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Title: EIGHT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES


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EIGHT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
  • Summary of STDS

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GONORRHEA
  • Caused by bacteria
  • Female symptoms include vaginal discharge, lower
    abdominal pain, and painful urination
  • Male symptoms include pus discharge from penis,
    and painful urination
  • Problems caused by disease include sterility,
    repeated pelvic infections, damage to newborns.
  • Curable with proper treatment
  • 700,000 new cases each year

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CHLAMYDIA
  • Caused by bacteria
  • No symptoms in 60-80 of women, some have vaginal
    discharge, painful urination, bleeding between
    periods
  • No symptoms for 20-40 of men, painful urination,
    watery discharge from penis
  • Problems caused by disease include infertility in
    men and women, eye and lung infections in
    newborns
  • Curable with proper treatment
  • 2.8 million new cases each year.

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GENITAL HERPES
  • Caused by virus
  • Symptoms are one or more blister-like sores on,
    in or around the genitals. Sores may look like a
    rash or cut and is not always painful. Symptoms
    go away.
  • Can cause severe damage to infants of mothers
    with active infections at the time of delivery
  • Can be treated but not cured. Repeated flare ups
    may occur after the first infection.
  • 45 million cases, 1 of every 5 people

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SYPHILIS
  • Caused by bacteria
  • Symptoms include a sore, usually painless. Later
    a rash may develop on other parts of the body,
    usually the hands and feet. There may also be a
    sore throat, fever, swollen glands. Symptoms may
    disappear.
  • Problems caused by disease include heart, spine,
    and brain infection. Severe threat to developing
    fetus.
  • Detected by simple blood test. Cured with
    antibiotics
  • 32,000 reported cases each year

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HEPATITIS B
  • Caused by a virus
  • Symptoms vary greatly. Some people have no
    symptoms. Others experience loss of appetite,
    fever, tiredness, pain in liver area, jaundice,
    liver cancer.
  • A vaccine is available to prevent Hepatitis B.
  • 60,000 new infections each year

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AIDS
  • Caused by a virus
  • Early symptoms include recurring fever, night
    sweats, shortness of breath, dry coughs,
    tiredness, diarrhea, rapid weight loss loss,
    swollen glands or increase in illnesses.
  • AIDS is caused by a virus that can be transferred
    during sexual contact or sharing needles.
  • No cure has been found. Fatal in more than 50 of
    the cases.
  • 40,000 new cases each year.

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HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (Genital Warts)
  • Caused by a virus
  • Symptoms include warts found on or around
    genitals or rectum. Must be treated by a doctor.
  • Problems include warts that grow large and block
    the penis, vagina, or anus.
  • HPV has been strongly linked to the development
    of genital cancers.
  • 6.2 million new cases each year.

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TRICHOMONIASIS
  • Caused by protozoan
  • Symptoms for women include severe vaginal
    itching, heavy vaginal discharge, often yellowish
    green, with strong smell.
  • Symptoms for men is frequently none, occasionally
    a discharge from the penis.
  • Partners may pass this disease back and forth
    leading to repeated infections.
  • Curable, but both partners must be treated.
  • Affects 7.4 million Americans every year
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