1. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT ARE SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT.

2. EPIDEMIC
OCCURRENCES OF DISEASES IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME PLACE AND AT THE SAME TIME ARE INFECTED.

3. STD’S Transmitted – HOW? Preventable – Most are curable – Who gets it?
Casual contact
Sexual contact
Air born
Preventable –
YES
Most are curable –
Who gets it?
ANYONE
NO VACCINES

4. STD FACTS
IN THE U.S. 65 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH AN INCURABLE STD.
THE U.S HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF STD’S IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
STD’S ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 85% OF THE MOST COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE U.S.

5. STD’S GO UNDIAGNOSED AND UNTREATED
INFECTED PEOPLE ASYMPTOMATIC
DONT GET TREATED
CONTINUE TO SPREAD
TOO EMBARRASSED TO SEEK TREATMENT

6. HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS SEXUALLY ACTIVE WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON
UNPROTECTED SEX
SELECTING HIGH RISK PARTNERS
USING ALCOHOL/DRUGS

7. STD FACTS
IN THE U.S. TEENS MAKE UP ¼ OF ESTIMATED 15 MILLION NEW CASES OF STD’S EACH YEAR.
10,000 TEENS ARE INFECTED EVERY DAY IN THE U.S.

8. CONSEQUENCES OF STD’S INCURABLE CAUSE CANCER (HPV AND HEPATITIS B)
INFERTILITY
PASSED FROM MOM TO BABY

9. BACTERIAL STD’S GONORRHEA
3RD MOST COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS Symptoms: appear between 3 days to 3 weeks after sexual contact with an infected person. Men – Whitish discharge from the penis, burning sensation during urination, lymph glands in the groin may become enlarged and tender. Women – Slight discharge from vagina, burning sensation during urination, abnormal menstruation, abdominal pain and tenderness. 50% OF FEMALES HAVE NO SYMPTOMS Diagnosis – physical exam, urine sample, specimen of infected area TREATMENT:ANTIBIOTICS(tetracycline and penicillin) Untreated: sterility, damage to either fallopian tube or vas deferens, and damage to joints and tissues

10. GONORRHEA

11. BACTERIAL STD CHLAMYDIA
Cause: several different kinds of bacteria like organisms that infect the urethra or the cervix
MOST PEOPLE ARE ASYMPTOMATIC
Symptoms : Usually occurs 1-3 weeks after exposure
MEN – Pain during urination and discharge from penis
WOMEN – (not obvious) unusual discharge from vagina, pain in pelvic region, painful urination
CAN LEAD TO PID IN FEMALES
Most prevalent in the US
40% OF CASES ARE TEENS
UNTREATED
MEN – results in chronic inflammation of the urethra and infertility
Women – Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
TREATMENT: ANTIBIOTIC
Cannot undo damage that has already occurred
DIAGNOSIS: URINE
SPECIMEN OF INFECTED
AREA

12. PID PICTURES
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

13. BACTERIAL STD SYPHILIS -SPIROCHETE
CHANCRE - PAINLESS SORE APPEARS AT SITE OF INFECTION
SPREADS THROUGH BLOODSTREAM
LEFT UNTREATED DAMAGE HEART. LIVER, BRAIN
TREATMENT: ANTIBIOTIC
DIAGNOSIS: BLOOD TEST

14. Syphilis (one of the most dangerous)
Caused by bacteria
4 Stages
1. Primary (chancre appears: small, moist, painful open sore in the genital area
2. Secondary (moves into bloodstream)
Symptoms: genital discomfort, fever/headache, swollen glands, rashes, white patches in the mouth, temp. baldness
3. Latent (bacteria attacks internal organs – primarily heart and the brain)
Outward signs disappear – contagious mostly to babies
4. Late (serious heart problems)
Damage to brain and spinal cord
Causes: blindness, insanity, crippling, DEATH

15. Syphilis con’t
3. Latent (bacteria attacks internal organs – primarily heart and the brain)
Outward signs disappear – contagious mostly to babies
4. Late (serious heart problems)
Damage to brain and spinal cord
Causes: blindness, insanity, crippling, DEATH

16. SYPHILIS
SPIROCHETE,RASH,CHANCRE

17. TRICHOMONIASIS
CAUSED BY MICROSCOPIC PROTOZOAN THAT OFTEN CAUSES INFECTION IN THE VAGINA, URETHRA, AND BLADDER.
5 MILLION NEW CASES EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.
MAY CAUSE VAGINITIS (INFLAMMATION OF VAGINA)
ODOR, ITCHING, DISCHARGE
MALES USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC

18. VIRAL STD’S VIRUS ALWAYS REMAINS IN THE BODY SYMPTOMS CAN COME AND GO
NOT CUREABLE
ONLY CAN TREAT SYMPTOMS

19. HEPATITIS B NAUSEA,VOMITING, LOSS OF APPETITE, JAUNDICE
90% ASYMPTOMATIC
CAN CAUSE CIRRHOSIS
CAN CAUSE CANCER OF THE LIVER
VACCINE PREVENTS

20. VIRAL STD GENITAL HERPES
45 MILLION IN U.S. AGES 12 AND OLDER INFECTED. 1 MILLION NEW INFECTIONS EACH YEAR.
PAINFUL BLISTERS ON GENITALS
CONTRIBUTE TO SPREADING OF HIV

21. GENITAL HERPES TYPE I – COLD SORES TYPE II – GENTIAL SORES
NO CURE ONLY TREATMENT FOR SYMPTOMS
PASSED FROM ONE PARTNER TO ANOTHER DURING SEXUAL CONTACT WHEN BLISTERS ARE ACTIVE/NONACTIVE

22. HERPES Genital Herpes – HSV-2 Caused by a virus (blister like sores)
Symptoms
THERE IS NO CURE
Treatment can reduce symptoms
Flare Ups (outbreaks)
Caused by – Stress, sexual intercourse, sunlight, drugs and alcohol
Highly contagious at this time
Virus contagious to infants (Cesarean Section)

23. GENITAL HERPES
Infants Scrotum

24. VIRAL STD HPV HPV INFECTION CAUSED BY THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS
HPV IS THE NAME OF A GROUP OF 30 VIRUSES THAT ARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
20 MILLION IN U.S. INFECTED WITH HPV
50% OF SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN/WOMEN ACQUIRE GENITAL HPV

25. HIGH RISK TYPES OF HPV
MAY CAUSE ABNORMAL PAP TEST MAY LEAD TO CANCER OF CERVIX,VULVA, VAGINA, ANUS,PENIS

26. LOW RISK HPV MAY CAUSE MILD PAP TEST ABNORMALITIES
MAY CAUSE GENITAL WARTS:
SINGLE/MULTIPLE GROWTHS THAT APPEAR ON GENITAL AREAS. MAY BE FLAT, RAISED OR CAULIFLOWER IN APPEARANCE

27. SYMPTOMS OF HPV MOST DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE INFECTED
VISABLE GENITAL WARTS
PRE-CANCEROUS CHANGES IN CERVIX
Symptoms include:
Bleeding
Difficulty in swallowing (if in the mouth or throat), urination (if in the urethra, penis or vagina)
See a health professional immediately
bleeding or skin changes around the genitals
contact with an infected person
unusual growths or bumps

28. VACCINE
FDA APPROVED VACCINATION FOR FEMALES AGES 9 TO 26 TO PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER CAUSED BY HPV

29. GENTIAL WARTS
APPEAR ON GENITALS
PINK CAULIFLOWER
PAINLESS