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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
all the ones required to know for final
8
Health Care
9th Grade
05/31/2009

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Term
Chlamydia
Definition
  • 90% of STDs
  • untreated can ruin reproductive system
  • babies may have eye infections and pneumonia
  • easy to cure
Term
Gonorrhea
Definition
  • 5-10% STDs
  • dischange and burning in urination
  • present in older population
  • cured by shot in the hip (3 weeks)
Term
Syphilis
Definition
  • blood test
  • 1st: 4 weeks, open painless sore
  • 2nd: 6 weeks, rashes and flu feelings
  • 3rd: rheumatoid arthritus, brain damage, blindness
  • 2 shots a week apart
Term
Trichimoniasis
Definition
  • can be dormant for years
  • pregnancy triggers growth
  • hard to determine source
  • discharge, ache in back of vagina
  • no serious problems, 1 week oral antibiotics
Term
Herpes
Definition
  • cold sores around mouth
  • no oral sex, wash hands after touching sores
  • comes and goes
  • genital appear as small lumps
  • 1 in every 5 or 6 ppl
  • 1st burn lasts 2-3 weeks
Term
HPV
Definition
  • genital warts
  • appears genital areas
  • throat
  • passes on unknowingly
  • picked up on a pap smear
  • warts can go or spread
  • c-section
Term
HIV
Definition
virus that causes AIDS
Term
Genital Lice
Definition
  • crabs
  • pincers latched on hair
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