Chlamydia

Remote and Regional Populations Synopsis • Populations in regional and remote areas have less access to medical care as opposed to those living in urban areas. • Availability of specialist STI services is less likely for regional and remote areas and waiting times for appointments with GPs may be considerable. • Persons in regional and remote areas may be reluctant to identify as Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and LGBTI communities may be less evident in these areas. •…

patient was a seventeen-year-old girl who believed she had been exposed to a sexually transmitted disease. This girl has had two sexually transmitted diseases in the past: chlamydia and trichomoniasis. She believed she had contracted chlamydia again because she had intercourse on August 28 and her partner told her he might have chlamydia. The patient also needed a pregnancy test because she believed she could be pregnant. The Pregnancy Resource Center had told the patient that she was pregnant,…

emerging sexually transmitted bacterial infection (STI) species that does not have a nick name, it infects the mucous membranes of the urethra, cervix, throat and anus. Mycoplasma genitalium is very similar to chlamydia as it is transmitted through unprotected sex. Just like with chlamydia many people do not know that they have the infection because there are often no symptoms at all. There is evidence to suggest that Mycoplasma genitalium has become the third most common STI’s diagnosed in…

diseases can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person to another, directly this communication occurs through contact in which the infected person touches or exchanges body fluids with someone else. Sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhoea are infectious diseases that spread through direct contact of body fluids. Indirectly some infectious diseases can be spread through airborne for example, you can catch measles easily because the virus can stay for up to two hours…

1. Introduction/Define County Prince George’s County (PG) was established by the 1695 Maryland general assembly, originally formed by parts of Calvert and Charles counties, and is the second largest county in the state of Maryland. It is part of the suburban Washington region and has an estimated population of 909,535. As the second largest county, it houses 15% of Maryland’s total population. The county racial distribution is 26.5% Caucasian and 73.5% minorities. PG is primarily urban with…

CHAPTER 2.LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1. Definition The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb). It is sometimes called the uterine cervix. It connects the body of uterus to the vagina. The part of the cervix inside the cervix canal is called endocervix. The part on the outside is called the ectocervix. Most cervical cancers start where these two parts meet. There are two main types, squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Occasionally, mixed carcinomas,…

When Ashleigh was about 12 years old, I told her one detail per day about Sex so that she is not in complete shock in one day. There are so many details involving Sex. I told her before she took Health class because the Health Teacher will tell her/his students about Birth Control and tell them it is okay. We are Catholics and I wanted to pre-warn her about the consequences of using Birth Control and that using something like that is considered a Sin. I also told her that Sex before marriage is…

of severe pain, persistent vomiting or sustained fevers should be looked into immediately. It is important to know that pelvic inflammatory disease may sometimes present with very little symptoms or none at all. This is common with a diagnosis of chlamydia (“Pelvic Inflammatory,”…

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common infectious diseases in the United States today. Sexually transmitted diseases can harm people in several ways. Sexually transmitted diseases are very dangerous. They can passed from one person to another during sexual contact. There are many kinds of sexually transmitted diseases and infections and they are very common. Sexually transmitted diseases can affect guys and girls of all ages and…

instrumental in saving endangered species from extinction, including the black-footed ferret, the California condor and the tamarins of Brazil. Koalas, ravage by an epidemic of sexually transmitted chlamydia and now classified as endangered in some regions of Australia, are being tested new chlamydia vaccines that may stall the animal’s…