from the vagina.
- Itchiness and dryness in the vagina.

To discuss the given options, they include.
> Syphilis: It is a sexually transmitted disease, When it comes to symptoms, they usually occur in three stages, whereas no serious symptoms initially, they start with sores on the genitalia and heals by itself and it takes years for the symptoms to appear. As the above-said symptom is not found in syphilis so it is the wrong answer.

> Gonorrhea: It is also a sexually transmitted disease, Some of the common symptoms we found in gonorrhea are painful urination and the person feels pain in the areas of genitalia and men feel pains in the testicles and females may feel pain in the lower abdomen and sometimes they may have an abnormal discharge. So the above-given symptoms are seen in Gonorrhea, so it is the correct answer.

> Trachoma: it is the disease where it mainly affects the eyes, and it may symptoms of eye irritation to blindness, so it is the wrong answer.

> Mumps: It is the viral infection, where it mainly affects the salivary glands, and symptoms include swollen and painful glands, so it is the wrong answer.

Hence, The correct answer is option (B).

Note: Social awareness must be created regarding the sexually transmitted diseases and preventive measure should be taken like using protection, sex education and promotions are very important, which should be done by the government and NGOs.