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Kinds of STIs

Kinds of STIs. Chlamydia Gonorrhea Genital Warts Genital Herpes Syphilis Hepatitis B Pubic Lice and Scabies. Sexually Transmitted Infection (disease). Any disease that spreads from one person to another during sexual contact.

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Kinds of STIs

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  1. Kinds of STIs • Chlamydia • Gonorrhea • Genital Warts • Genital Herpes • Syphilis • Hepatitis B • Pubic Lice and Scabies

  2. Sexually Transmitted Infection (disease) • Any disease that spreads from one person to another during sexual contact. • 12 million new cases of STI’s are reported each year in USA (epidemic)

  3. Concerns about STIs • Infertility • Cancer • Cannot develop immunity to STIs • Some STIs are incurable and even fatal.

  4. Reasons for the STI Epidemic • Sexual intercourse at a young age, multiple sex partners. • Precautions are not taken • Do not seek immediate medical treatment.

  5. Avoiding STIs • Abstinence • Sexual Fidelity • Precautions (condom) • Avoiding Drug Abuse

  6. Chlamydia • Most common bacterial STI

  7. Gonorrhea • Bacterial STI, infects the urinary tract of males & females and the reproductive organs of females.

  8. Genital Warts • Most common viral STI • Human Papilloma Virus • Once infected warts appear in clusters around the genitals (itching and burning) • Warts can be removed, virus will remain, so warts may appear again. • Genital warts have been linked to cervical cancer in women.

  9. Genital Herpes • Incurable viral STI • Produces painful blisters around the genitals. • Medicine can help dry up the blisters. • A women can infect her infant during birth, causing blindness and death.

  10. Syphilis • Bacterial STI that progresses through several distinct stages. Can be treated with antibiotics.

  11. Pubic Lice/Scabies • Pubic Lice (crabs)- tiny insects that infest the hair around the genitals. • Scabies- infestation of mites. • Both conditions cause itching and a rash. • Spread through direct physical contact with an infested person, clothing or bedding.Treatment- shampoos or ointments that kill the animals and eggs.

  12. Pubic Lice

  13. Scabies

  14. HIV & AIDS AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) • fatal disease of the immune system caused by a virus. • Last and most severe stage of STI caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

  15. HIV Infection • HIV cannot live outside body for very long. • Inside body HIV attacks the T cells (immune system). • The fewer the T cells the more advanced the disease.

  16. Symptoms of HIV and AIDS • 3-4 weeks after exposure: fever, swollen lymph glands, tiredness. • First symptoms go away after a few weeks, then…months/years with no signs. • 7-10 years for AIDS to develop

  17. AIDS… • Opportunistic diseases- diseases that attack a person with weakened immune system • A person with HIV has AIDS when T cells fall and the person has one or more opportunistic diseases. • OD = tuberculosis, pneumonia

  18. Transmission of HIV Four main ways HIV can be passed: 1. Sexual intercourse (semen/vaginal secretions) 2. Shared needles 3. Blood to blood contact 4. Mother to child ( pregnancy, birth, breast-feeding)

  19. Testing and Treatment Testing • Blood Test- detects HIV antibodies • HIV positive- someone who is infected with HIV Treatment • No Cure • Drugs that slow production of HIV in the T cells

  20. Preventing HIV/Aids • No risk= abstinence Preventive Behaviors: 1. Avoid contact w/ blood or body fluids 2. Know personal histories 3. Protected Sex 4. Avoid drugs 5. Get tested! 6. Act responsibly

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