Transcript Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually
Transmitted
Diseases
By: Ms. Hansen
Chlamydia--the silent killer of
dreams
• 4 Million cases every year
• 30% - 40% of sexually active teens have
Chlamydia
• Females contract more than half of these
cases
• Newborns may develop serious eye, ear,
and lung infections
Symptoms
•Asymptomatic
•3/4 of women and 1/4 of men have no symptoms
•Symptoms are usually noticed 1 - 3 weeks after
Females
•Whitish vaginal discharge
•Burning when urinating
Males •Discharge from Penis
•Burning sensation and itching
•Painful urination
Diagnosis
• Take a culture of cells from the
cervix or penis
Complications
• Woman can also develop PID and NGU.
Both can seriously damage the reproduction
system.
• Can also cause Ectopic Pregnancy
• Sterility in both men and women
Treatment
• Antibiotics
• Can be cured since it is caused by a
bacteria
Chlamydia
Lymphogranuloma
Venereum-Genital Ulcer
Genital Herpes--Symptoms
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Headaches
Fever
Aching muscles
Swollen glands
Blisters or sores on the genitals
Diagnosis
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By the appearance of the blisters
Pap smears
Cultures
Blood test
Complications
• Can cause blindness
• Woman can develop uterine and
cervical cancer
• Miscarriages
• Stillbirth
• Congenital disorders
• Can spread to infants during
pregnancy and childbirth
Treatment
• The outbreaks can be treated
• Genital Herpes is NOT Curable
• It is caused by a virus
Genital Herpes
Syphilis --”the Ancient Killer”
• Symptons--Passed via skin contact
from a syphilis sore, called a
chancre (painless sore)
• Transmitted to either partner through
vaginal, anal, or oral sex
• Diagnosis-- examining the fluid from
the chancre and sores under
microscope
• Blood test
Complications
• Can cause serious damage to an
unborn child before or during birth
• Can cause death
• Sterility
• Damage to organs
• Insanity
Treatments
• Can be treated with Penicillin but
can not repair damage already done.
• It is a bacteria and can be treated.
Gonorrhea--”The Clap”
Symptoms: MEN- creamy or green pus-like discharge from the
penis and painful urination(burning sensation) and testicular pain
WOMEN-bleeding between periods, creamy or pus-like or bloody
vaginal discharge,excessive bleeding during menstrual period,
irritation of the vulva, lower abdominal pain, painful intercourse,
pain urination(burning sensation), rectal infection, throat
infection……Symptoms usually appear 2-7 days after infection in
males but it can sometimes take up to 30 days for symptoms to
appear.
Often there are no symptoms at all in: 10-15% of men and 80% in
women.
Diagnosis
• Cell Culture (sample)
• Cells are collected from a woman’s cervix
or a man’s urethra
• Complications
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Sterility
Heart Damage
Arthritis
Swollen Groin in Male
PID in Female
Increase risk of stillbirths
Premature Delivery
Treatment
• Medicines can treat and cure
• It is a bacteria so it can be cured
Gonorrhea
Genital Warts (Human Papilloma
Virus)
•Symptoms-•Genital warts are a flat caulflowerey,
usually pinkish white in color.
For females they usually appear on the labia,urethra,
vagina, bladder,or anus.
For males they usually appear on the penis,urethra,
bladder,or anus.
Diagnosis
• You See Them
Complications--destroy tissue
-cancers
-baby born with them on voice box
-openings closed
Treatment
• They can be burned off or frozen
• Once you have this you have it for
life because it is a virus.
• It is not curable
HPV Rectum
Genital Warts
Trichomoniasis
• Infection caused by a protozoan
• Infection develops that may involve the
urethra, bladder, vagina, cervix
• Men--- asymptomatic most of the time but
can include a tingling sensation in the
penis, painful urination or thin discharge
• Women-unpleasant vaginal discharge,
yellow-green or gray and has a foul odor
Diagnosis
• Laboratory analysis of the discharge
• Complications
– Cause bladder and urethral infections
– Reinfection is common (both partners must
be treated)
Treatment
-a powerful drug is used to treat
It is curable since it is caused by a parasite.
Trichomoniasis
Cervix
Pelvic inflammatory Diseases
• Symptoms
– Abdominal tenderness and pain
– Fever
– Nausea and vomiting
– Pain during sexual intercourse
– Abnormal vaginal discharge
Diagnosis
• By its sympoms and the presence of
another infection that can cause PID
• Examine the internal reproductive organs
for swelling and irritation
• Complications
– Surgery
– Ectopic pregnancy
• Treatment
– Medicines
– Can be cured if treated
Pubic Lice
Scabies
Scabies is an skin infection caused by mites. The
parasite is general skin or sexual contact.Mites burrow
beneath the skin and lay eggs. Then they spread
through out the skin.
Diagnosis
Under a microscope
Treatment
-All clothing, bedding and both people must be
treated
Lotions can be used to cure scabies
SCABIES