Week 7- STIs Flashcards
What age group is most impacted by STIs?
Under 30
What are the 4 reportable STIs?
- Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, HIV
What are barrier methods?
Sole purpose of stopping the sharing of sexual fluids, best for STIs, not the most effective for birth control
CONDOMS
Who’s more at risk of STIs Receptive or Penetrative partner? Why?
Receptive, higher likelihood of being in contact with more sexual fluids
What is the most commonly reported STI in Canada?
Chlamydia
What are the 3 bacterial STIs?
Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis
T or F
Women are more likely to get chlamydia and are less likely to show symptoms then men.
True
How Is Chlamydia transmitted?
Transmission of Sexual fluids or in utero
How do you treat chlamydia?
Antibiotics
Which STI has a war- time focus?
Gonorrhea
What are the 3 stages of Syphilis?
Primary stage: Chancre
Secondary stage: Painless Rash
Latent Stage: (early and late) Further complications that can last 30+ years with degenerative effects 9can lead to death)
Vertical Transmission
Passage of a disease-causing agent (pathogen) from mother to baby during the period immediately before and after birth.
What are the two low-risk types of HPV? and what are the symptoms?
types 6 and 11, genital warts
What are the highest risk HPV strains that may cause cervical cancer?
Types 16 and 18
What is the only vaccine that protects against genital cancers?
The HPV vaccine
T or F
HPV is curable.
False :(
Whats the difference between HSV-1 and HSV-2?
HSV-1- Cold sores!
HSV-2- Disease of Genital organs
How is Hepatitis A transmitted?
transmitted by the fecal–oral routes, including:
• Oral or anal sex
• Ingesting contaminated food or water
How is syphilis treated?
penicillin injection
What are the symptoms of gonorrhea?
yellowish/greenish discharge, throat pain
How do you diagnose syphilis?
Blood test, (if done in primary stage, must have another test in 3 weeks)
How do you treat herpes?
oral antiviral drug, keep lesions clean and dry, using over the counter antibiotics during outbreak can lessen the symptoms
How can you prevent Chlamydia, syphilis and Gonorrhea?
Condoms!
