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| sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) |
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| diseases that are transmitted by the way of direct sexual contact. An older names was venereal diseases. |
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| acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
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| a fatal, transmissible viral disease of the immune system that creates a severe immune deficiency, and that leaves people defenseless against infections and cancer |
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| an infection of the reproductive tractm with or without symptoms; a frequent cause of ectopic pregnancy or failure to become pregnant |
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| pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
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| an infection of the fallopian tubes and pelvic cavity in women, causing ectopic pregnancy and pregnancy failures |
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| a pregnancy that develops in one of the fallopian tubes or elsewhere outside the uterus; a dangerous condition |
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| a bacterial STD that often advances without symptoms to spread through the body, causing problems in many organs |
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| a common, incurable STD caused by a virus that produces blisters. THe symptoms clear up on their own, but the virus remains to cause future outbreaks. |
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| human papilloma virus (HPV) |
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| any of over 50 related viruses whose effects include genital wars and cervical cancer. Members of this virus family also called skin warts, commonly found on the hands. |
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| contagious wartlike growth on infected areas, caused by HPV virus. SOmestimes called condyloma. The viruses that cause genital warts can also cause cervical cancer in women. |
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| a test for cancer of the cervix(lower part of the uterus). A few cells are removed painlessly and examined in a laboratory |
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| a bacterial STD that, if untreated, advances from a sore (chancre) to flulike symptoms, then through a long symptomless period, and later to a final stage of irreversible brain and nerve damage, ending in death. |
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| a hard, painless sore; chancres develop early in syphilis infections |
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| temporarily unseen or inactive |
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| a developing human begin before birth |
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| a viral STD that causes loss of liver function and sever liver diseas. It is preventable, but not curable |
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| an STD caused by a parasite that can cause bladder and unrethral infections |
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| an STD caused by tiny parasites that breed in pubic hair and cause intense itching |
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| yeast infection, or candidiasis |
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| an infection caused by a yeast that multiplies out of control in the vagina; not an STD |
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| urinary tract infections (UTIs) |
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| bacterial infections of the uretha that can travel to the bladder and kidneys; not a sexually transmitted disease |
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| a fungal infection of the groin and inner thigh; not an STD |
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| an abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS |
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| the pneumonia characteristica of AIDS; pneumocystis carlinii pneumonia |
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| a normally rare skin cancer causing a purplish discoloration of the skin seem commonly among people with AIDS |
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| the mental disorder resulting from an attack by HIV on the brain and nerves |
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| drugs that stop the action or an enzyme which ordinarily heps HIV to reproduce. THe drugs helps slow HIV reproduction, but takers run an increased risk of developing diabetes |
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| intravenous (IV) drug abuse |
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| the practice of using needles to inject drugs of abuse into the veins. |
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| refraining completely from sexual relations with other people. Also called celibacy |
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| having sexual relations with one partner only, excluding all others. THese relationships are usually long-term relationships |
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| behavior guidelines that reduce STD risk, but do not reduce the risk to zero |
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| the compound nonoxynol-9, intended for birth control, that also kills or weakness some STD organisms |
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