STIs Flashcards

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chlamydia

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can affect cervix, urethra, rectum, throat, eye

most common

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gonnorrhea

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most common in men
can affect cervix, urethra, rectum, throat, and eyes
second most common

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syphilis

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progresses in stages

infectious in the first year after contraction

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genital herpes

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associated with cold sores

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hep b

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virus that affects the liver
found in blood and body flid
msot infected people produce antibodies to fight it but some carry the virus all their lives and are infectious for life

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HIV

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destrys cells critical to a perons immune system

weakens immune sysyem until it reaches AIDS

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HPV

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75 percent of the adult population will have it at least once in their life
most clear on their own within one or two years

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canditiasis

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yeast infection

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pubic lice

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tiny crab like insets that nest in pubic hair

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scabies

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parasitic mites that burrow below the surface of the skin

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trichmoniasis

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microscopic, single-celled organis that can be found in the urethra, bladder, vagine, cervix or under foreskin

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