1. Common STDs & Their Treatments
Chapter 29 Section 2
Common STDs & Their Treatments

2. Effects - Urethra/Males Vagina/Females
Chlamydia
A bacterial infection
Effects - Urethra/Males Vagina/Females
Symptoms – pain/burning during urination & discharge from the penis or vagina
Can cause sterility

3. Gonorrhea A bacterial infection Effects – urethra/males cervix/vagina
Symptoms – pain/burning during urination & discharge from the penis or vagina
Symptoms can take up to 3 weeks to appear and can go away but disease is still there

4. Trichomoniasis
A vaginal infection that can lead to urethra and bladder infections.
Symptoms – burning and itching vagina/penis and discharge and painful urination

5. Genital Warts (HPV)
Cauliflower like warts on the genitals.
Not curable.
Can cause cervical cancer in females
There is an HPV vaccine

6. Blisterlike sores on the genitals. Not curable
Genital Herpes
Blisterlike sores on the genitals.
Not curable
Sores can be present for three weeks

7. Can effect the vital organs of the body (heart, liver, kidneys, brain)
Syphilis
A bacterial infection
Can effect the vital organs of the body (heart, liver, kidneys, brain)
Develops in stages

8. S & S of Syphilis
Primary stage: A reddish sore called a chancre.
Secondary stage: A rash on the chest, arms, legs, and genitals.
Latent stage: signs and symptoms disappear, however, it is attacking the heart and blood vessels.
Neurosyphilis stage: All organs are affected. Loss of abilities. No cure.

9. Other STDs
Pubic Lice - tiny insects that live in the pubic hair.
Scabies - infestation of mites that cause red, swollen, bumps on the skin.
Hepatitis B - a virus that attacks the liver.
HIV – virus that causes AIDS