EIGHT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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EIGHT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

• Summary of STDS

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GONORRHEA

• Caused by bacteria
• Female symptoms include vaginal discharge, lower
  abdominal pain, and painful urination
• Male symptoms include pus discharge from penis,
  and painful urination
• Problems caused by disease include sterility,
  repeated pelvic infections, damage to newborns.
• Curable with proper treatment
• 700,000 new cases each year

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CHLAMYDIA

• Caused by bacteria
• No symptoms in 60-80 of women, some have vaginal
  discharge, painful urination, bleeding between
  periods
• No symptoms for 20-40 of men, painful urination,
  watery discharge from penis
• Problems caused by disease include infertility in
  men and women, eye and lung infections in
  newborns
• Curable with proper treatment
• 2.8 million new cases each year.

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GENITAL HERPES

• Caused by virus
• Symptoms are one or more blister-like sores on,
  in or around the genitals. Sores may look like a
  rash or cut and is not always painful. Symptoms
  go away.
• Can cause severe damage to infants of mothers
  with active infections at the time of delivery
• Can be treated but not cured. Repeated flare ups
  may occur after the first infection.
• 45 million cases, 1 of every 5 people

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SYPHILIS

• Caused by bacteria
• Symptoms include a sore, usually painless. Later
  a rash may develop on other parts of the body,
  usually the hands and feet. There may also be a
  sore throat, fever, swollen glands. Symptoms may
  disappear.
• Problems caused by disease include heart, spine,
  and brain infection. Severe threat to developing
  fetus.
• Detected by simple blood test. Cured with
  antibiotics
• 32,000 reported cases each year

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HEPATITIS B

• Caused by a virus
• Symptoms vary greatly. Some people have no
  symptoms. Others experience loss of appetite,
  fever, tiredness, pain in liver area, jaundice,
  liver cancer.
• A vaccine is available to prevent Hepatitis B.
• 60,000 new infections each year

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AIDS

• Caused by a virus
• Early symptoms include recurring fever, night
  sweats, shortness of breath, dry coughs,
  tiredness, diarrhea, rapid weight loss loss,
  swollen glands or increase in illnesses.
• AIDS is caused by a virus that can be transferred
  during sexual contact or sharing needles.
• No cure has been found. Fatal in more than 50 of
  the cases.
• 40,000 new cases each year.

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HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (Genital Warts)

• Caused by a virus
• Symptoms include warts found on or around
  genitals or rectum. Must be treated by a doctor.
• Problems include warts that grow large and block
  the penis, vagina, or anus.
• HPV has been strongly linked to the development
  of genital cancers.
• 6.2 million new cases each year.

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TRICHOMONIASIS

• Caused by protozoan
• Symptoms for women include severe vaginal
  itching, heavy vaginal discharge, often yellowish
  green, with strong smell.
• Symptoms for men is frequently none, occasionally
  a discharge from the penis.
• Partners may pass this disease back and forth
  leading to repeated infections.
• Curable, but both partners must be treated.
• Affects 7.4 million Americans every year