STI and GIT Flashcards
How can infections be transmitted to the GI tract during sexual contact?
Oral/anal sex
Fomites (sex toys)
Ingestion of organism
exchange genital/sexual secretions
Symptoms rectal gonorrhoea?
Rectal bleeding Anal discharge Tenesmus Lower abdominal pain May be asymptomatic
Gonorrhoea on proctoscopy?
Inflamed mucosae
Purulent exudate
Gonorrhea bacteria genus?
gram -ve diplococci
lipopolysachh with endotoxins
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Gonorrhea has a short incubation period
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5-10 dys
Causes rectal infection?
Gonorrhea
chlamydia trachomatis
lymphogranuloma venereum
How is gonorrhoea spread?
Direct contact mucosal surface (pharynx, vagina, anus, penis)
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chlamydia and gnorrhea are spread in the same way
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T/F
70% of people with chlamydia are asymptomatic
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Symptoms chlamydia?
Less severe than gonorrhea
Anal itch, discomfort
discharge
How is syphilis transmitted?
direct contact with infectious lesion
Difference between primary syphilis and secondary syphilis?
Solitary painless ulcer
Secondary:
ulcers, condylomata lata (warts), systemic inflammation, hepatitis
How is herpes simplex virus transmitted?
ano-genital or ano-oral
Symptoms of herpes simplex virus
Pain, ulcers,painful defecation, bleeding, mucus
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HPV transmitted in the same way as herpes simplex virus
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