Transcript stdsreview.spring.10ppt

STIs/ STDs
A Quick Review
What is the best way
to avoid all STDs?
(Abstinence – no sex)
STIs – Virus or Bacteria?
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HPV – genital warts
Chlamydia
Genital Herpes
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
Hep B
Which can be treated and cured with
antibiotics?
What is important to know
about diseases & infections?
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Causes – How does one get it?
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Symptoms – What do we look for?
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Progression-what happens to someone who
has the disease
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Treatments – What can be done?
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Possible outcomes – What happens?
Bacteria (Antibiotics
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Chlamydia
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Infection in urethra, cervix, pelvic organs
Most often NO Symptoms
Can cause PID – pelvic inflammatory disease
Most common STI in Washington State
Gonorrhea (Drip, Clap)
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Cure)
Can infect cervix, urethra, throat, pelvic organs
Discharge or burning with urination or… No symptoms
Passed onto baby during childbirth = blindness
Can cause PID – pelvic inflammatory disease
Syphilis
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Chancre – painless ‘sunken’ sore – gone in 2 wks
Stage 2 - Untreated = Nervous System damage
Stage 3 – brain damage - insanity
Virus (Treatments;
No Cures)
Vaccinations available for Hep B & HPV
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Genital Herpes
Painful blisters 1-3 weeks
 Medicine can only relieve symptoms
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Genital Warts (HPV)
Small bumps on genitals
 Can lead to cervical cancer
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Hepatitis B – sexually transmitted
Inflammation of Liver
 Jaundice – yellowing of skin, eyes, nails
 Carried in saliva, blood, semen
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Critters – Parasites
(the Lice family)
1. Burrow under skin and cause itchy rashes
2. Treated with pesticides (poisons)
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Pubic Lice – ‘crabs’ (STI)
 Transmission – close intimate contact
Head Lice
 Need to find a host in 24 hours
Scabies
 Can live in bedding