Chlamydia trachomatis

disease cannot be created out of nothing just by having sex. A disease must be contracted from someone else who has the disease. Recognizing the symptoms is a start, but you won 't always notice because some do not show symptoms at all. For example, chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and other STDs are complicated to identify. You 'll need to get tested to protect yourself and your partner. Women often do not show symptoms of STDs; however, they can be at superior danger for major problems. When…

Effective health promotion and prevention of Chlamydia depends on the ability of the audience to understand and retain health information provided by the medical professional. This enables the audience to change and adopt positive attitudes and behaviors to protect them from being infected with the disease. While teaching patients, their families or the community about prevention of Chlamydia, factors that play a critical role in influencing the learning outcomes could be related to the…

Gonorrhea is a relatively common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. The culprit of this infection is Neisseria Gonorrheae, a type of bacteria that thrives in moist, warm environments (Gonorrhea). It is this quality of N.Gonorrheae that makes the reproductive tract prime real estate for infection. Health care professionals working with sexually active people need to be especially thorough in their exams and education to ensure that Gonorrhea does not spread. As the phrase…

disease (PID) is one of the most common diseases in the United States in women between the ages of fourteen and twenty four are being treated. This disease is mostly cause by an untreated sexual transmitted disorder (STDs), mostly gonorrhea and or chlamydia, but it can also be caused by minor infections or douching. PID is treatable with a set on antibiotics and depending on how advance the disease is how the physician terminates how to treat it. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) What…

My research question in relation to my research paper is “How much do adolescents understand about STI prevention?” I chose this question because I believe that if the adolescent population truly understand the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to their health and how it can overall affect their life, they would think twice before engaging in risky sexual behaviors and take all the necessary precautions to prevent from acquiring them. The previous studies and research have focused…

states. • "A study reported that from 1998 to 2008 chlamydia rates rose from 102.5 to 401.3 cases per 100,000 populations in the United States, an increase attributed, at least partly, to improved screening and reporting" • Educating and providing the youth with the necessary tools can be a good intervention for the young people rates to lower drastically. 2. Condoms are effective in dropping spread of numerous STDs or STIs, to include chlamydia, gonorrhea, and…

are treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, but also ceftriaxone since the bacteria is becoming increasingly resistant to penicillin, if so it also treated with ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin. Since, gonorrhea and chlamydia go hand in hand at times, they are also treated for chlamydia but with another set antibiotics. Physician will also test the person’s sexual partner to avoid reoccurrence and spreading of the infection. (Rathus, et al, 2016,…

reportable to the Health department. The most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease is chlamydia. This disease is ten times more prevalent than any other sexually transmitted disease. This disease is extremely prevalent and continues to be on the rise, despite education and treatment. It is an ongoing problem for many Mississippians. This paper will focus on the disease causation and prevalence of chlamydia. It will then review current surveillance methods and mandated reporting for…

“Hooking up” has definitions ranging from simply kissing or making out to vaginal, oral, or anal sex with no commitment or feelings attached (Marganski & Fauth). The practice of hooking up has become much more prevalent since the 1920’s when they first started to become more frequent as kids were starting to go on dates out from under their parents’ watchful eye. In the 1960’s adults became more liberated with the growing availability of birth control and rise of feminism (Garcia, et. al).…

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…