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Communicable disease
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a disease that is spread from one living organism to another or through the environment
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STD's
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infections that spread from person to person through sexual contact
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Asymptomatic
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people who are infected show no symptoms or the infection produce mild symptoms that disappear
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Chlamydia
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bacterial infection that affects the reproductive organs of both males and females
-affect females more -often produces no symptoms -common STD among teens -infant may develop eye disease or pneumonia and fatal complication |
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How does chlamydia affect females?
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-they can develop pelvic inflammatory diseases and suffer chronic pelvin pain or infertility
-not easily detected in females (asymptomatic) -painful urination, water discharge, itching, burning of genitals, pelvin pain |
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How many days after infections for chlamydia?
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9-14 days
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Sphyillis
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-number one bacterial disease
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First Stage of Sphyllis
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-10-21 days after infection
-Get red, painless sore "Chancre"- 100% contagious-*lasts 3-6 weeks (the sore) & it's going to go away |
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Second Stage of Sphyllis
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-1-to several months after "Chancre" disappears
-feel fatigue, fever, etc (flu-like symptoms) - last 2-10 weeks -get white patches or sores on mouths and genitals- **highly contagious ******Important- red rash that doesn't itch will be present! |
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Third Stage of Sphyllis
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asymptomatic
-go for years |
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Fourth Stage of Sphyllis
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-most dangerous
-attacks mucous membrane, brain, heart -blindness, mental disorders, death, paralysis, insanity -never will be repaired |
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Gonorrhea
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-bacterial STD that usually affects mucous membranes
-2-7 days -into bloodstream; fever, skin rash, *painful swelling of joints -burning discharge from penis, most women have no symptoms, can cause sterlity, arthritis, and blindness in infants -pelvic inflammatory disease -babies can contract eye infections that cause blindness |
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STDs are called...
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venereal diseases
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Venereal Diseases (STDs)
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-Most are caused by a bacteria or a virus
-Bacterial infections can be cured -Viral infections have no cure |
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Fastest growing STD is
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HPV
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HPV
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-cause genital warts, which appear as bumps or growths near or on the genitals
-most of them do not have symptoms but some can cause abnormal Pap tests -can cause cervical cancer |
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Incubation
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-the time the germ enters the body to the time of the first symptom
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Herpes
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-2-10 days
-painful blisters or sores on the genitals, swollen glands, fever, headaches, tiredness -break & cause sores -most contagious when sores are present -painful itching -can lead to blindness, brain damage, and death to newborns -2-3 outbreaks per year -many are symptomatic -no cure |
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HIV
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-Human immuno-deficiency virus
-skin rashes, diarrhea, fever, weight loss, dry cough, swollen glands, loss of appetite, opportunistic infections, death - |
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4 ways to get HIV
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-sex (oral, anal, vaginal)
-blood transfusions -drugs -mother to child |
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4 fluids that HIV is highly concentrated in
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-blood
-vaginal secretions -semen -breast milk |
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Vaginitis
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-pathogens: chlamydia, gardnerella, herpes, trichoniasis, etc.
-burning, itching, pain, discharge (yellow or white), irritation, redness, odor, or asymptomatic -How: usually sex but sometimes without sex |
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Trichomoniasis
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-Where: vagina
-How: common after menstruation, sex -odorous, yellow discharge, itching, burning while urinating, urethra and bladder infections |
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Scabies
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-pathogens: parasitic mite that burrow under the skin
-How: sex but sometimes no sex -itching in genital area |
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Public Lice
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-itching, rash, pinhead- sized blood spots on underwear
-Where: pubic hair -How: sex, bedding, toilets, clothing |
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*Hepatitis
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-flu-like symptoms, dark urine, abnormal pain, jaundice
-Pathogens: hepatitis A; hepatitis B, virus -Where: virus, penis, mouth, anus, mouth, skin breaks, blood -How: anal-oral sex, contaminated water, saliva, sex, blood, needles, etc |
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Non- Gonococal Urethritis
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-to males, sometimes females
-men-watery or milky discharge from penis -women-burning urination |
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AIDS
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aquired immunodeficiency virus syndrome
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Opportunistic disease
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-a disease caused by a pathogen that would ordinarily be destroyed by the immune system
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ELISA
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blood test that detects antibodies to HIV
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Western Blot
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a blood test used to confirm a positive result on the ELISA test
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4 Common opportunistic diseases
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1.) PCP- (pneumocystiscarinii)- peunomia
2.) TB- tubercolosis 3.) KS- kaposis saricoma (cancer) 4.) AIDS- dementic complex |
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AZT
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one of the fist medicines
-keeps HIV from aking copies of itself |
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What does HIV do?
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it attacks and destrosy the immune system (specifically the T cell)
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AIDs cannot live..
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outside
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Antibodies
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proteins that destroy foreign substance
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Heterosexual
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opposite sexes
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Pathogen
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an organism that causes disease
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Oral Thrush
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a painful white coating of fungi that grows on the tongue, mouth and throat
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Kaposis Sarcoma
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a type of skin cancer associated iwht AIDS
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Immune System
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a bodily system that creates special cells to fight infection
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Lymph nodes
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small round structures that remove bacteria from lymph and function in the production of anitibodies
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Lymphatic System
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a body system that returns fluids from tissues to the bloodstream and defends the body against infection
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False positive
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the result of a test that incorrectly indicates the presence of antibodies to HIV
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Vaccine
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a substance that causes the body to make antibodies against a disease without causing the disease itself
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Which cells does the T-cells chemically notify?
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B-cells
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What does B-cells produce?
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antibodies
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What are the responsibilities of a person infected with an STD?
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-Go to a doctor or medical clinic for treatment
-tell your sexual partner so he or she can get checked and treated if necessary -Avoid sexual activity until you are cured or no longer infectious |
