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Syndromes

Syndromic testing and treatment is a public health approach in areas with high rates of STIs.

According to the World Health Organization:*

• A syndrome is a group of symptoms that patients describe combined with the signs that providers observe during examination. Although sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by many different organisms, these organisms only cause a limited number of syndromes.

The four main STI syndromes are:

• vaginal discharge
• urethral discharge/dysuria in men
• genital ulceration
• lower abdominal pain in women.

Acute proctitis is also discussed.

* World Health Organization, 1997, STD Case Management. The Syndromic Approach for Primary Health Care Settings – Participants’ Version, WHO, Manila.