Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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STDs

• STDs Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Illnesses that pass from one person to another
  through sexual contact, but CAN be prevented.

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• How Common Are STDs?

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Answer.

• 1 in 5 Americans presently have an STD.

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Answer (continued).

• 80 of people that are infected with an STD do
  not know it.

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• Who Is At the Greatest Risk for Getting STDS?????

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YOU ARE!!! (Teenagers)
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• WHY????

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Answers.

• Lack of knowledge about STDs
• More likely to have multiple sexual partners
• That cant happen to me.
• Im careful with who I have sex with

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Another Reason To Wait..

• When you have sex with someone, you are having
  sex with everyone they have had sex with for the
  last 10 years, and everyone they have had sex
  with for the last 10 years.

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What Are They?

• STDs are dangerous
• May have no symptoms or some that come and go.
• Most STDs can be treated (Early diagnosis is
  important)
• STDs reoccur (The body CANT build up an
  immunity to any STD)
• Most STDs can be spread only through sexual
  contact.

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• What Are Ways To Avoid STDs?

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Abstinence

• The only way to make SURE you will not get an STD
  is to abstain from having sex.
• Sex can wait until marriage.
• But everybodys doing it. FALSE!!!
• 6 out of 10 people in the U.S. 18 years of age or
  younger have NOT had sex.

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What Are Some Common STDs?

• Chlamydia Scarring of reproductive organs Pain,
  burning during urination, Discharge
• Gonorrhea Sterility, Permanent damage to heart
  and other organs, Infection to fetus
• Genital Warts Warts in genital area, Cancer of
  reproductive system, Obstruction of urinary tract
  in males, Can be passed on to newborns at birth
• Genital Herpes Painful, Itchy blisters in
  genital area, Burning during urination, Cervical
  cancer in females (NO CURE)
• Syphilis Reddish sores in genital area, Body
  rash, Flu-like symptoms, Blindness, Insanity,
  Death

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HIV/AIDS
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How Common is HIV?

• An estimated one million people are currently
  living with HIV in the United States, with
  approximately 40,000 new infections occurring
  each year.

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Definitions

• AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (deadly
  disease that interferes with the bodys natural
  ability to fight infection kills white blood
  cells)
• HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the virus that
  causes AIDS)

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What Does HIV Do to the Body?

• It kills the T-cells (white blood cells) that
  fight off infection
• With an impaired immune system, a person with
  AIDS is susceptible to many infections that
  otherwise rarely occur.
• Ex. Rare cancer
• Can die from minor illnesses (colds, flu, etc.)

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Carriers

• Carrier An apparently healthy person who has HIV
  in the blood and can pass it to others.
• You can be a carrier of HIV without having AIDS.
• On average, carriers of HIV will have it for 10
  years before they show signs of AIDS

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How Is It Spread?

• Sexual contact
• Use of illegal drugs Sharing needles

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How Bad Is It?

• HIV infection is incurable
• AIDS is fatal (just a matter of time)

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• Prevention
• ????

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Answer..

• Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent
  HIV/AIDS