STD Flashcards
What 3 STD’s are associated with a chancre?
- chlamydia
- chancroid
- syphilis
Which STD’s have a PAINFUL SOFT chancre associated with them?
- Chlamydia “weepy”
- Chancroid “bloody”
Which STD has a PAINLESS HARD chancre associated with it?
- Syphilis
What are the differential diagnosis of chlamydia?
- chlamydia
- lymphogranuloma venereum
- PID (pelvic inflamm. disease)
- Reiter’s disease
What are the differential diagnosis of STD’s that are ASYMPTOMATIC in FEMALES?
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea (knee)
- HPV (b/c its internal)
What are the differential diagnosis of STD’s that are ASYMPTOMATIC in MALES?
- Trichomonas (tricky dick)
- candida albicans
What is a list of differential diagnosis of STD’s that have discharge?
- Gonorrhea
- Trichomonas
- Chronic Vaginitis
- Candidiasis
- Herpes
- Chlamydia
What are the characteristics of the discharge is associated with the following STDs?
- Gonorrhea
- Trichomonas
- Chronic Vaginitis
- Candidiasis
- Herpes
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea –> Copious and clear
- Trichomonas –> Frothy, foul & itchy
- Chronic Vaginitis –> Foul & itchy
- Candidiasis –> Curdy & itchy
- Herpes –> watery
- Chlamydia –> yellow
What is the MOST COMMON STD in the USA?
Chlamydia
What STD produces yellow, oderless dicharge and leads to NONGONOCOCCAL nonspecific genitourinary infections. Has a painful soft lesion and is asymptomatic in females?
Chlamydia
What STD is associated with tonsillites, pharyngitis leading to arthritis in the knee. It is GRAM NEGATIVE and has a copious clear discharge from the urethra (skene’s & Bartholin glands). In males it can cause urethritis & epididymites. In females it can cause vaginitis, salpingities, and arthritis?
Gonorrhea
What STD is associated with painful vesicles, latency, red lesions w/ yellow oozing centers and watery discharge. It is contagious and will hide out in the DRG of Nervous system?
Herpes
What types of herpes are recurrent and what is the treatment for herpes?
1, Types l & ll are recurrent
- TX: Valtrex, L-lysine, acyclovir (it is a tx NOT a cure)
When do herpes itch?
Before a breakout (prodrome of itching)
What do you say when you see Trichomonas and why?
TRICKY DICK because he doesn’t know he has it, it is asymptomatic in males
Trichomonas is unique in the fact that it is the only STD that is a _________?
protozoa
In females and males how does Trichomonas present itself?
- Females: greenish/yellow, severely itchy, foul discharge
- Males: Asymptomatic (Tricky dick)
When you see Chancroid what do you think?
He Do Cry b/c he has a painful blood chancre on his wanker.
What STD is associated with large painful lesions that rapidly ulcerate and bleed, pus –> buboes and is caused by Haemophilus Ducrey?
Chancroid