STD

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STDS

• BACTERIAL

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BACTERIAL STDs

• Chlamydia (1,030,911)
• The most common STD
• Caused by several microorganisms
• The rates are highest among people 15-19 yrs old
• 70 of females and 10-15 of men have no symptoms

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HOW IT IS CONTRACTED?

• ANAL
• ORAL
• VAGINAL

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Symptoms include

• Males
• Unusual discharge of fluids from penis
• Painful, burning, or frequent urination
• Females
• Vaginal discharge
• Pain in pelvis
• Bleeding between periods

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Affects on baby

• Premature delivery
• Eye infections
• Respiratory Tract infections
• Chlamydia is leading cause of infant pneumonia
  and conjunctivitis

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Diagnosis/Treatment

• A laboratory test diagnoses chlamydia
• Antibiotics are used to cure
• If left untreated can cause sterility (unable to
  reproduce) due to scar tissue on either fallopian
  tubes or vas deferens

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Bacterial STDs

• Gonorrhea (700,000)
• 2nd most common STD
• Caused by bacteria (warm, moist areas)
• Usually asymptomatic (without symptoms)
• Can cause crippling (damage to heart, joints)

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How is it contracted

• Anal
• Oral
• Vaginal

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Symptoms include

• Males
• A thick yellowish discharge from penis
• Burning during urinating
• 10 of men are asymptomatic
• Females
• Yellow-green discharge from vagina
• Abdominal pain
• Frequent urination, burning during urination
• 80 of women are asymptomatic

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Affects on baby

• Premature labor
• Stillbirth
• Permanent blindness

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Diagnosis/Treatment

• Medical testing
• Examining discharge from penis under microscope
• Examining culture test of vagina under microscope
• If left untreated can cause sterility, damage to
  joints, heart tissue and other organs

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Bacterial STDs

• Syphilis (36,000 cases in 2006)
• Disease caused by bacterium (spirochete)
• 4 stages
• If left untreated can cause DEATH

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How is it contracted?

• Anal
• Oral
• Vaginal

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Symptoms include

• Primary stage (10-90 days after contact)
• Chancre sore on penis/vagina
• Secondary stage (1-5 months after infection)
• Joint pain, swollen lymph nodes, nausea,
  headache, loss of appetite
• Highly contagious rash

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Symptoms continued

• Latent stage (2 or 3 yrs after infection)
• Symptoms disappear
• Neurosyphilis stage (years after)
• Bacteria begins to attack heart, blood vessels,
  bones, liver, and CNS
• Can cause blindness and insanity

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Affects on baby

• Congenital syphilis (develops after 5th month of
  pregnancy) (symptoms begin 3 to four weeks after
  birth)
• Miscarriages more common
• Stillbirth more common
• Deafness, damage to bone, teeth, and liver

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Diagnosis/Treatment

• A blood test (VDRL)
• Some states require this particular blood test
  before marriage
• Penicillin or tetracycline are treatments
• Any damage done cannot be reversed-what is done
  is done