1. Prevent them from happening to you!
STD/STI
Prevent them from happening to you!

2. Statistics Roughly 9.5 million young adults (15 – 24) have STDs.
4 in 10 sexually active females (14-19) have an STD.
There are 15 millions new cases per year.
2/3’s of all STD’s occur in people under 25
Of infertile Americans - 15% of women and 12 % of men are infertile because of untreated STD’s.

3. Most common STD/STI’s in young adults:
1) HPV
2) Chlamydia
3) Trichomoniasis
4) Genital Herpes
5) Gonorrhea

4. Condoms help prevent
Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, HIV and Trichomoniasis

5. Trichomoniasis Cause: infection with a parasite.
Transmission: Sexual contact
Symptoms in Men: itching or burning inside penis after urination or ejaculation.
Symptoms in women: itching, burning, smelly discharge, painful urination.
Complications: raises chance of getting or spreading other STD’s including HIV.
Treatment: Antibiotics

6. Bacterial Vaginosis
Cause: Imbalance of bacteria in the woman’s vagina.
(Not a STD but sexual activity especially with multiple partners can raise chance of it occurring.)
Transmission:?Not sure.
Symptoms: abnormal vaginal discharge, strong fish odor – especially after intercourse. Also burning during urination and itching around vagina.
Complications: Increased risk of getting other STD’s.

7. Treatment: Antibiotics.
Very important for pregnant women. It can cause low birth weight or premature birth.
It can also cause PID

8. Genital Herpes Cause: Herpes Simplex Virus
Type 1 – above the waist (not an STD)
Type 2 – Below the waist

9. Genital Herpes Transmission: Intimate sexual contact
Highly contagious when blisters break – open sores.
Symptoms: 90% - no symptoms. If have – painful urination, discharge from penis or vagina.
Treatment: Sores. Blood test to determine. Antiviral drug – Acyclovir.
Complications: Sores are painful.. Greater chance of contracting HIV.

10. Genital Warts
Cause: HPV – Human Papillomavirus – produces wart-like growth on genitals.
Transmission: Very contagious, spread during intimate sexual contact and by direct contact with bed linens, towels, and clothing. Also to baby during vaginal child birth.

11. Symptoms: Most people don’t show symptoms.
When they do appear – soft, red or pink and look like a cauliflower.
In men: On tip of penis, also on the shaft, scrotum or around the anus.
In females: on the vulva, labia, in the vagina, and around the anus.

12. Genital Warts
Treatment: No treatment will completely get rid of the virus. Warts can be lasered or frozen off.
Gardasil – Vaccine for both boys and girls before they become sexually active. It works against 4 types of HPV.
Complications: HPV increase risk of cancer of the cervix, vulva, anus and penis.

13. Genital Warts

14. Gonorrhea – “The Clap”
Cause: Bacteria – infects linings of genital and urinary tracts of males and females.
Transmission: Intimate sexual contact. Babies also can contract at birth.
Symptoms Males: white, milky discharge from penis, and burning during urination.

15. Gonorrhea
Symptoms Females: many have no symptoms. Vaginal discharge, burning during urination.
Treatment: Antibiotics
Complications: Bacteria can spread to bloodstream and infect joints, heart valves, and the brain.
It can cause sterility in men and women.

16. Syphilis Cause: Spirochete Bacteria
Transmission: Intimate sexual contact
Symptoms: Primary – a chancre sore.
Secondary – skin rash, very contagious.
Treatment: Antibiotics. Later stages damage done to organs can not be reversed.
Complications: organ damage, mental illness.