Transmission, Symptoms, And Treatment For STIs

Question 1

What are the statistics of STIs?

Answer 1

Over 25 commonly transmitted STIs
Over 300 mill infected every year 🌎
19 million infected in the 🇺🇸
Half of these are people between the ages of 15-24

Question 2

What is a bacterial STIs?

Answer 2

Simple organisms that can only be seen with microscope, some invade human and multiply to cause illness
Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis

Question 3

What is chlamydia?

Answer 3

Sexual contact and mother to child contact

Treatment with antibiotics

Question 4

What are symptoms of chlamydia?

Answer 4

White or colorless discharge
Silent disease as symptoms are often absent or mild
Painful urination
Pelvic pain
Complications rare in men but can lead to sterility in women

Question 5

What is gonorrhea?

Answer 5

Sexual contact and mother to child contact

Treatment with antibiotics

Question 6

What are symptoms of gonorrhea?

Answer 6

Painful urination
Discharge that is initially thin and watery but becomes thick and yellow
Can cause infertility in men & women
Can be life threatening if spreading to blood or joints

Question 7

What is syphilis?

Answer 7

Sexual contact and mother to child contact
Treatment with antibiotics only in early or mid stages
As disease progress antibiotics stop but do not reverse damage

Question 8

What is the primary stage?

Answer 8

10 days - 3 month

Small, red, painless pimple that becomes a chancre (canker)

Question 9

What is the secondary stage?

Answer 9

8 weeks after chancre appears
Rash, especially on palms and feet
Fever
Headache
Hair loss

Question 10

What is the tertiary stage?

Answer 10

After rash disappear
May attack heart, brain, skin, bones, spinal cord
Causes deafness, mental illness, paralysis, etc

Question 11

What are viral STIs?

Answer 11

Smaller than bacteria, reproduce in living cells and destroy them
HPV, Herpes, Hepatitis, HIV

Question 12

What is HPV?

Answer 12

Sexual contact, mother to child
Not curable, sometimes body can eliminate it
Warts treated with acid or creams
Can be frozen or burned off skin

Question 13

What are symptoms of HPV?

Answer 13

Within 3 months genital warts
Some people may not have symptoms
Development of warts in throat
Common cause of cervical cancer as well as vaginal, penal, and throat cancer

Question 14

What is herpes?

Answer 14

Sexual contact, mother to child

Not curable, doctors can treat sores symptom

Question 15

What are symptoms of herpes?

Answer 15

Flu-like symptoms after exposure
Painful urination
Itching
Development of blister that progresses to painful open sore or ulcer 
After 4-15 days ulcers heal but reoccur

Question 16

What is hepatitis B?

Answer 16

Sharing needles, syringes, razors, or toothbrushes
Blood contact
Sexual contact
mother to child contact
Not curable, doctors can prevent liver damage

Question 17

What are symptoms of Hepatitis B?

Answer 17

Two weeks to six months
Fatigue and flu-like symptoms
Jaundice 
Dark urine
May exhibit no symptoms
Prolonged lead to liver failure & death

Question 18

What is HIV?

Answer 18

Sharing needles, syringes, razors,
Blood contact
Sexual contact
mother to child contact
Not curable, but prolong life or treat infections

Question 19

What are symptoms of HIV?

Answer 19

Up to 10 yrs without symptoms
Virus destroys CD4+ and T cells which weaken immune system
Flu-like symptoms within weeks of infection
AIDS is late stage of HIV
Difficulty with disease and cancer

Question 20

What is a parasitic STI?

Answer 20

An organisms which feeds on another organism.

Scabies, public lice, and trichomoniasis

Question 21

What is scabies?

Answer 21

Sexual and non sexual contact
Medicated shampoo + body wash prescribed by physician
Hot water washing of bed linens and infected clothes

Question 22

What are symptoms of scabies?

Answer 22

Mite burrows under skin
Red/brown lesions
Persistent itching (especially at night)
Symptoms may persist for a year after treatment

Question 23

What is pubic lice?

Answer 23

Sexual contact
Sharing bedding or clothing
Prescription shampoo treatment, re-treatment after 1-4 days may be necessary

Question 24

What are symptoms of public lice?

Answer 24

Visible lice and eggs to pubic hair
Itching that worsens at night
Sores
Bluish-gray skin reaction

Question 25

What is trichomoniasis?

Answer 25

Sexual intercourse

Antibiotics for treatment

Question 26

What are symptoms of trichomoniasis?

Answer 26

Women: itching, vaginal discharge, painful intercourse, vaginal odor
Men: discharge, burning during intercourse or urination