Chapter 6

Question 1

primary syphilis

Answer 1

• forms a chancre

- chancres go away, but it is not cured

Question 2

secondary syphilis

Answer 2

• systemic infection with skin rash and enlarged lymph nodes
• begins several after chancre has healed
• persists for several weeks then subsides even without treatment

Question 3

tertiary syphilis

Answer 3

late destructive lesions in internal organs

Question 4

congenital syphilis

Answer 4

• transmission of disease from mother to child
• may cause death of fetus
• treatment early in pregnancy is important

Question 5

gonorrhea in female

Answer 5

• infection may spread into fallopian tubes

- complication: tubal scarring and sterility

Question 6

gonorrhea in male

Answer 6

• spread of infection to posterior urethra, prostate, seminal vesicles, vasa deferentia, and epididymis
• may lead to sterility

Question 7

type 1 herpes

Answer 7

-infects the oral membrane

Question 8

type 2 herpes

Answer 8

infects genital tract

Question 9

chlamydia

Answer 9

• may cause pelvic inflammatory disease

- can cause sterility in women and epididymitis in men

Question 10

HIV/AIDS

Answer 10

• cripples body’s immune system
• attacks and destroys t lymphocytes increasing susceptibility to infection and malignant tumors
• target: CD4 protein on cell membranes of helper t lymphocytes, monocytes, macrophages, macrophage-like cells in skin, lymph nodes, and CNS

Question 11

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Answer 11

human herpes virus 8