The Risk of STIs

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The Risk of STIs
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• Is It Worth It?

Chapter 25 Lesson 1-2 Created by T. Stivers
Schindewolf Intermediate School
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STDs
Sexually transmitted diseases or infections are
spread from person to person through _______
_________.
sexual
contact
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What is an epidemic?

• It is a disease in which many people in the same
  area and at the same time are infected

epidemic
STDs are now an _________among teenagers and
college students
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Communicable disease -

• is a disease that spreads

pathogen
A __________ is an organism that causes disease.
Various pathogens Virus Fungi rickettsias Ba
cteria Protozoan
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Many people do not know they are infected with a
STD and pass it on to someone else without
knowing.
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www.healthleader.uthouston.edu/archive/STD/2004/st
d_bacterialstd-0311.html
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How at Risk are You?
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You make the decisions...
Have Sex
Total Abstinence
Effects You are in control Greater self-respect
Reach goals Enjoy relationship based on REAL
love Ultimate freedom emotionally, physically,
and mentally
Physical Effects Unwanted pregnancy Sexually
Transmitted diseases
Emotional Effects Doubt, fear, loss of trust,
rejection, low self-esteem, bitterness, anger,
depression
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Sex
love
_____ is not _____, but sometimes they can feel
like the same thing. _____ love is about
____________ a relationship that values you as a
_____ person
Real
commitment
total
NOT JUST BODY PARTS!

• Heart
• Mind
• Dreams
• Emotions

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Use of alcohol and other drugs increase your risk
of STDs
Why
Alcohol and drugs can lower your inhibitions
(your self-consciousness or will-power)
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Consequences of STDs

• Some are asymptomatic (w/o symptoms) causing
  permanent damage before you know
• Some are incurable pathogens cannot be
  eliminated from body (genital herpes, AIDS)
• Some cause cancer and cannot be cured (Hepatitis
  B, HPV)
• Some cause sterility damage to the reproductive
  organs
• Some cause birth defects in baby and can be
  passed to baby before, during, or after birth

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The only sure way to prevent a STD is ...
Abstinence
There is NO other 100 method!
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Types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Discharge, burning, abdominal pain

• Chlamydia most common cause of sterility
  because of no symptoms until its too late
  (pelvic pain after it is too late)
• Genital herpes incurable, painful blisters and
  ulcers caused by the herpes simplex 2 virus
  (45,000,000 people and 1,000,000 more each year)

Untreated causes PID (pelvic inflammatory disease
in females sterility
Herpes Simplex of the tongue
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Herpes Simplex 2
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Medication can relieve symptoms but not cure HS
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Gonorrhea bacteria affects mucous membranes and
causes_________. It can spread to the bloodstream
which damage joints and _______ an _______ baby
causing blindness. Symptoms may not show up
immediately.
infertility
infects
unborn
M F Discharge and painful urination. 50
females have no symptoms
Newborn with Gonorrhea
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(Pap-i-low-ma)
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

• several strains of ______ but 30 types are
  transmitted by sexual contact
• causes genital ______ that are highly
  contagious
• no symptoms often (warts up to 3 months later)
• develops into ________ (causing almost all
  cervical cancer and cancer of the penis)

HP viruses
warts
cancers
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New vaccine for females to prevent cervical cancer
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Genital warts
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Once infected, a person has the virus for life
Treatment can make warts go away but virus is
still there.
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Syphilis a sore(s) called chancre(s)
(shan-kuhr) appears on genitals at the site of
infection
Stages Primary Single or more chancre sore(s)
anywhere from 10-90 days, painless and appears
where the bacteria entered body Lasts 3-6
weeks Heals w/o treatment Infection progresses if
treatment is not received
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Secondary Skin rash and mucous membrane
lesions A rash of rough red, brownish spots on
the body, usually on soles and palms, but not an
itchy rash (more so if dark skinned) Rash
sometimes unnoticed or looks like other
rashes May have flu-like symptoms at the same
time fever, swollen lymph nodes, weight loss,
sore throat, aches, and fatigue Patchy hair
loss w/o treatment moves into next stage
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Latent Stage The hidden stage where all symptoms
disappear w/o treatment but bacteria remains in
the body Can last for years
If not treated

• destroying tissue inc muscles
• eventually causes major organ damage (heart,
  liver, CNS, and kidneys
• Dementia/senility
• Blindness
• paralysis

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Might heal w/o treatment but the bacteria is
still present. Must be treated medically or will
go into several stages that lead to death
Can transfer to unborn baby and is deadly
Has stages primary, secondary, and latent
stages
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