STD's Quiz

Question 1

What does HIV stand for?

Answer 1

Human immunodeficiency virus

Question 2

What does AIDS stand for?

Answer 2

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 3

the system in which organs and cells that fight off diseases

Answer 3

Immune system

Question 4

Body fluids that cause transmission are

Answer 4

blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, breast milk.

Question 5

What is the transmission of HIV/AIDS?

Answer 5

sex, sharing needles or syringes, or rinse water

Question 6

How do you diagnose HIV/AIDS?

Answer 6

find a HIV care provider

Question 7

How is HIV/AIDS treated?

Answer 7

complete blood count, very expensive medicines

Question 8

tiny insects found in genital area, smaller harder to spot

Answer 8

Public lice

Question 9

How is pubic lice spread?

Answer 9

sexual contact, spread through clothes, or sitting on a toilet seat

Question 10

What are the top signs and symptoms of pubic lice?

Answer 10

itching in genital region, blue spots on skin, seeing lice that look like tiny crabs

Question 11

How do you Diagnose pubic lice?

Answer 11

finding crabs after a exam

Question 12

What is the treatment for pubic lice?

Answer 12

malathion (wash-on, wash-off prescription)

Question 13

What is chancroid?

Answer 13

bacteria infection around genitals of men and women

Question 14

What are symptoms of chancroid?

Answer 14

ulcer begins as a elevated bump, papule, that becomes an open sore

Question 15

How is chancroid diagnosed?

Answer 15

taking fluid samples

Question 16

How is chancroid treated?

Answer 16

swellings of lymph nodes need to be drained with needle or local surgery

Question 17

What is PID?

Answer 17

infection of fallopian tubes, uterus, or ovaries, developed by other STD’s such as gonorrhea and chlamydia

Question 18

How is PID transmitted?

Answer 18

unprotected sex, having more than one sex partner

Question 19

What are signs/symptoms of PID?

Answer 19

lower abdominal pain, foul-smelling and or abnormally colored discharge, pain during sex, spotting between periods

Question 20

How is PID treated and diagnosed?

Answer 20

By a doctor visit prescribing pills or IV medicine.

Question 21

What are scabies?

Answer 21

a contagious skin disease marked by itching and small raised red spots, caused by the itch mite

Question 22

How is scabies spread?

Answer 22

contact sexually or infected object, bed, towel, etc.

Question 23

How do you prevent scabies?

Answer 23

avoid someone who is infected

Question 24

How is scabies prevented?

Answer 24

by identifying mite or eggs or fecal matter.

Question 25

How is scabies treated?

Answer 25

Medicines

Question 26

What are genital warts?

Answer 26

bumps on the skin of the genital area and around the anus

Question 27

How are genital warts transmitted?

Answer 27

spread by skin to skin contact, usually during vaginal, anal or oral sex

Question 28

What are signs/symptoms of genital warts?

Answer 28

flesh colored, soft to the touch bumps

Question 29

How is genital warts diagnosed?

Answer 29

an exam, have a characteristic appearance, doctor can take a tissue sample

Question 30

How are genital warts treated?

Answer 30

the warts go away with no treatment, however there are several medicines that can make the process faster.

Question 31

How is gonorrhea transmitted?

Answer 31

vaginal or oral sex with someone, if a woman is pregnant, the baby can get it

Question 32

Are there many signs/symptoms for gonorrhea?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

How is gonorrhea treated?

Answer 33

Medicines

Question 34

How is gonorrhea diagnosed?

Answer 34

Urine sample

Question 35

How is syphilis transmitted?

Answer 35

spread through oral and anal sex

Question 36

How is syphilis diagnosed?

Answer 36

blood tests

Question 37

How is syphilis treated?

Answer 37

Penicillin

Question 38

What are signs/symptoms of syphilis?

Answer 38

chancres on the penis, women have chancres on vagina or lymph nodes, both have rashes

Question 39

What is hepatitis?

Answer 39

inflammation of liver

Question 40

What is Hep A and how do you get it?

Answer 40

living or having sex with someone who has it. Symptoms are Hep A yellowing of the eyes of the skin

Question 41

What is Hep C and how do you get it?

Answer 41

Hep C is inherited by coming in contact with infected blood, or sharing needles, razors, or toothbrushes, low risk of getting it by sex. Hep C is dark urine

Question 42

How is Hep A and Hep B treated?

Answer 42

You can either get the vaccine to prevent it, or a blood test is used to treat it live.

Question 43

How is Hep C treated?

Answer 43

by pills called Harvoni which cures in 8-12 weeks

Question 44

What does HPV stand for?

Answer 44

Human Papilloma Virus infection

Question 45

How do you get protected from HPV?

Answer 45

Either abstinence, or Cerverix the vaccine

Question 46

What are signs/symptoms of HPV?

Answer 46

genital warts, not many symptoms, but cancer is a big showing that you can get HPV

Question 47

How is HPV treated?

Answer 47

most times HPV cures itself in time, but there are ways to cure the symptoms

Question 48

How is chlamydia transmitted?

Answer 48

sex, oral sex, or passed from mother to fetus

Question 49

How is chlamydia diagnosed?

Answer 49

urine tests, take swab samples of genitals

Question 50

What are signs of chlamydia?

Answer 50

Discharge from genital areas of both men and women.

Question 51

How is Chlamydia treated?

Answer 51

Antibiotics for about a week to 10 days