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8 Cards in this Set
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Chlamydia
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- bacterial
- can be treated with antibiotics but damage is permanent - anal, vaginal, oral sex - symptoms can appear after 21 days - 75% of people have no symptoms - women: abnormal discharge, inflamed cervix - men: discharge, painful urination - left untreated in women: PID --> sterility - left untreated in men: sterility, testicles swollen & tender |
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Gonorrhea
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- bacterial
- can be treated with antibiotics but damage is permanent - anal, vaginal, oral sex - symptoms appear 1-13 days later - women: green/yellow discharge, painful urination, vaginal bleeding - men: green/yellow/milky discharge, painful urination - left untreated in women: PID --> sterility - left untreated in men: swollen/tender testicles |
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Syphilis
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- bacterial
- can be treated with antibiotics but damage is permanent - anal, vaginal, oral sex - symptoms can appear 10-90 days later - first stage: syphilis sores - second stage: (2-6 weeks) skin rashes - third stage: paralysis, blindness, aneurysm, impotency, insanity, tumor |
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HPV
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- human papilloma VIRUS
- group of >100 virus (~30 cause STIs) - no known cure, can stay in body for life - anal, vaginal, oral sex - men and women: genital warts, itching/bleeding/burning - some of the viruses affect women at a small level and they don't know they have it --> cervical cancer - very very very common |
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Herpes
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- viral
- HSV-1: cold sores - HSV-2: genital infections - no known cure, can be treated, can stay in body for life - anal, vaginal, oral sex & intimate contact |
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Pubic Lice
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- parasite
- insects live in pubic hair, feed on blood - intimate contact & infected bedding/clothing - can only live 1-2 days without a body - treated with medicinal shampoo |
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Hepatitis B
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- attacks the liver, causes extreme illness and even death
- prevented with a vaccine - intimate and sexual contact (bodily fluids: sperm, saliva, blood, urine) - men/women: fatigue, headache, fever, vomiting - men/women LATER: jaundice, dark urine |
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HIV
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- human immunodeficiency VIRUS
- attacks immune system, linked with AIDS - symptoms can appear after *ten years* - medicines to manage it but no known cure - blood, semen, vaginal fluids, breast milk |
