Sexually Transmitted Diseases “What you don’t Know CAN Hurt You!”

Sexually Transmitted Diseases ONCE IS ALL IT TAKES

Every 10 Seconds a Teenager in the United States Contracts an STI! You have a 1 in 5 chance of contracting an STD if you do not use any form of STD Prevention!!! Genital Herpes Pubic Lice Kaposi’s Sarcoma

There are 22 Known Sexually Transmitted Infections: Herpes HIV/AIDS Chlamydia Gonorrhea Syphilis Genital Warts (HPV) Genital Crabs Scabies And more…

Truth about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI or STD) Some are curable Some are not curable Some are deadly Often have no symptoms Condoms Protect against some STI’s, but not others. You need a clinical exam every year if you are sexually active!

If you think you have an STD – Get an STD Checkup

Urine test Blood test

Female Exam

Male Exam

Bacteria Virus Other: Gonorrhea Syphilis Chlamydia HPV HIV Herpes Pubic Lice Scabies

STD Transmission

Bacteria Gonorrhea Syphilis Chlamydia NGU

Gonorrhea and Chlamydia NO SYMPTOMS! Discharge Painful Urination Swelling of Testicle PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) Infertility Can be treated with Antibiotics

Hydrosalphinx This is a result of Chlamydia – closed swollen and water – filled left Fallopian tube in a young woman

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)usually occurs in sexually active women between the ages of 15-25 and the highest rate of infections is among Teenagers and Adolecents More than 750,000 new cases of PID are diagnosed every year in the U.S.

Syphilis Pathogen: Bacteria First Stage: Chancre

Syphilis Chancre on female labia and on the tounge