Sexually Transmitted Diseases

1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

2. What is an STD? • STD’s can also be referred to as ________ (Sexually Transmitted Infections) • These are diseases or infections that are transmitted from person to person via sexual contact • Spread of STD’s are now considered ________in the U.S. • An epidemic is occurences of diseases in which many people in the same place at the same time are affected

3. Behavior that Leads to STD’s • Some people may spread STD’s without even knowing that they have one themselves  ____________ • Often these people do not seek treatment because they either don’t know or are too embarrassed to ask if they do have one • If a person is diagnosed with an STD it is supposed to be reported to the health department so that sexual partners can be contacted to help prevent the spread of the disease

4. High Risk Behavior and STDs • Teens make up ___of the estimated 15 million cases of STDs in the U.S. every year • __________

5. High Risk Behavior and STDs • ______________: any sort of sexual activity puts you at risk of getting an STD • Most people don’t know or won’t ask the past behaviors of their partners • Being sexually active with more than one person at a time majorly increases your risk

6. High Risk Behaviors and STDs • _____________ is the only guaranteed way not to get something! • Unprotected sex increases the risk of contracting an STD • Some STDs can even be transmitted __________

7. High Risk Behaviors and STDs • _____________: those who you know have had multiple sexual partners in the past or do illegal drugs

8. High Risk Behaviors and STDs • Using Drugs • Use of illegal drugs, especially those that are injected via needles or syringes • _______: lowers inhibitions • 25% of teens engaging in sexual activity are under the influence of alcohol

9. Consequences of STDs • Can cause serious issues that can affect a person for the _______ ________

10. Consequences of STDs • _______________ • Certain STDs are unable to be removed from the body through treatments and can remain in the body for life • AIDS or any other viruses • Genital Herpes

11. Consequences of STDs • Some STDs can cause other problems such as ________ • Hepatitis B: cancer of the liver • Human Papillomavirus (HPV): cancer of the cervix

12. Consequences of STDs • Can prevent a person from being able to ____________ • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

13. Consequences of STDs • Some can ___________from an infected ______________ • Can happen before, during, or after the birth of the child • Can cause such things as premature births, blindness, infection of the blood stream, and chronic liver disease • AIDS can be spread through breastfeeding

14. Common STDs • _______________: virus that can cause genital warts or asymptomatic infection • There are about 30 different types of this virus and most show no symptoms • Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV • Most common STD in the U.S. • 50-75% of sexually active male and females will acquire HPV

15. Genital Warts • Pink or reddish warts with cauliflower tops that appear on or around the genitals • May take up to __________for warts to appear after infection occurs; often they disappear on their own • Treatments can get rid of warts __________that accompanies them • Over ___________people are infected

16. Genital Warts

17. Chlamydia • _______________that affects the reproductive organs of both males and females • Often is not noticed until very serious complications arise • Some symptoms that may appear include: ___________________ • Lab tests are needed to diagnose

18. Genital Herpes • Two Types: _________- causes cold sores; _________- causes genital sores • However, both can affect both the genitals and the mouth • Most people do not show symptoms and the virus can be spread both when there are sores and when there are not

19. Genital Herpes • Lab tests are needed to diagnose • Medications can relieve symptoms, ____________ • 45 million people infected • __________________

20. Genital Hepres

21. Gonorrhea • ______________that usually affects mucous membranes • Highest rate of infection is: Girls 15-19 and Boys 20-24 • Symptoms are discharge and painful urination • Can be without symptoms • Left untreated __________________________

22. Trichomoniasis • Caused by a ________________that results in infections of the vagina, urethra, and bladder • Usually no symptoms; maybe discharge • Difficult to diagnose in males

23. Trichomoniasis

24. Syphilis • An STD that ________________and is caused by small bacterium • Signs include reddish sores • Spreads through the blood and can cause major damage to heart, liver, nervous system, and kidneys

25. HIV and AIDS • HIV: ___________________- a virus that attacks the immune system and is the cause of AIDS • AIDS: _________________________- a disease in which the immune system is weakened

26. HIV and AIDS • How does it spread? • Sexual intercourse • Sharing Needles • Mother to Baby

27. HIV and AIDS • Not everyone infected with HIV has AIDS • AIDS is an advanced stage of HIV • Virus is progressive and continues to multiply in the body • _____________________ • Many who die do so from minor sicknesses that their body can’t fight • _____________________