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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Agenda. PowerPoint presentation on STD’s Go over worksheet Discussion questions Hand in worksheets for class work grade. What is an STD?.

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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  1. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  2. Agenda • PowerPoint presentation on STD’s • Go over worksheet • Discussion questions • Hand in worksheets for class work grade

  3. What is an STD? • Sexually transmitted disease (STD) is a term used to describe more than 20 different infections that are transmitted through exchange of semen, blood, vaginal secretions, and other body fluids; or by direct contact with the affected body areas of people with STDs. www.healthline.com

  4. Types of STD’s • Viral • Caused by a virus (Genital warts from the Human Papilloma virus) • Bacterial • Caused by bacteria (Gonorrhea comes from the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

  5. Viral and Bacterial • Viral STD’s are treatable • Treated with anti viral medicine • Bacterial STD’s are curable • antibiotics

  6. How Can You Get An STD? • Sexual intercourse • Mother to baby • Kissing (herpes and syphilis) • Skin to skin contact • Contaminated linens (pubic lice)

  7. Some of the things that increase a person's chances of getting an STD are: • Sexual activity at a young age. The younger a person starts having sex, the greater his or her chances of becoming infected with an STD. • Lots of sex partners. People who have sexual contact — not just intercourse, but any form of intimate activity — with many different partners are more at risk than those who stay with the same partner. • Unprotected sex. Latex condoms are the only form of birth control that reduce your risk of getting an STD. Spermicides, diaphragms, and other birth control methods may help prevent pregnancy, but they don't protect a person against STDs. www.Kidshealth.org

  8. Prevention • The only way to completely prevent STDs is to abstain from all types of sexual contact.

  9. Prevention • If someone chooses to have sex, the best way to reduce the chance of getting an STD is by using a condom or being in a monogamous relationship.

  10. People who are sexually active should get regular gynecological or male genital examinations at least once a year. • In order for these exams and visits to the doctor to be helpful, people need to tell their doctors if they are thinking about having sex or if they have already started having sex. This is true for all types of sex — oral, vaginal, and anal. • Why may people not tell their doctors the truth?

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