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AIDS stands for what?
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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What are the symptoms of HIV?
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Flu-Like Symptoms OR No symptoms at all
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Night sweats, pneumonia, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, frequent infections are symptoms of what?
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AIDS
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Vaginal or penile discharge, pain or burning during urination, or possible no symptoms for women are symptoms of what?
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Chlamydia AND Gonorrhea
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Genital warts, cervical cancer, or no symptoms and increased risk of penile cancer in men are symptoms of what?
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HPV
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Painful genital blisters that break open and scab over; may be internal or asymptomatic.
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Genital Herpes
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What are the three bacterial (curable) STDs?
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1.) Chlamydia
2.) Gonorrhea 3.) Syphilis |
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What are the four viral (incurable) STDs?
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1.) Genital Herpes
2.) Genital Warts 3.) Hepatitis B 4,) AIDS |
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AIDS is a syndrome or a group of symptoms caused by the HIV Virus. What does HIV stand for?
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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The HIV Virus attacks what blood cells?
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The T-Cells (White Blood Cells)
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______: These are produced by common bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that surround but do not usually have the opportunity to infect people with healthy immune system.
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Opportunistic Diseases
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HIV carriers can experience no symptoms for ____to ____ years before the immune system is suppressed enough to cause problems.
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10 to 12 years
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______ is the syndrome of having fewer than 200 T-cells or of testing HIV positive and having one or more specific opportunistic infections.
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AIDS
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______ is a cancer of blood vessels, causes pink or pruplish lesions on the skin and elsewhere.
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Kaposi's Sarcoma
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What are the four ways that HIV can be transmitted?
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1.) Through sexual intercourse
2.) Through sharing of hypodermic needles 3.) By pregnant women to their fetuses 4.) Rarely through a transfusion of blood |
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What are two ways that you can decrease your susceptibility to sexually transmitted diseases?
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1.) Be sexually abstinant
2.) Only have sex with one monogamous partner who is also STD free. |
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What is the most common sexually transmitted disease?
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Trichomoniasis
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Symptoms of chlamydia or gonorrhea include what?
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A burning sensation during urination
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Risk of cervical cancer is increased by a ______ infection.
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HPV (Human Papaloma Virus)
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Which of the following are symptoms of Hepatitis B?
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1.) Jaundice,
2.) Fatigue 3.) Dark or brownish urine |
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What type of condoms are best used for abstaining from STDs.
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Latex Condoms
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What is the latency period for AIDS?
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10-12 years
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In 80% of campus rapes committed, what is usually the case?
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The victims are attacked by someone that they know.
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Condoms provide protection against all STDs.? True or False?
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True
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Massage is a "low risk" activity. True or False?
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False, its a "no risk" activity
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