Chlamydia

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Chlamydia

• Common sexually transmitted disease caused by
  bacterium.
• It is most frequently reported bacterial sexually
  transmitted disease in the United States.
• In 2006 1.1 million people were reported in 50
  stated plus D.C. with being infected with the
  disease.
• Can be found in the throats of women and men who
  have oral sex with an infected partner
• Also known as clap drip or dose

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Symptoms

• Women
• Abnormal vaginal discharge
• Burning sensation when urinating
• Lower back pain
• Nausea
• Fever
• Pain during intercourse

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Symptoms

• Men
• Discharge from their penis
• Burning sensation when urinating
• Might have burning and itching around the opening
  of the penis
• Pain and swelling in the testicles are uncommon

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Treatment and Transmitted

• If detected early on, it can be treated with
  antibiotics and symptoms alleviated within 7 to
  10 days
• During vaginal, anal or oral sex

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Effects

• In women if untreated the infection can spread
  into the uterus or fallopian tubes.
• Happens in up to 40 of women with untreated
  Chlamydia
• Women are five times more likely to become
  infected with HIV, if exposed

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Gonorrhea

• Bacterium that can grow and multiply easily in
  the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract,
  including the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes and
  in the urine canal in women and men
• It also can grow in the mouth, throat, eyes and
  anus
• Very common disease.
• 700,000 people in the U.S. get this infection
  each year.

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Symptoms

• Men may have no symptoms but may have signs or
  symptoms that appear two to five days after
  infection. Symptoms can take up to 30 days to
  appear
• Men
• Burning sensation when urinating
• White, yellow, or green discharge from the penis
• Get painful or swollen testicles

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Symptoms

• Women symptoms are often mild but most women who
  are infected have no symptoms
• If they do show some symptoms sometimes they are
  mistaken for bladder or vaginal infections.
• Initial signs and symptoms are
• Painful or burning sensation when urinating
• Increase vaginal discharge
• Bleeding between periods

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Treatment

• Several antibiotics can successfully cure this
  infection

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Hepatitis B

• Is a virus that infects the liver. Most adults
  who get Hepatitis B have it for a short time and
  then get better.
• You can have Hepatitis B and not know it. You may
  not have symptoms.

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Causes

• It is spread through contact with blood or body
  fluids of an infected person.
• Share needles with an infected person
• Get a tattoo or piercing with tools that were not
  cleaned well
• Share personal items like razors or toothbrushes
• Have sex with infected person

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Symptoms

• Feeling very tired
• Mild fever
• Headache
• Not wanting to eat
• Feeling sick to your stomach or vomiting
• Belly pain
• Diarrhea or constipation
• Skin rash
• Yellowish eyes and skin. Jaundice usually appears
  only after other symptoms have started to go away

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Treatment

• Its goes away on its own.
• You can relieve your symptoms at home by resting,
  eating healthy foods, drinking plenty of water,
  and avoiding alcohol and drugs.

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Herpes

• A common STD caused by virus that produces
  blisters.
• Infection of the genitals, buttocks, or anal
  area.
• Causes clumps of painful blisters to appear on
  the skin.
• Blisters last for as short a time as a few days
  or for long as several months.

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Symptoms

• Itching or pain
• Red bumps that soon turn into watery blisters
• They can for 2 to 20 days

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Treatment

• No cure.
• Prescription medication may lesson severity and
  frequency of out breaks

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HPV

• Over 50 related viruses whose effects include
  genital warts and cervical cancer. Members of
  this virus family also cause skin warts, commonly
  found on the hands.

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Symptoms

• Wartlike growth on or near penis, anus, cervix or
  vagina
• In women creates cancerous or precancerous
  cervical cells that register positive on Pap
  tests.

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Treatment

• No cure
• Controlled by removal of growths or abnormal
  cervical cells

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Syphilis

• Is a bacterial STD that, if untreated, advances
  from a sore to flu like symptoms, then through a
  long symptomless period, and later to a final
  stage of irreversible brain and nerve damage,
  ending in death
• the disease can be passed to another person
  through prolonged kissing or close bodily contact
  with an infected person
• Syphilis cannot be spread by toilet seats, door
  knobs, swimming pools, hot tubs, bath tubs,
  shared clothing, or eating utensils

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Symptoms

• Chancre sores on penis, vagina, rectum, anus and
  cervix.(3 weeks after exposure)
• Rash on feet and hands, appetite loss, fever,
  sore throat, nausea, and headache( 6 weeks after
  exposure)
• Severe nerve damage( 10 to 20 years later)

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Treatment

• Syphilis is easy to cure in its early stages. A
  single intramuscular injection of penicillin, an
  antibiotic, will cure a person who has had
  syphilis for less than a year. Additional doses
  are needed to treat someone who has had syphilis
  for longer than a year. For people who are
  allergic to penicillin, other antibiotics are
  available to treat syphilis. There are no home
  remedies or over-the-counter drugs that will cure
  syphilis. Treatment will kill the syphilis
  bacterium and prevent further damage, but it will
  not repair damage already done.

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Effects

• Brain damage
• Heart disease
• Spinal cord damage
• Blindness
• Infection of the fetus
• Causing death or severe retardation

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Prevention

• Abstinence from sexual intercourse
• Mutual monogamy with uninfected parnter
• Some protection

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Pubic Lice

• An STD caused by tiny parasites that breed in
  pubic hair and cause intense itching
• Also known as crabs

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Symptoms

• A person may not experience any symptoms for 2 to
  4 weeks until the eggs hatch.
• Itching
• Lice in pubic hair
• Eggs- that are visible clinging to hair strands

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Treatment and Transmitted

• Prescription or over the counter shampoo
• Lotion or creams
• infested clothing
• Towels
• Bedding
• From someone in your house

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Effects and Prevention

• Skin irritation
• Not sharing towels or bedclothes with other
  people
• Good personal hygiene

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Yeast Infection

• Also known as candidiasis
• A naturally occurring fungus that flourishes in
  the moist areas of your body your digestive
  tract, the folds of your skin, and, in women, the
  vagina. Normally your body produces enough
  so-called friendly bacteria to keep yeast in
  check. But sometimes this balance gets out of
  whack and the yeast takes over, resulting in an
  infection. When this happens in the vagina, it's
  called a vaginal yeast infection

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Symptoms

• Burning and itching in the vaginal area
• Thick white discharge that looks like cottage
  cheese
• Redness and swelling of your vulva
• Pain or soreness during intercourse
• Frequent urination, along with a burning
  sensation while urinating

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Treatment

• May be treated with medications that are applied
  topically in and around the vagina or with
  medications taken by mouth.

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Trichomonasis

• Is a sexually transmitted disease. It is caused
  by a parasite that can be passed from one person
  to another. The parasite is sexually transmitted
  through penis-to-vagina intercourse or
  vulva-to-vulva contact with an infected partner.
• The vulva is the genital area outside the vagina.
  Women can get the disease from infected men or
  women.

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Symptoms

• Many women do not have any symptoms, but still
  have the STD. If women do have symptoms, they
  usually appear 5 to 28 days after exposure and
  can include
• yellow, green, or gray vaginal discharge (often
  foamy) with a strong odor
• discomfort during sex and when urinating
• irritation and itching in the genital area
• lower abdominal pain in rare cases

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Treatment

• Trichomoniasis can usually be cured with the
  prescription drug
• Topical medicines, or medicines applied to the
  skin
• The topical medicines are less effective and may
  not cure you. They might, however, ease the
  symptoms.

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Effects

• Bladder and urethra infections
• Increased of PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
• Premature births in women that are pregnant