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SAI’s vs. STD’s

SAI’s vs. STD’s. Syphilis Chlamydia Vaginitis Herpes Gonnorhea. SAI’s and STD’s. Genital Warts HIV/AIDS Hepatitis B Nongonoccal Urethritis. Sexually Acquired Infections. Painless Painful Multiple simultaneous infections No cures. Get Early Treatment.

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SAI’s vs. STD’s

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  1. SAI’s vs. STD’s • Syphilis • Chlamydia • Vaginitis • Herpes • Gonnorhea

  2. SAI’s and STD’s • Genital Warts • HIV/AIDS • Hepatitis B • Nongonoccal Urethritis

  3. Sexually Acquired Infections • Painless • Painful • Multiple simultaneous infections • No cures

  4. Get Early Treatment • If you don’t know where to findhelp, call the Personal Health Advisor at 0800-825-1600, a 24 hour hotline. • Talk to your doctor so you can be checked for infection. • Tell your partner to get treatment so they won’t spread the disease or re-infect you.

  5. Get Early Treatment • Take precautionsduring treatment and consult your doctor or clinic about when it’s safe to have sex again. • Take all your medications because even if you feel better, germs may still be in your body and the STD won’t be cured. • Don’t share medications because each STD is unique and requires its own treatment.

  6. Facts to Remember • You can, and often may, have more than one STD at once. • STDs can be painful but some are painless so a person can be unaware that he or she has a disease. • You never develop an immunity to STDs, no matter how many times you have them. • Also, some STDs have no cure.

  7. Facts to Remember • A person can never have an STD without his or her sexual partner also being exposed to the STD • Condoms are NOT 100% guaranteed to prevent any STD • Hepatitis B is the only STD that is prevented by immunizations.

  8. Facts to Remember • The most serious consequences of STDs, with the exception of HIV/AIDS, are experienced by women. • The most important, long-term effect of the rising incidence of STDs may be their contribution to male/female infertility. • STDs present during pregnancy or birth can harm or kill the fetus or infant.

  9. Plan Ahead for Safer Sex Plan ahead so you feel and act more comfortable and at ease.

  10. Practice What You’ll Say and Do • First, decide what you’ll say to your partner and rehearse in front of a mirror. • Get used to handling condoms so things go smoothly later on.

  11. Set the Stage • Be sure to keep a supply of condoms handy by the bed, or in your pocket or purse. • You may find using a news or magazine story about condoms or AIDS helps you bring up the subject of safer sex.

  12. Say You Want to Play Safe • Be honest. Say you want to be cautious because you care about both of you. • Remember, sex is more enjoyable if you have peace of mind.

  13. Choose Safer Sex • Alcohol and other drugs- They lower inhibitions and affect your judgement, leaving you vulnerable to unsafe sex. • Sharing IV drug needles spreads infection directly.

  14. AIDS End the Silence Listen, Learn, Live!

  15. How HIV is Spread • Body fluids of an infected person that spread HIV: • Semen • Blood • Vaginal fluid • Breast milk

  16. How HIV is Not Spread • HIV is not spread through everyday casual contact.

  17. HIV Infection • People infected with HIV: • May look healthy • May feel healthy • Or may have symptoms that are like other illnesses • But they can infect others even though they don’t look or feel sick

  18. Alcohol, Drugs and HIV • Drinking alcohol or taking drugs may make people take the following HIV related risks: • Having sex without using a latex condom. • Sharing needles and syringes.

  19. Stopping the Spread of HIV • No Sex • No injection drug use. • Sex exclusively with an uninfected partner and neither partner are injection drug users. • If people have sex, using latex condoms the right way every time, it reduces the risk of HIV and other STDs.

  20. AIDS Statistics HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P, June 1999 • There is an estimated 650,000-900,000 HIV-infected Americans. • 40,000 Americans are infected each year • 1 in 250 Americans is HIV-positive. • Over 420,000 Americans have died of AIDS.

  21. AIDS Statistics HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P, June 1999 • Three most common modes of exposure • men who have sex with men • injection drug use • heterosexual contact through sexual contact with injection drug users.

  22. AIDS Statistics UNAIDS, WHO, 1 Dec 99The Global Pandemic • More than 15,000 people are newly infected with HIV each day • An estimated 33 million people are living with HIV or AIDS today. 9 out of 10 don’t know they’re infected. • Cumulative AIDS deaths through 1999 = 16.3 million.

  23. Key Points, American Red Cross • HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. • AIDS is a result of HIV infection. • HIV can be prevented. • HIV is not spread through casual contact. • People cannot get HIV when they give blood.

  24. Testing • A negative antibody test means • You are not infected with HIV or • You have recently been infected with HIV and can infect others, but the test did not yet detect antibodies. • A positive antibody test means • You are infected with HIV • You can infect others

  25. AIDS • When people develop AIDS, they may get illnesses that healthy people don’t get. • Only a doctor can diagnose AIDS.

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