1. STI’s

2.  VD=venereal disease  Term being used less and less  STD=sexually transmitted disease  Caused by infections  STI=sexually transmitted infection  Broader term (more encompassing)  Might not have symptoms  Can be carried & able to transmit throughout life  Not necessarily lead to disease

3.  Pathogens  Disease causing organisms Bacteria Virus Fungus Parasite/protozoa  Communicable Disease  Illness caused by pathogens that enter the body through direct or indirect contact

4.  Microbes  Live everywhere  Tiny organisms  Can cause disease

5.  Virus  Not living Exist in living cells  Vaccines Designed to prevent  Smaller  Bacteria  Living  Antibiotics Treat infections  larger

6.  Coughing  Contact w/contaminated people, especially kissing and sexual intercourse  Contact w/contaminated surfaces  Contact w/contaminated creatures

7. BACTERIAVIRUS  Chlamydia  Gonorrhea  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)  Syphilis  Genital Herpes  Genital Warts  Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)  Hepatitis B  HIV and AIDS

8. PARASITEFUNGUS  Trichomoniasis  Pediculosis  Pubic lice  Scabies  Non-gonoccocal Urethritis  NGU

9.  STI’s affect people of all ages, backgrounds, and from all walks of life  Anyone can get an STI!  In the U.S. alone there are approximately 20 million new cases each year  about half of which occur among youth ages 15-24 years  Contracting an STI is more likely than conceiving a pregnancy  The new infections cost the Health Care System 16 Billion$ annually

10.  25% of the sexually active population are ages 15-24  HOWEVER – 50% of the 20 million new cases of STI’s annually come from ages 15-24  % that ever had sex  9 th male 20%9 th female 15%  12 th male 55%12 th female 49%

11.  You can have an STI without knowing it  Asymptomatic (no symptoms at all) All STI’s can be treated, some can be cured  The only way to know for sure if you have an STI is to get tested

13.  When you have sex with someone, you are having sex with everyone they have had sex with  Many teenagers, as well as adults, are indirectly exposed to more than one sexual partner each year because their partner has had sex with someone else

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15.  Safest Choice  ABSTINENCE!  Safer Choice  If you choose to have sex, lower your risk by using latex condoms

16.  T4Infections & diseasesHIV  DestroysImmune systemInfection  YearsSexual intercourseBloodstream  The person engages in a behavior that puts him or her at risk   HIV enters the (1) of the person, either directly through a needle stick or indirectly through (2).  HIV targets the white blood cells called __(3)____ cells, which coordinate the body’s defense against infection.  Once in the body, the virus can be present for (4) before it causes illness.  The viruses direct the cells to make thousands of copies of (5). This process (6) the host cells.  The effect is to weaken the (7) so much that other (8) easily take hold.  The person with AIDS dies of the (9).

17.  T4Infections & diseasesHIV  DestroysImmune systemInfection  YearsSexual intercourseBloodstream  The person engages in a behavior that puts him or her at risk   HIV enters the BLOODSTREAM of the person, either directly through a needle stick or indirectly through SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.  HIV targets the white blood cells called T4 cells, which coordinate the body’s defense against infection.  Once in the body, the virus can be present for YEARS before it causes illness.  The viruses direct the cells to make thousands of copies of HIV. This process DESTROYS the host cells.  The effect is to weaken the IMMUNE SYSTEM so much that other INFECTIONS & DISEASES easily take hold.  The person with AIDS dies of the INFECTION.

18. HHuman IImmunodeficiency VVirus

19. A Acquired IImmuno D Deficiency S Syndrome

20.  4 Bodily fluids  Blood  Semen  Vaginal fluid  Breast Milk  4 Risk Behaviors  Blood Transfusion  Mother to Child  IV Drug Needles  Sexual Intercourse

21. InfectionOccurs AIDS Symptoms ---Initial Stage-------------------Intermediate or Latent Stage-----------------Illness Stage--- Flu-like Symptoms Or No Symptoms Symptom-free < ----