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Cystitis
(Urinary System infection) |
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Definition
Inflammation of the bladder
-Abrupt onset, burning cloudy sometimes bloody urine
-Caused frequently by E. Coli
-Also caused by blockage to congenitally short urethra
-often called Honey Mooner's disease |
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Bacterial Vaginosis
(Non-Venereal Genital System Disease) |
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Definition
| normal flora are disturbed and an irritating infection results |
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Canididiasis
(Non-Venereal Genital System Disease) |
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Definition
-a yeast infection
-discharge, irritation
-readily treated, low transmissibility
-Caused candida albicans |
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Term
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock
(non-venereal genital system diseases) |
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Definition
-avoided by frequent replacement of tampons
-non transmittable |
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Term
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Definition
-2nd most prevalent bacterial STD
-gram negative diplococcus
-neisseria gonorrhoeae
-developing antibiotic resistance
-human to human transmission
-yellow/green discharge and painful urination
-incubates 2-5 days
Complications:
women: PID, sterility
men: prostate disease, sterility
-blindness in babies erythremycin given immediately |
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Definition
-#1 most prevalent bacterial infection
-mimics gonorrhea
-urithritis, discharge
-hard to diagnose, easy to treat with antibiotics
-incubates 7-14 days
-whitish discharge
Complications:
Women:PID and sterility
Men:sterility |
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Term
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Definition
"Great Immitator"
-mimics many diseases
-Treponema pallidum
-slender, motile spirochete
-human-human transmission
-readily penetrates mucous membrane
3 stages
-primary= painless hard chancre-open sore at site of entry
-secondary=rash, disseminated bacteria throughout body (transmitted in this phase)
-tertiary=hypersensitivity-widespread tissue destruction (gummes form)
-easily treated in begining stages
-slightly more prevelant in homosexual populations |
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Term
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Definition
-Soft chancre
-Haemophilus ducreyi
-small gram negative fastidious rod
-often involves inguinal lymph nodes, swells, ruptures, drains
-lesions thought to increase likelihood of HIV transmission |
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Term
Genital Herpes Simplex
(Viral) |
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Definition
-70% of people with the disease got it from someone who did not have an outbreak
-Herpes Type 2
-blister like lesions on genetalia
-recurrence upt to 4 times/year
Complications:
-infection of fetus or new born, c-section advised
-increased risk of cervical cancer
Treatment: topical acyclovir for symptomatic relief along with pep smears to monitor changes
25% of sexually active females have it
20% of sexually active men |
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Human Papilloma Virus
(Viral) |
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Definition
-Geniatl warts and cervical cancer
-most common sexually transmitted disease
-Can clear virus in 2 years, often goes undetected
-Warts may be obvious lesions or microscopic epithelial changes
-over 80+ wart virues, 30+ are sexually transmitted
-15+ are strongly associated with cervical and other cancers |
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Molluscum contagiosum
(Viral) |
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Definition
-Pox Virus
-Benign infection- childhood infection but sexually transmitted in adults
-small red bumps with dimple in center, can appear on genitals, thighs and buttocks
-Usually resolves in 6-12 months but may take years
-Lesions can be frozen off, but new bumps appear every 2 weeks
-treatment:imiquimod |
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Term
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Definition
-Enveloped
-Most important STD of the 20th century
-6 days to 6 weeks after infection have flu-like symptoms
-Can incubate for up to 10 years
-causes immunodeficiency- destruction of T-helper cells prevents body from combating oppurtunists such as pneumocyts, mycobacteria, and fungal agents
Transmission by sexual contact, contaminated needles, mother-child at birth
-Treatment helps lower virus load and prolong life |
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Term
Trichomoniasis
(Protozoan) |
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Definition
-Unicellular parasites
-infected men are asymptomatic
-woman have yellow/green frothy vaginal discharge
irritation
-many asymptomatic carriers |
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Term
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Definition
Acute
oral/fecal route
vaccine available |
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Term
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Definition
Chronic, but acute to begin with
blood and sexually transmitted
vaccine available (health workers get it) |
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Definition
Chronic
blood and sexually transmitted
leads to liver failure |
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Definition
Acute
oral/fecal route
no vaccine |
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Term
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Definition
Found in Papau New Guinea
"laughing disease"
found in canabalistic communities in mainky women and children who often ate the brain and spinal cord |
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Definition
-found in sheep
-scrape themselves along fences |
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Term
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Definition
Cows get the disease when they ingest material from sheep with scrapie
-can't control motor functions |
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Term
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Definition
-"Mad Cow in humans"
-In the UK they mixed offal or organ meat with their hamburger meat |
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Term
Chronic Wasting disease
(prion) |
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Definition
-found in late 1960's
-Prevalent in Elk and Deer in Colorado |
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