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| STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) |
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- pathogen that spreads from one person to another during sexual contact - known as silent epidemic |
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| Short-Term Harmful Effects of STI's |
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| Pain, discomfort, and embarrassment |
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| Long-Term Harmful Effects of STI's |
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| Increased risk of cancer and infertility |
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- ignoring risks -multiple partners - not seeking treatmens (embarrassed, no symtoms, or symptoms disappear) |
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| - caused by protozoan that infects urinary tract or vagina (CURABLE) |
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Trichomoniasis: Symptoms in Males |
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Painful urination, clear discharge, itching, or no symptoms at all |
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| Inflammation of lining of urethra |
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Trichomoniasis: Symptoms in Women |
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Itching, burning in vagina, smelly yellowish discharge, and painful urination |
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| vaginal infection or irritation |
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| Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) |
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- most common viral - no symptoms - may remain for life - cervical cancer associated |
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Chlamydia: Symptoms in Males |
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| painful, frequent urination and discharge |
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Chlamydia: Symptoms in Women |
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No symptoms except yellowish discharge serious infection of reproductive organs |
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| Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) |
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| - causes infertility or ectopic pregnancy |
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- attack liver - symptoms- fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, jaundice - No cure - Vaccine for B, but not for C |
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| - infects urinary tract and reproductive organs |
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Gonorrhea: Symptoms in Men |
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| - thick, pus-like discharge, painful urination |
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Gonorrhea: Symptoms in Women |
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Usually mild and unnoticed |
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- virus- no cure - symptoms (unnoticeable or severe with painful blisters) |
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- primary: painless sore, chancre - Secondary: Sores appear in mouth and flulike symptoms, rash on hands and feet - Latent: symptoms disappear for years, bacteria is attacking brain and heart - Late (Tertiary): untreated can cause brain damage, paralysis, and heart disease (may cause death) |
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Pubic Lice: tiny insects that infect hair around genitals - Scavies: infestation of mites - cause itching around genitals and rash - curable with medical shampoo |
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- infection of vagina caused by fungus (CURABLE) - most common vaginal yeast infection - can be caused through sex -antibiotics kill bacteria |
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-Males: none - Women: white, cheesy discharge and itching |
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- refrain from sexual contact - finish prescribed medicine - notify sexual partners |
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