STD: The Facts Lesson 4-2

Bell Ringer Student Journal, Lesson 5 Write a few sentences about a time when you had a cold, the flu or another communicable illness. How did your body feel? How did you know you were getting sick? Were you aware of how you caught the illness? Did you take any steps to keep from passing the illness to other people?

MOTIVATE TODAY YOU WILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT SPECIFIC STD’S AND HOW TO PREVENT OR REDUCE YOUR RISK OF GETTING THEM. WHY WOULD TEENS NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT STD’S? NUMBER OFF 1-4 … EVERYONE WHO IS A 3 STAND UP 25% OF TEENS GET AN STD SOMETIME DURING THEIR TEENAGE YEARS (THIS IS REPRESENTING BY THE 3’S)

WHAT IS AN STD SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE: AN INFECTION PASSED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER THROUGH SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. SOME STD’S CAN ALSO BE PASSED THROUGH GENITAL TOUCHING OR SKIN-TO-SKIN SEXUAL CONTACT. MANY DIFFERENT STD’S HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED… IT IS NOT A SINGLE DISEASE. SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAN INCLUDE: VAGINAL, ORAL and ANAL SEX ALL SEXUALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE (GAY, STRAIGHT, LESBIAN, OR BISEXUAL) ARE AT RISK.

SURVEY LET’S SEE HOW MANY STDS YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STDS YOU HAVE HEAD OF BEFORE? MAKE A LIST ON THE BOARD ADD SLANG WORDS IF USED

Common STDs CHLAMYDIA GONORRHEA HEPATITIS B HERPES HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) GENITAL WARTS/HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS) SYPHILIS TRICHOMONIASIS (TRICH)

STD: THINGS TO KNOW HOW DO YOU GET IT? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT? CAN IT BE CURED? WHERE CAN YOU GET TESTED AND TREATED? WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU DO NOT GET TREATED? HOW CAN YOU PREVENT IT OR LOWER YOUR RISK?

ACTIVITY GROUPS OF 4 OR 5 – HAND OUT FACT SHEET FOR ASSIGNED STD. MAKE A POSTER ABOUT THE ASSIGNED STD WRITE THE NAME OF THE STD AT THE TOP AND BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE ANSWERS TO THE 6 QUESTIONS ON THE STD: THINGS TO KNOW SLIDE. YOU CAN BE CREATIVE!!!.... BUT APPROPRIATE!!! 10-15 MIN TO COMPLETE BE READY TO SHARE COMPLETE WORKBOOK PG. 15 – STD CHECKLIST WHILE OTHERS PRESENT SEE TE PG.78 FOR CHECKLIST KEY

SUMMARY ALL THESE STD’S ARE PASSED THROUGH HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS THE STD: VAGINAL, ORAL, OR ANAL SEX, AND SOME BY SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN STD CAN STILL PASS IT TO OTHER PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY FEEL AND LOOK HEALTHY. CAN BE TESTED AT A DOCTORS OFFICE OR HEALTH CLINIC. IF SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS, GO TO THE DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.

Health Problems STD’S CAN: CAN PREVENT ALL STD’S BY BEING ABSTINENT. HARM UNBORN BABIES CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS DAMAGE THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IF NOT TREATED CAN PREVENT ALL STD’S BY BEING ABSTINENT. HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ONLY 1 PERSON (monogamy) WHO IS NOT INFECTED AND IS NOT HAVING SEX WITH ANYONE ELSE IS ALSO A WAY OF REDUCING THE RISK.

Review WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS OF STDS FOR MALES? MEN OFTEN HAVE A DRIP OR DISCHARGE FROM THE PENIS. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS OF STDS FOR FEMALES? WOMEN WITH AN STD MAY HAVE A DISCHARGE FROM THE VAGINA, PAIN IN THE PELVIC AREA, AND BURNING OR ITCHING AROUND THE VAGINA. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS OF STDS FOR BOTH MALES AND FEMALES? SORES, BUMPS, OR BLISTERS NEAR THE GENITAL OR ANAL AREAS OR THE MOUTH BURNING OR PAIN WHEN URINATING (PEEING) SWELLING OR REDNESS IN THE INFECTED AREA CAN SOMETIMES BE ASYMPTOMATIC – DOES NOT CAUSE SYMPTOMS WHAT SHOULD A PERSON DO IF HE OR SHE IS HAVING ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS?

SUMMARIZE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE AN STD BUT DON’T KNOW IT, THEY CAN PASS THE STD TO OTHER PEOPLE DURING SEX. IF A PERSON HAS AN STD BUT DOESN’T HAVE SYMPTOMS, HE OR SHE MAY NOT GET TESTED AND TREATED. THEN THE STD CAN CAUSE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN, OR SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. THIS IS WHY ALL SEXUALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TESTED REGULARLY FOR STD, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS.

CONDOMS REDUCE THE RISK OF STD CONDOMS HELP PREVENT STD IN THE SAME WAY THEY HELP PREVENT PREGNANCY: FORM A BARRIER SO THAT BODY FLUIDS ARE NOT EXCHANGED. BLOCK THE BACTERIA AND VIRUSES THAT CAUSE STD’S FROM BEING PASSED BETWEEN PARTNERS. USE EVERY TIME A PERSON HAS SEX – VAGINAL, ANAL AND ORAL NONLUBRICATED CONDOMS SHOULD BE USED FOR ORAL SEX WITH A MAN. DO NOT STOP SKIN-TO-SKIN TOUCHING: HERPES, HPV, AND SYPHILIS. CONDOM HELPS, BUT A PERSON CAN STILL GET THE STD IF SKIN-TO-SKIN OCCURS

Condoms continued IN GENERAL, CONDOMS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE RISK OF MOST TYPES OF STDS. HERPES, HPV, AND SYPHILIS ARE ALL STDS THAT CAN BE PASSED BY GENITAL OR SKIN-TO-SKIN TOUCHING. TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THESE STDS, A CONDOM MUST COVER THE SKIN WHERE THE VIRUS IS. IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO GET ONE OF THESE STDS EVEN IF A PERSON USES A CONDOM, BECAUSE THE VIRUS MIGHT BE PASSED TO A PARTNER BY SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT.

WHY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT GET TESTED FEAR OF SEEING SOMEONE THEY KNOW AT THE CLINIC. FEAR OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK. DON’T WANT TO ADMIT THEY HAVE AN STD. DON’T WANT TO TELL A STRANGER THEY HAVE HAD SEX. DON’T WANT TO GIVE NAMES OF SEX PARTNERS.

Solutions GO TO A CLINIC IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT GETTING TREATED. RECOGNIZE THAT IT’S BETTER TO KNOW THAN TO GET REALLY SICK OR GIVE AN STD TO SOMEONE ELSE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET TESTED AND TREATED FOR STD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER YOU NOTICE SYMPTOMS. PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO AN STD SHOULD BE TESTED RIGHT AWAY. REMEMBER THAT WITH SOME STDS, SUCH AS CHLAMYDIA AND GONORRHEA, PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS. THIS IS WHY SEXUALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEX WITHOUT USING LATEX CONDOMS SHOULD BE TESTED FOR STD REGULARLY AND WHENEVER THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.

CLOSE TODAY WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT STDS- ANOTHER POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE OF BECOMING SEXUALLY ACTIVE. WHAT’S ONE THING YOU LEARNED THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE?