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“What you don’t Know CAN Hurt You!”. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. ONCE IS ALL IT TAKES. Every 10 Seconds a Teenager in the United States Contracts an STI!. You have a 1 in 5 chance of contracting an STD if you do not use any form of STD Prevention!!!
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“What you don’t Know CAN Hurt You!” Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ONCE IS ALL IT TAKES
Every 10 Seconds a Teenager in the United States Contracts an STI! • You have a 1 in 5 chance of contracting an STD if you do not use any form of STD Prevention!!! Genital Herpes Pubic Lice Kaposi’s Sarcoma
There are 22 Known Sexually Transmitted Infections: • Herpes • HIV/AIDS • Chlamydia • Gonorrhea • Syphilis • Genital Warts (HPV) • Genital Crabs • Scabies • And more…
Truth about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI or STD) • Some are curable • Some are not curable • Some are deadly • Often have no symptoms • Condoms Protect against some STI’s, but not others. • You need a clinical exam every year if you are sexually active!
Urine test Blood test
Bacteria • Gonorrhea • Syphilis • Chlamydia • Virus • HPV • HIV • Herpes • Other: • Pubic Lice • Scabies
Bacteria • Gonorrhea • Syphilis • Chlamydia • NGU
Gonorrhea and Chlamydia • NO SYMPTOMS! • Discharge • Painful Urination • Swelling of Testicle • PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) • Infertility • Can be treated with Antibiotics
Hydrosalphinx • This is a result of Chlamydia – closed swollen and water – filled left Fallopian tube in a young woman
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)usually occurs in sexually active women between the ages of 15-25 and the highest rate of infections is among Teenagers andAdolecents • More than 750,000 new cases of PID are diagnosed every year in the U.S.
Syphilis Pathogen: Bacteria First Stage: Chancre
Syphilis • Chancre on female labia and on the tounge