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Health Chapter 24
Sexually Transmitted disease
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Health Care
10th Grade
10/01/2013

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Term

 

 

Antibiotics are...

Definition

 

 

treatment for bacterial STDs

Term

 

 

Asymptomatic

 

Definition

 

 

that state of being infected but 

showing no symptoms

Term

 

 

epidemic

Definition

 

 

outbreak of a disease

Term

 

infertility

 

Definition

 

 

a health consequence of some STDs

Term

 

Many people infected with genital

herpes are asymptomatic

 

T or F

Definition

 

 

True

Term

 

 

What does the EIA test

screen for?

 

Definition

 

 

It screens for HIV antibodies

Term

 

Health Officials recommend the

HPV vaccine for females 

ages 9 to 26

 

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

 

Which behavior is most likely to place

a teen at risk for HIV infection?

 

a) using a sterile needle to pierce his or her ear

b) Drinking alcohol at a party with other teens

Definition

 

 

 

b) Drinking alcohol at a party with other teens

 

Term

 

A physician who examines a patient in 

the third stage of syphilis...

 

a) can reverse the damage to organs

b) can cure the disease with penicillin or 

other antibiotics

Definition

 

 

B

can cure the disease with penicillin or

other antibiotics

Term

 

People who are diagnosed with genital

herpes should...

 

a) inform partners of their infection

b) let the health department notify

their partners

Definition

 

 

A

 

inform partners of their infection

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