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    Pelvic inflammatory disease is a bacteria that spreads to the fallopian tubes after childbirth if in an unsanitary place. It can also be caused by complications caused by other STDs such as gonorrhea and chlamydia. When you have a baby, sometimes you can get an infection. This infection is usually pelvic inflammatory disease. Symptoms include pain in your abdomen, like cramps, pain or bleeding during sex, a burning sensation when urinating, or bleeding between periods and a high fever. These…

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    CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia (say "kluh-MID-ee-uh") is a disease spread through sexual contact. This contamination taints the urethra in men. In ladies, it taints the urethra and the cervix and can spread to the conceptive organs. It is a standout amongst the most widely recognized sexually transmitted contaminations (STIs). Chlamydia does not bring about issues on the off chance that you treat it immediately. In any case, left untreated, it can prompt to difficult issues, particularly for ladies:  On…

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    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is one of the most common infections in non-pregnant women of reproductive age, remains an important public health problem. It is associated with major long-term sequelae, including tubal factor infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain. In addition, treatment of acute PID and its complications incurs substantial health care costs. Prevention of these long-term sequelae is dependent upon development of treatment strategies based on knowledge of the…

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    American Association of Retired People (AARP) predicted that by the year 2030 nearly 20% of America will be aged 65 and older. As the population increases in age, so will the complexity of managing their health, especially about sexually transmitted infections (STI) (Imparato & Sanders, 2016). However, the subject of sexuality in older adults remains highly unmentionable (Lusti-Narasimhan & Beard, 2013). Therefore, health care providers will face challenges in treating sexual transmitted…

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    Saving Our Youth Thesis Statement: Although it encourages an early start of sexual activity, condoms should be more accessible to teens because it promotes the practice of safe sex at an early age, it will help avert teenage sexual transmitted infections/ diseases, it will help lower and prevent teenage pregnancy rate from rising. Paragraph II A. To begin with I believe condoms should be more accessible to teens because it encourages and educates the youth on the practice of safe sex at an early…

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    Gonorrhea Case Studies

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    A sexually transmitted infection (STI) can be either bacterial or viral it is contracted most often through sexual activity. This essay will focus on gonorrhea, a bacterial STI but mainly on its causes, ways of transmission, the symptoms for both males and females, the way it is diagnosed and treated and effective prevention methods. (Rathus, Nevid, Fishner-Rathus, Mckay, 2016, p.356). Gonorrhea is a highly common bacterial STI it is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, it can only…

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    According to the CDC, “1 in 4 sexually active adolescent females have an STD.” HIV rates among adolescents have decreased over the years, but males ages 13 to 19 still account for approximately 80% of new HIV cases in 2010. Even though cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea have also decreased, these two STDs are still the highest among adolescents. The CDC discovered through a 2013 survey, that 47% of high school students in the United Sates (U.S.) had sexual intercourse at least once, 34% were…

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    A few sexually transmitted infections include chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, pubic lice, and scabies. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is a bacterial infection (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Majority of the time men and women have no symptoms at all; however, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Pelvic…

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    Sex Partners

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    Nearly half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed each year are among ages 15–24. (Alice, 2016)The highest infection rates being in the age group 20-24.(Alice 2016) It is not hard to see why since around early to mid twenties is the age where most young adults spend their time in college. College students are more likely to get a infection due to the lack of education and the large number of sex partners they have. (Alice 2016)Can a person backtrack to figure out…

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    United States due to lack of awareness and protection. Human lives are at risk. People seems to push back the idea of starting programs to help individuals get information on the different but common diseases. A sexually transmitted Disease are infections that can be transferred through sexual contact with an infected individual. Sexually transmitted diseases can also be transmitted without sex. According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia article, “As of the beginning of the 21st century…

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