1 / 80

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Genital Herpes (HSV). Caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus Starts showing as tiny clusters of blisters that turn to ulcers Occurring on the female genitals or the penis of the male. Genital Herpes (HSV). ***May be spread to the MOUTH!!!***. Genital Herpes (HSV).

ursala
Download Presentation

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  2. Genital Herpes (HSV) • Caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus • Starts showing as tiny clusters of blisters that turn to ulcers • Occurring on the female genitals or the penis of the male

  3. Genital Herpes (HSV) • ***May be spread to the MOUTH!!!***

  4. Genital Herpes (HSV) • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -unprotected vaginal sex • -unprotected anal sex • -unprotected oral sex • Direct touch skin-to-skin

  5. Genital Herpes (HSV) • SYMPTOMS: • Feelings of fatigue • Feelings of fever or mild fever noted • Painful blisters • Itching • Reddened skin areas

  6. CONT’D • Formed in groups • When red and blistered areas leave, ulcers take their place. • Ulcers form a crust and may heal leaving a scar.

  7. Genital Herpes (HSV) • Complications: • The virus hides in nerve endings and reoccurs when the host person is stressed in any other way.

  8. Genital Herpes (HSV) • TREATMENT • -Yes (prescription medications) • NO CURE!!!!!

  9. Genital Herpes (HSV) • What happens if it goes untreated?

  10. Genital Lice (Crabs) • Caused by the genital form of lice known as the “crab louse”. • Transfers from the genital hair of one partner to the other • They lay eggs in the base of the hair

  11. Genital Lice (Crabs) • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -vaginal sex……***protected or not**** • -direct touch skin-to-skin

  12. Genital Lice (Crabs) • The eggs of these louse hatch in 5-10 days beginning a whole new crop of animals growing in the pubic hair of the host.

  13. Genital Lice (Crabs) • SYMPTOMS: • -intense itching in the genital hair area • -produce small red bumps

  14. Genital Lice (Crabs) • COMPLICATIONS: • -social embarrassment ( if infected; highly discussed)

  15. Genital Lice (Crabs) • TREATMENT: • -yes- with special soap (QUELL)

  16. Genital Lice (Crabs) • There is a cure!!!

  17. Genital Warts (HPV) • Caused by Human Papillomavirus • Occurs often on or in the genitals and anus. • Genital warts are associated closely with cancer

  18. Genital Warts (HPV) • SPREAD: • -unprotected vaginal sex • Unprotected anal sex • Unprotected oral sex

  19. Genital Warts (HPV) • SYMPTOMS: • -soft, moist, pink growths on the penis, around the anus, and on the female genitals • -May become stalked like a cauliflower

  20. Genital Warts (HPV) • COMPLICATIONS: • -invasive cervical cancer and bladder cancers • Infected women must have yearly PAP tests

  21. Genital Warts (HPV) • MORE SYMPTOMS: • -May be passed to infants

  22. Genital Warts (HPV) • TREATMENT: • -Yes (cauterization, surgery, medical)

  23. Genital Warts (HPV) • NO CURE!

  24. Gonorrhea Information • -This STD is caused by a bacteria that commonly infects the genitals, anus and throat.

  25. Gonorrhea Information • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -BY INFECTED SEMEN AND VAGINAL FLUIDS

  26. Gonorrhea Information • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -Unprotected vaginal sex • Unprotected anal sex • Unprotected oral sex

  27. Gonorrhea Information • SYMPTOMS: • -most women show NO symptoms or some vaginal discharge, pain on urination, frequency

  28. Gonorrhea Information • SYMPTOMS: • Men usually notice thick yellow-green discharge from the penis, pain on urinating, pain in penis

  29. Gonorrhea Information • SYMPTOMS: • -Men and women if infected in the rectum have pain, bleeding and discharge. • - Severe sore throats and severe hoarseness with reluctance to speak for both genders infected in the throat.

  30. Gonorrhea Information • Both men and women have heart, brain, and liver infections later in life. • Another common manifestation later in life if arthritis.

  31. Gonorrhea Information • Women- sterility after severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) • Men-sterility, swollen testes; urinary infections

  32. Gonorrhea Information • TREATMENT • -Yes; antibiotics • Cure? Yes. Although some strains are resistant.

  33. Hepatitis B Information • CAUSES: • -Caused by a virus that invades the liver • 100 times more infectious than HIV. • This STD can be prevented by a vaccine.

  34. Hepatitis B Information • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -injected blood • -injected drugs (sharing needles) • -unprotected vaginal sex

  35. Hepatitis B Information • -unprotected anal sex • -unprotected oral sex • -maternal blood to newborns • -sharing items with blood (ie razors, toothbrushes, instruments) mouth pieces/reeds!

  36. Hepatitis B Information • SYMPTOMS: • -sudden flu-like illness with fatigue • -nausea • vomiting

  37. Hepatitis B Information • -lack of appetite • -fever • -dark urine and jaundice • -10% of carriers can spread the disease

  38. Hepatitis B Information • COMPLICATIONS: • -liver disease • -liver failure • Cancer of the liver

  39. Hepatitis B Information • -death

  40. Hepatitis B Information • TREATMENT: • -yes. (rest and personal hygiene) • CURE? • -NO (preventative vaccine available)

  41. Scabies • ARE DIFFERENT THAN PUBIC LICE!!!!!!! • Scabies is caused by female mites which burrow under the skin to lay their eggs, causing skin irritation

  42. Scabies • SPREAD: • -close touch (skin-to-skin) • -shared personal items

  43. Scabies • SYMPTOMS: • -intense itching at night • Small red bumps and rashes develop 4-6 weeks after contact anywhere on the skin except head and neck

  44. Scabies • COMPLICATIONS: • -”aesthetic”

  45. Scabies TREATMENT: -YES. (special lotions or sprays for all infected partners and roommates at the same time) -personal clothing and linens should be washed, dry-cleaned, or sealed in a plastic bag and placed in a freezer for 3 days

  46. Scabies • CURE? • -yes.

  47. Syphilis Information • Caused by the Treponema pallidum bacterium which develop a staged disease over years. • HIGHLY contagious, but cannot survive outside the body. • Affects the skin and any organ.

  48. Syphilis Information • SPREAD/CONTRACTED: • -contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids or pus.

  49. Syphilis Information • -mother to unborn • -direct touch • -close body contact • -unprotected anal sex

  50. Syphilis Information • -unprotected vaginal sex • -unprotected oral sex • -kissing • Injecting blood (needle sharing)

More Related