STIs Sexually Transmitted Infections Sexual Health Education Terminology

STI’s: Sexually Transmitted Infections Sexual Health Education

Terminology • VD Venereal Diseases • STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases • STI Sexually Transmitted Infections

Bacterial vs. viral infections • Bacteria are much larger than viruses • Bacteria can be cured with antibiotics • Viral diseases are not cured but some of the symptoms can be alleviated with medication. • Viral infections will last a lifetime. • Both bacteria and viral infections can have permanent changes to your body.

Optimal STI environments • STI’s grow and multiply easily in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract • STI’s like thin moist membranes • cervix (opening to the womb) • uterus and fallopian tubes • urethra • mouth, throat, eyes, and anus.

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Bacterial infections • • Chlamydia Gonorrhea Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Syphilis's

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) • the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and replaced by an overgrowth of certain bacteria. • It is sometimes accompanied by discharge, odor, pain, itching, or burning. • Be abstinent. • Limit the number of sex partners. • Do not douche. • Use all of the medicine prescribed for treatment of BV, even if the signs and symptoms go away.

Chlamydia • is a common bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, • damage a woman's reproductive organs. • symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent. • serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem • Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.

Chlamydia • Chlamydia can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics

Christopher Columbus Ludwig van Beethoven Syphilis Robert Schumann Franz Schubert • Spirochete. Charles bacteria Baudelaire Guybeen de Maupassant • It has often called “the great imitator” Mary Todd Lincoln • 3 stages Abraham Lincoln van Gogh • Cured with. Vincent antibiotics Friedrich Nietzsche Oscar Wilde James Joyce Adolf Hitler

Syphilis Sores

Gonorrhea • appears two to five days after infection; symptoms can take as long as 30 days to appear. • Symptoms and signs include a burning sensation when urinating, or a white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis. • men with gonorrhea get painful or swollen testicles.

YIPPEE!!!! • Bacterial STI’s are cured with penicillin

Viral infections • • Herpes Warts/ HPV HIV/AIDS Hepatitis

Genital HPV infection • human papillomavirus (HPV). • infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. • Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own.

HPV cont. • At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. • By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. • Genital warts usually appear as soft, moist, pink, or flesh-colored swellings, usually in the genital area. They can be raised or flat, single or multiple, small or large, and sometimes cauliflower shaped • Vaccine • No cure

Warts on a penis

Genital herpes • the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2). • Most individuals have no or only minimal signs • one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur. • the number of outbreaks tends to decrease over a period of years.

STI Statistics • one out of five adolescents and adults, have genital herpes. • Herpes is more common in women (1 in 4 women) than in men (1 in 5). • This may be due to male-to-female transmissions being more likely than female-to-male transmission

Hepatitis • Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by a virus which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV). • yellow skin or yellowing of the whites of your eyes (jaundice); tiredness; loss of appetite; nausea; abdominal discomfort; dark urine; grey-colored bowel movements; or joint pain. • vaccine

HIV • human immunodeficiency virus • Transmitted through body fluids • First signs flu like Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency

AIDS • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome • Final stage of HIV infection Soaking night sweats Shaking chills or fever higher than 100 F for several weeks Dry cough and shortness of breath Chronic diarrhea Persistent white spots or unusual lesions on your tongue or in your mouth Headaches Blurred and distorted vision Weight loss

Parasites • Pubic Lice

STI Prevention • • • Abstinence Condom use Monogamous relationships Routine testing Vaccinations

STI Testing

Birth Control: • • • Depro vera shot The Pill Condoms Diaphragm Foam