STD Flashcards
What are STD’s?
Infections that spread from one person to another during anal,oral or vaginal sex.
According to the centre for disease control and prevention, there are over _____ Million cases of STD cases reported ____ in SA.
15
Annually
Adolescents and young adults (___-____) are age groups at the greatest risk, 3 Million infected each year.
15-24
What is Human Papilloma Virus?
The virus that causes genital warts is highly contagious. They begin as small and painless but spread out and became painful.
How can HPV be cured?
No cure but can be treated with medications, freezing or removed by surgery. 1/3 of all cases return and can cause cervical cancer.
What is herpes?
No cure but permanent viral infection. Antiviral drugs help heal sores. Symptoms include blisters or painful genital sores that periodically break out on genitals.
What is syphilis?
A bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact that starts as a painless sore. It can cause brain damage and death.
Which is trichomoniasis?
It is a curable STD. Caused by a parasite often confused for a yeast infection.
What is gonorrhea?
Caused by bacteria and treated with antibiotic. Males can suffer from painful urination and the discharge of pus. Females have vaginal discharge,urination,fever and this can cause infertility. The disease can make new borns blind.
What is chlamydia?
Bacterial infection which results in a whitish discharge it can damage one’s reproductive system.
What is pubic lice or crabs?
Parasitic insects that can infest in the genital area of humans. Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact
More than 40 Million people affected by HIV and women account for ____ Of those infected. HIV is often _______ for the first few years.
50%
Asymptomatic
What is HIV?
HIV causes AIDS and interferes with the body’s ability to fight infections.
What is the best cure to an std?
Prevention- avoid all sexual contact
