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Ch8: STIs Flashcards

1
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Theories about the origin of syphilis (2)

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1: may have begun in New World and been brought back to Europe by Columbus and his explorers
2: syphilis was already in Europe, just referred to as leprosy

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Syphilis has also been referred to as

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The “pox”

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Syphilis treatment throughout history

16th cent, 20th cent, mid-20th cent

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First mercury (1500)
Then arsenic (1900s)
Then penicillin (1940s)
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When was the Tuskegee study?

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1932-1972; 40 years

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When did herpes come into cultural consciousness

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1980s, known for being incurable

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“Era of sexually transmitted diseases” happened around the ____ with which diseases

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198s; HPV and HIV

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How did HIV/AIDS happen

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Humans butchering infected primates

1910 and 1950s

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In the 1980s and 1990s, what was the #1 cause of death in men under 50?

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AIDS :(

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9
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Worldwide, how many people live with HIV today?

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37 million

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How many new HIV infections occur each year

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2,000,000

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11
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How many Canadians live with HIV today?

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71,000

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Population most affected by chlamydia in Canada

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Young straight ppl 20-24

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13
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Chlamydia consequences (women) (5)

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Infection may spread to uterus and Fallopian tubes
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP)

Scarring can lead to infertility
Increased risk for ectopic pregnancy

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What is PID and what causes it

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PID = Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Chlamydia!

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15
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Chlamydia consequences men (3)

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Inflammation in epididymis (epididymitis)
Inflammation in urethra (urethritis)
Infertility

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16
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Chlamydia treatment and prevention

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Oral antibiotics

Condom use

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17
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Gonorrhoea highest incidence

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Men who have sex with men

Travellers who have sex abroad

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Gonorrhea - symptoms

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Yellow-green pus-like discharge from vag, urethra, anus

Throat pain common in cases of oral gonorrhea

Can cause PID in women > infertility

Rarely: untreated gonorrhea > bloodstream > joints, skin, organ tissues, brain

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19
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Chlamydia has high confection rate with

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Gonorrhea

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20
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Gonorrhea treatment and prevention

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Antibiotics

Condoms

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21
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Syphilis highest incident

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Men who have sex with men
Travellers who have sex abroad
ppl living in or visiting areas of canada with outbreaks

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22
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Primary syphilis symptoms

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Painless skin ulcers (open sore)

Swelling of lymph nodes near site of contact

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23
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Secondary syphilis symptoms

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Rash on hands, feet, trunk

some have flat warty lesions on anogenital area

Patches of erosion or whitish skin in mouth or anogenital area

fever
Malaise
Jaundice
Muscle/joint aches
Patchy loss of hair
24
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Tertiary syphilis symptoms

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Blood vessels
Heart
Eyes
Nervous system damage (sensory, brain) can occur
- psychosis!
“Syphilitic insanity”
25
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Syphilis infection increases risk of contracting

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HIV

26
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Syphilis treatment and prevention

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Penicillin injection

Condoms!

27
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HSV 1: Where is it?

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Both orolabial and anogenital

28
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HSV2: Where is it?

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Only anogenital

29
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Canadian prevalence for herpes

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2013: 13.6% of Canadians tested positive for HSV-2

30
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Herpes transmission

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Any type of genital/oral contact
Childbirth
Can be transmitted even if asymptomatic :’(

31
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Herpes symptoms: orolabial symptoms and genital symptoms

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Orolabial: cold sore

Anogenital, first time: lesions on both sides of genitals
Anogenital, recurrence: lesions on only one side of genitals

32
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Herpes effects on babies infected at birth

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infants with herpes maybe experience major neurological impairments :’( and in some cases, death :’(

33
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Herpes treatment and prevention

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Condoms work, but herpes can also occur in areas that condoms don’t cover.

Antiviral drugs can prevent or shorten outbreaks if taken when symptoms are prodromal.

34
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HPV: what is it?

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Genital warts!

35
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HPV: How many types are there in total, and how many infect the anogenital region?

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120 total; 40 affect butt

36
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What fucking percentage of Canadians will become infected by a type of anogenital warts in their lifetime?

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80 FUCKING PERCENT

37
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How is HPV transmitted

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Skin-skin contact

38
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HPV at risk

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Immunocompromised, men who have sex with men, everyone who has sex tbh

39
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HIV: at-risk people

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MSM
Injection drug users
People from countries where HIV is endemic

40
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Endemic

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Something (usually a disease) that is common or of a chronic prevalence in a certain area

41
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HIV transmission

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When HIV+ person’s blood & bodily fluids contact HIV- person’s mucosa and bloodstream

Sex, drugs, HIV-infected moms giving birth

42
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Mucosa

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Lining of many bodily orifices

43
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HIV: antiretroviral drug side effects + one downside

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Nausea, diarrhea, abnormal fat deposits

Rigorous consistency is required

44
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Viral load

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Virus per mL of blood

45
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HIV: prevention

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Condoms are highly effective

Pre-exposure prophylaxis of antiretroviral drugs for those high at risk

46
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In Canada, antiretroviral drugs are covered in

BC
AB
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
PEI
New Brunswick

Not in Sask, MB, ON, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Yukon Territories. :(

A

pre-

47
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What is hepatitis?

What are some of its symptoms?

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inflammation of liver tissue

Jaundice and flu-like symptoms

48
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Hep A:

How is it transmitted?
What population(s) is it prevalent in?
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Transmission: Mainly by fecal-oral routes, eg. Oral-anal sex, contaminated food and water

Populations:

  • “closed” communities where everyone eats the same food—an infected batch of food is served to many people
    Eg. Prison
  • MSM
49
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Hep B:

How is it transmitted?
What population(s) is it prevalent in?
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Transmission: through sexual contact, sharing drug paraphernalia, sharing sex toys

Populations:

  • MSM
  • injection drug users
  • ppl from countries where disease is prevalent
  • places with poor blood screening and poor equipment sterilization
50
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Hep C:

How is it transmitted?
What population(s) is it prevalent in?
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Transmission: 
Blood contact
Sharing drug paraphernalia
Sexual activities that cause trauma at the sites of sexual contact
But not through most sexual activities

Populations:
Injection drug users
Countries where there is poor infection control in health care settings
MSM

51
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Trichomoniasis

What is it

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Parasitic infection

52
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Trichomoniasis symptoms

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Women: Can have profuse yellow vaginal discharge, although is often asymptomatic

Men: often asymptomatic

Unisex: pain upon peeing and genital itching

53
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Course of trichomoniasis (5)

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Potential infertility
Risk of cervical cancer
Inflammation of endometrium
Inflammation of uterus
Premature delivery
54
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Trichomoniasis treatment and prevention

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Treatment: oral drug

Prevention: condoms

55
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Pubic lice and scabies: transmission

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Direct contact

Contact with sheets and towels! Ew

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