Transcript Infectious diseases

STD’s/STI’s
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
ARE ALSO KNOWN AS SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS A
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BECAUSE
THEY ARE PASSED FROM ONE
PERSON TO ANOTHER
Statistics:
1 IN 4 SEXUALLY
ACTIVE TEENS
WILL HAVE AN
STD/STI BY
GRADUATION
General Characteristics of STD’s/STI’s:
1.
no immunity develops
2. May have more than one at a
time
3. symptoms may go away
General Signs and Symptoms:
1. Genital-urinary pain
2. Sores on genitalia
3. Discharge
4. Flu-like symptoms
Prognosis:
1. STERILITY
2. PID
3. DEATH
4. BIRTH DEFECTS
Treatment:
1 . ANTIBIOTICS, IF BACTERIAL
2 . NONE, IF VIRAL
TREAT SYMPTOMS
Prevention:
1. ABSTINENCE
2. BARRIER (Condom)
3. Monogamous relationship
4. Yearly STD/STI exam
Types of STD/STI
 Chlamydia 1.
(Most common caused by bacteria)
symptoms (may have very few)
• for women may be pain with urination
or intercourse
• for men urethral discharge, pain
during urination, epididymitis
 2. treatment
• use of antibiotics
Types of STD/STI
 Herpes (most common caused by a virus)
 1.
symptoms
Fluid-filled painful blisters appear
anywhere on genital skin
Lifetime outbreaks of painful sores
 2. treatment
Topical anesthetic gel
Antiviral drugs
No cure
Types of STD/STI
 Gonorrhea (caused by bacteria)
 1.
symptoms
Similar to Chlamydia but may also have a
discharge
 2.
treatment
Common antibiotics are not as effective
Types of STD/STI
 Syphilis (caused by Bacteria)

1. symptoms (three stages)
 Primary-painless ulcer known as a chancre
 Secondary-rash, lymph node enlargement
 Late/latent- vascular and neurological damage

2. treatment
 Antibiotics
Types of STD/STI
 Human Papillomavirus HPV/genital warts
 1.
symptoms
Cervix- warty lesions and pre-cancers
External skin and anus of men and women and
the vagina- warty lesions
 2.
treatment
Laser or cryo (freezing)
Types of STD/STI
 Pubic lice (caused by parasites)
 1. symptoms


Itching, presence of lice and eggs in pubic hair
2. treatment

Medicated soaps ; washing all bedding, towels, and clothes
Types of STD/STI
 Scabies (caused by parasites)
 1. symptoms


Intense itching in the infected area
2. treatment

Medicated soaps ; washing all bedding, towels, and clothes
Types of STD/STI
 Human Immunodeficiency Virus
 1. symptoms three stages
Asymptomatic flu like
 Early symptoms fevers, herpes, yeast infections
 AIDS opportunistic infections


2. treatment
Antiviral and specific medication for complications
 No cure
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