Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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)