STD’s In America Jessica Ferguson Park University STD’s In America What you don’t know can’t hurt you right? Wrong. The purpose of this paper is to discuss sexually transmitted diseases and just how harmful and deadly they can be. Many people do not know that they are even at risk of catching an STD and even if they are already infected with one they may not have any symptoms leading them to believe that they have anything wrong with them and this can lead to passing the diseases on to their
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alone, an estimated 19 million new STDs infections occur each year. Most people remain unaware of the risks and consequences of Stud’s. Some of the common known STDs are Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Genital Herpes, Genital HPV Infection, Syphilis and Trichomoniasis and Viral Hepatitis. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia have the highest transmittal STDs in Americans between the ages of 15 and 24 years of age. The reason it is on a rise is because some of these young Americans don’t think it can happen to them.
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More than 30 different bacteria, viruses, and parasites can cause STIs.[1] Bacterial STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis among others. Viral STIs include genital herpes, HIV/AIDS, and genital warts among others. Parasitic STIs include trichomoniasis among others. While usually spread by sex, some STIs can also be spread by non-sexual contact with contaminated blood and tissues, breastfeeding, or during childbirth.[1] STI diagnostic tests are easily available in the developed world, but this
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difficult in diagnosis and control, because partners must be listed with the medical community to be alerted of the STDs that are being transmitted by sexual partners. A short list of STDs is gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, genital warts, trichomoniasis, and urethritis (usually caused by Chlamydia), which poses serious problems in the system of the kidneys. Lack of control of STDs leads thousands of women to develop secondary infections in the pelvic region, which in turn causes a high percentage
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Sexually transmitted infections are infections transmitted from one person with the infection to another person who does not have, and it is passed through sex intercourse .examples of STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, syphilis, herpes and genital warts. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. To commerce with, HIV/AIDS and STIs spread in the same way. These ways include having unprotected sex with a person who is infected by HIV/AIDS or STIs or both. Another way is through sharing
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to another through vaginal, oral, or anal sexual relations. Epididymitis is usually a bacterial infection. The bacteria usually get to the epididymis by moving back through (retrograde) the urethra, prostate, vas deferens into the epididymis. Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection (or sexually-transmitted disease, STD) caused by a protozoan (a microscopic parasite), usually found in the vagina and urethral tissues. Viral STIs include: Genital herpes is caused by the herpes simplex
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Athlete’s foot * Ringworm * Thrush Can cause systemic infections PROTOZOA * Single-celled eukaryotic organisms, larger than bacteria * Found in soil and water * Illnesses * Malaria * Amebic dysentery * Trichomoniasis vaginitis * Leading cause of death in developing countries * VIRUS * Smallest known infectious agents * Subcellular microorganism * Have only nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat * Must live and grow in living cells
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Quiz ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Page 1 of 5 Note: It is recommended that you save your response as you complete each question. | Question 1 (1 point) As the male ages, his ability to have sexual intercourse and reproduce ceases. Question 1 options: | True | | False | Question 2 (3 points) Match the following statements with the correct sexually transmitted disease Question 2 options: | multiple lesions may become so extensive as to occlude
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What is Sexually Transmitted Disease? What are the Common Sexually transmitted diseases? What are the Cause of Each Sexually Transmitted Diseases? What are the signs/symptoms and Diagnosis? What is the complications? What is the Effect of sexually transmitted disease? \ S exually transmitted infection is a broader term than sexually transmitted disease. An infection is a colonization by a parasitic species, which may not cause any adverse effects. In a disease, the infection
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efficacy of condoms. Condoms are highly effective against the most dangerous of sexually transmitted infections—HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They are also effective against unintended pregnancy as well as against gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. Condoms use is also associated with a lower rate of cervical cancer, an HPV-associated disease. It is vital that sexually active youth have access to condoms to protect their health and their lives. Additionally an effective condom distribution
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