section_path: Signs and symptoms
section_name: Signs and symptoms
paragraph_text: Signs and symptoms
  
  Not all STIs are symptomatic, and symptoms may not appear immediately after infection. In some instances a disease can be carried with no symptoms, which leaves a greater risk of passing the disease on to others. Depending on the disease, some untreated STIs can lead to infertility, chronic pain or death.
  
  The presence of an STI in prepubescent children may indicate sexual abuse.