Transcript STI

STI’s are diseases and infections which
are capable of being spread from person
to person through:
•sexual intercourse
•oral-genital contact or in non-sexual
ways.
•IV drug
Symptoms
What are the symptoms? How would I know if I
have been infected?
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Sores (either painful or painless)
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Blood in urine
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Burning sensation when urinating
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Rashes
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Itching
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Bumps
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Warts
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Unusual discharge
How well do you know the 63
people you had sex with last night?
MYTHS OF STDs
True or False
1. Most people with an STD experience painful
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symptoms.
Birth control pills prevent the spread of STDs.
Douching will cure and STD.
Abstinence is the best way to prevent STDs.
If you get an STD once, and are treated, you
can’t get it again.
A person does not need to see a doctor if
she/he notices sores on his/her genitals once,
but then they go away.
Condoms help prevent the spread of STDs
Chlamydia
Pathogen- (Bacterial)
can cure
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Symptoms
Watery or milky discharge
Burning when urinating
Pain or swelling of the testicles
Bleeding/spotting between periods
Bleeding or pain during or after sex
Lower abdominal pain
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pregnancy Complications:
• Preterm delivery
• Can spread to baby
• Causes eye infections
Gonorrhea
Pathogen- (bacteria)
can cure
Symptoms
 Burning/pain when urinating
 White/yellow/ green discharge
 PID
Pregnancy Complications
•Can lead to sterilization
•Can be passed to unborn baby
• cause blindness
Syphilis
Pathogen-(Bacterial)
Can cure
Symptoms
Primary StageSingle sore
Secondary StageRash/ group of sores
Late/ latent stages
Damage to internal organs
Brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver,
bones, joints
Can lead to death
Pregnancy Complications:
• Baby can be infected
• If not treated soon after birth
• Brain Damage
• Blindness
• Death
Bacterial Vaginitis (BV)
Pathogen- (Bacterial)
can cure
SYMPTOMS:
• abnormal vaginal discharge
• Strong fish-like odor
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after intercourse stronger odor
• Discharge-white or gray; it can be thin.
Pregnancy Complications
• preterm delivery.
BV can increase a woman's susceptibility to other STDS such as HIV, Herpes,
Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea.
BV is associated with an imbalance in the bacteria that are normally found in a
woman's vagina. Any woman can get BV. However, some activities or behaviors
can upset the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina and put women at increased
risk including:
Having a new sex partner or multiple sex partners
BV can increase a woman's susceptibility to other STDS such as HIV, Herpes,
Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea.
Yeast Infection (Vaginitis)
Pathogen- (Yeast Fungus)
Can cure
SYMPTOMS:
 A thick cheesy vaginal discharge
 Severe itching
 Men may have a itchy rash
Pregnancy complications:
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Yeast fungus that may or may not be transmitted by sexual
intercourse.
Caused by high doses of antibiotics. It is usually caused by
altering the Ph of the vagina.
Genital Herpes
Pathogen (Virus)
Treat only
Symptoms
Same for males and female
 Tingling or itching of the skin around the genitals
 One or a group of painful, watery blisters
 in or around the genitals, or wherever there is skin to
skin contact (hips, nipples, anus)
 These blisters break and form open sores that crust or
scab lasting 7-21 days
 Symptoms that start 2-21 days after contact
 Outbreaks of herpes that vary and can return as often as
every month or as rarely as once a year or longer
 Stress, illness, diet, fever, sun exposure, your period,
pregnancy or vigorous sex may cause outbreaks
Herpes
Pregnancy complication
•Can pass to baby during
childbirth
Genital Warts (HPV)
Pathogen(Virus)
treat only
Symptoms
 Warts
 round, flat or raised
 cauliflower-like
 flesh/grey colored
 Warts can be single or in clusters
 Warts can be found in and around the genital area.
 Warts do not cause cancer
 Different strand
Pregnancy complications
Rarely passed to baby during
child birth
Trichomoniasis
Pathogen (protazoa/parastite)
can cure
 Trichomoniasis is considered the most common curable STD.
In the United States, an estimated 3.7 million people have the
infection
SYMPTOMS:
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itching or irritation
burning after urination or ejaculation
redness or soreness of the genitals
thin discharge
• Can be clear, white, yellow, or green
• unusual smell
Trichomoniasis
Pregnancy Complications
o preterm delivery
o low birth weight
o less than 5.5 pounds
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Pathogen (bacteria)
can cure
SYMPTOMS:
• lower abdominal pain
• Fever
• unusual vaginal discharge that may have a foul odor
• painful intercourse
• painful urination
• irregular menstrual bleeding
Pregnancy Complications
• Infertility
• ectopic pregnancy
• chronic pelvic pain.
PID occurs when bacteria move upward from a woman's vagina or cervix (opening
to the uterus) into her reproductive organs. Many different organisms can cause
PID, but many cases are associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia, two very
common bacterial STDs.
Review
 With First Partner
 Sign their name to your card
 Discuss some names and characteristics of common
STI’s
 With Second Partner
 Sign their name to your card
 Discuss reasons people do not protect themselves
from STI’s
 With Third Partner
 Sign their name to your card
 Discuss how people can protect themselves from
STI’s
Results
 The person with the letter “D” on the back
of your card stand up!