Transcript sexually transmitted diseases

Focus: Students will identify ways to prevent
STD/HIV.
Goal: To understand the causes of HIV/STD.
Standard: NHES#1 – Health Promotion
Warm-up: Interview your peers, record their
answers, and be prepared to report back to
whole class.
1. What do you know about sexually transmitted
diseases?
2. Create your own critical thinking question.
Notes:
1. All sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s)
are alike because they are caused by
pathogens (viruses and bacteria) that grow in
the moist, warm environment of the human
body.
2. Pathogens are found in body fluids (blood,
semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk)
3. Sexual intercourse (vaginal, oral, and anal),
breast feeding, and sharing injection drug
needles and syringes are ways for body fluids
that can carry pathogens to enter the body of
another person.
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Cell
4. The best way to prevent STD/HIV infection is
to avoid sexual intercourse and injection drug
use.
5. Being in a mutual monogamous relationship
with an uninfected partner is also a safe
behavior.
6. People who choose to be sexually active can
protect themselves from STD/HIV by using
condoms correctly.
7. The STD’s caused by bacteria can be cured
with special medications such as antibiotics.
Bacteria
8. There is NO cure for STD’s that are
caused by viruses.
9. Herpes, genital warts (HPV), and
HIV infection can be treated but not
cured.
10. Treatment can only prolong life for
those with HIV.
11. Scientists are always searching for cures.
12. Doctors and clinics can test people for HIV
and STD’s. There are free clinics.
13. HIV infection is a condition caused by
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The condition gradually destroys the immune
system.
14. A virus is a nonliving particle that invades and
makes parts within the cell. Then a few days
later the cell bursts, and copies of the virus are
spread throughout the body.
Group Work
• What advice would you give to the
following students?
1. I just found out that the boy who sits next
to me has HIV. Should I move my seat
away from him? Why or why not?
2. My new boyfriend has little bumps by his
lips. Is it okay to kiss him? Or what
should I do or say to him?