Sexually transmitted diseases and infections

Center for Menstrual Disorders and Reproductive Choice, 75-80% of sexually active adults will acquire a genital tract HPV infection before the age of fifty (STD 's: Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most frequently sexually transmitted disease with more than six million cases being reported each year. This disease can be deadly, turning into cervical cancer later in the patient’s life. Due to the epidemic levels of the disease, new precautions are being created to prevent it. In the…

are sudden and brief and others can be chronic (Hepatitis). Viral hepatitis is the leading cause of liver disease in the United States and the world (Jenkins). Hepatitis is usually caused by a viral infection, but there can be other causes these include autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis that occurs as a secondary result of medications, drugs, toxins, and alcohol. Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease that occurs when your body creates antibodies against your liver (Healthline). Some symptoms of…

control devices have been one of the more significant. Some common birth control devices are male and female condoms and the birth control pill. Both of these devices protect against pregnancy and the male and female condoms protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV. This arouses the question should teenagers be allowed to obtain these devices without parental consent. The answer is yes. Teenagers should be able to obtain birth control devices without their parents’ permission.…

and sexually transmitted infections. The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate among the world’s developed nations and approximately 750,000 teenagers in the United States will become pregnant this year. Furthermore, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than three million teen girls have a sexually transmitted infection. That's at least one in four and half of sexually active young people in the U.S. will contract a sexually transmitted infection by…

there is a chance of infection, and it does not protect someone from a sexually transmitted disease (STD). A study was done by doing pap smears, which is a common screening test. This was done to test for nonneoplastic findings. “These results reflect the fact that the IUDs disrupt vaginal flora more than OPs do.” (BEDIR, Servet, Nurcan, & Jale, 2013). This is another disadvantage because this can increase the chances of women using IUD`s getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD),…

Infectious diseases and Infections Infectious diseases are caused by microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi. Many microorganisms live in our body and in our environment, in which most of them are advantageous such as bacteria found in our intestine is useful for food digestion and fungi used for foods such as mushrooms and yeast. However, in certain conditions these organisms can also cause illnesses. Infectious diseases can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person…

genital herpes. ******infectious agent(s) (include type of agent, virulence factors and life cycle): HSV-1 infections are highly contagious. ******when was the disease first described: mode(s) of transmission: HSV-1 is generally transmitted through oral-to-oral contact when coming into contact with the virus in saliva, surfaces in or around the mouth, or other sores. It can also be transmitted to the genital area trough oral-to-genital contact,…

her baby. It wasn 't easy for her especially because later in her life her boyfriend passed away, so it made things even more difficult. She now had three kids already and pregnant with one, remind you she was only twenty-two at that time. She was sexually active and of course she didn’t tell her mom about it, so if high schools were to give contraceptives to their students it would of helped her to be in a different position than where she was when she became a teen mom. My mom also agreed on…

than half of them needed some form of contraceptive service or supplies. For the past two decades, women increasingly rely on publicly funded clinics especially the poor, uninsured, younger than 25 years old, or population at risk for sexually transmitted infections who cannot afford care. In 1995, 17 percent women received sexual or reproductive health service from a publicly funded clinic and the trend has been on the rise. The National…

These systems have many diseases and infections, whose consequences are terrible ones that lead to death or survive by treatment. One of the diseases of the reproductive system is syphilis which a sexually transmitted disease caused by a type of bacteria, it can affect the vagina, anus, urethra or penis and one disease of the nervous system is meningitis is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord known as the meninges,it can be caused by a…