Below is some information and pictures on the sexually transmitted infection chancroid.
Thankfully, chancroid is curable because it is highly contagious. Chancroid is transmitted in two ways. It can be sexually transmitted through skin-to-skin contact with open sores, or it can be transmitted when the fluid from the ulcer touches another person (Roett, 2020). That’s right, “the ulcer.”
Chancroid starts as a tender, raised, pus-filled bump that eventually bursts, leaving an open sore with raised edges. The ulcers can be excruciating in men and have a tendency to cause severe pain in the lymph glands of one side of a man’s groin. Women are often asymptomatic, so they are unaware of the lesions (Chancroid, n.d.).
References
Chancroid. (n.d.). Dph.illinois.gov. https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/stds/chancroid.html
Roett, M. A. (2020). Genital Ulcers: Differential Diagnosis and Management. American Family Physician, 101(6), 355–361. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2020/0315/p355.html
