1. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

2.  SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS OR DISEASES  BACTERIA AND VIRUSES THAT ARE TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT OR SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT  SOME STIs ARE NOT CURABLE  HAVING AN STI INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF CONTRACTING OTHER STIs

3.  THERE ARE MANY STIs  ABSTINENCE IS THE ONLY 100% EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT PREGNANCY AND STIs  TEENS ARE LESS LIKELY THAN ADULTS TO GET TESTED FOR STIs  ALL STIs ARE PREVENTABLE

4.  MOST COMMON REPORTED STI IN U.S.; MOST AMONG 15 TO 24 YR OLDS  TRANSMITTED BY: VAGINAL, ANAL, OR ORAL SEX, CONTACT WITH INFECTED FLUIDS FROM PENIS, VAGINA, OR ANUS, FROM MOTHER TO BABY DURING BIRTH  SYMPTOMS: OFTEN NONE, WOMEN: DISCHARGE FROM VAGINA, BLEEDING BETWEEN PERIODS, PAIN IN ABDOMEN AND WITH URINATION

5.  SYMPTOMS CONT.: MEN: BURNING OR PAIN WITH URINATION, WATERY DRIP FROM PENIS, PAIN IN TESTES  CONSEQUENCES: PERMANENT, PAINFUL DAMAGE TO URINARY & REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS, PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE IN WOMEN, INFERTILITY IN BOTH, BABY: EYE PROBLEMS, PNEUMONIA, DEATH

6.  TREATMENT: CURED WITH ANTIBIOTICS

7.  HAS GROWN IN RECENT YEARS  TRANSMITTED BY: VAGINAL, ANAL, ORAL SEX HAND OR GENITAL CONTACT WITH OPEN SORES(CHANCRES), RASHES, OR LESIONS MOTHER TO BABY DURING PREGNANCY  SYMPTOMS: 1 ST STAGE: PAINLESS SORE, SWOLLEN GLANDS 2 ND STAGE: RASH, FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES, TIREDNESS, SORE THROAT, SWOLLEN GLANDS, HEADACHES, HAIR LOSS 3 RD STAGE: IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO MAJOR ORGANS, BLINDNESS, HEART INFECTION, BRAIN DAMAGE, DEATH

8.  CONSEQUENCES: DAMAGE TO VITAL ORGANS MISCARRIAGE OR STILLBIRTH CAUSES DAMAGE IN BABY’S EYES, SKIN, TEETH, LIVER & BONES  TREATMENT: CURED WITH ANTIBIOTICS NO CURE FOR ORGAN DAMAGE

9.  TRANSMITTED: VAGINAL, ANAL, ORAL SEX CONTACT WITH INFECTED FLUIDS MOTHER TO BABY DURING BIRTH  SYMPTOMS: MAY HAVE NONE BOTH: YELLOW OR WHITE DISCHARGE, PAINFUL URINATION, REDNESS & BURNING EYES

10.  SYMPTOMS CONT. BOTH: REDDENED, SORE THROAT, WHITE PATCHES IN THROAT, RECTAL PAIN, BLOOD OR PUS IN BOWEL MOVEMENTS WOMEN: PAINFUL INTERCOURSE, HEAVY & PAINFUL PERIODS & CRAMPS  CONSEQUENCES: DAMAGE TO URINARY & REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS PID, INFERTILITY, PAIN IN JOINTS, HEART PROBLEMS, SKIN & EYE INFECTIONS, BLINDNESS, DEATH, BABY: EYE PROBLEMS, PNEUMONIA  TREATMENT: CURED WITH ANTIBIOTICS

11.  HERPES SIMPLEX 1: ORAL HERPES  HERPES SIMPLEX 2: GENITAL HERPES  TRANSMITTED: KISSING, VAGINAL, ANAL, ORAL SEX, HAND OR GENITAL CONTACT MOTHER TO BABY DURING BIRTH  SYMPTOMS: MAY HAVE NONE SMALL BUMPS, BLISTERS, ITCHY, PAINFUL SORES ON GENITALS OR MOUTH FEVER, SWOLLEN GLANDS, TIREDNESS, MUSCLE ACHES

12.  CONSEQUENCES: PAINFUL, UNSIGHTLY BLISTERS ALWAYS HAVE IT BABY: SEVERE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DAMAGE, PAINFUL BLISTERS  TREATMENT: CAN BE TREATED, BUT NOT CURED MEDICINES RELIEVE PAIN & REDUCE BLISTERS

13.  CAUSED BY A GROUP OF 100+ VIRUSES  HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS  TRANSMITTED: VAGINAL, ANAL, OR ORAL SEX HAND OR GENITAL CONTACT MOTHER TO BABY DURING BIRTH  SYMPTOMS: NONE VISIBLE WARTS ON, AROUND, INSIDE GENITALS, ANUS, OR THROAT

14.  CONSEQUENCES: HAVE IT FOR LIFE WARTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE & UNSIGHTLY CERVICAL CANCER THROAT CANCER  TREATMENT: CAN BE TREATED, BUT NOT CURED VACCINE AVAILABLE REMOVAL OF WARTS

15.  TRANSMITTED: VAGINAL, ANAL, ORAL SEX SHARING NEEDLES OR RAZORS EXPOSURE TO BLOOD, BODY FLUIDS, SALIVA MOTHER TO BABY DURING BIRTH  SYMPTOMS: MAY HAVE NONE, TIREDNESS, ACHES, NAUSEA, VOMITING, LOSS OF APPETITE, DARK URINE, JAUNDICE  CONSEQUENCES: INFLAMMATION OF LIVER, CIRROHSIS, CANCER OF LIVER  TREATMENT: CAN BE TREATED WITH MEDS, BUT NOT CURED VACCINE AVAILABLE

16.  TRANSMITTED: SEXUAL CONTACT, BED LINENS, CLOTHING, TOWELS  SYMPTOMS: ITCHING, VISIBLE “NITS” ON PUBIC HAIR  CONSEQUENCES: SKIN INFECTIONS FROM SCRATCHING  TREATMENT: USE OF LICE KILLING SHAMPOO OR LOTION WASHING CLOTHES, BED LINENS, TOWELS

17.  PARASITIC INFECTION OF GENITALS  TRANSMITTED: VAGINAL SEX  SYMPTOMS: MAY BE NONE, WOMEN: FROTHY, SMELLY, YELLOWISH- GREEN VAGINAL DISCHARGE, GENITAL AREA DISCOMFORT  SYMPTOMS CONT. MEN: DISCHARGE FROM PENIS, BURNING AFTER URINATION OR EJACULATION, IRRITATION OF PENIS

18.  CONSEQUENCES: COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY  TREATMENT: ANTIBIOTICS CAN CURE IT

19.  TRANSMITTED: SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT, CLOTHING, BEDDING  SYMPTOMS: ITCHING, BURROWS, RASHES  TREATMENT: MANY CREAMS AND LOTIONS TO TREAT, MOST OFTEN HAVE TO TREAT WHOLE FAMILY WASHING CLOTHING & BEDDING

20.  ABSTINENCE IS ONLY 100% METHOD OF PREVENTING STIs  GET TESTED  TALK TO YOUR PARTNER  MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS AND BE FAITHFUL  USE BARRIER PROTECTIONS SUCH AS MALE/FEMALE CONDOMS & DENTAL DAMS  WATCH USAGE OF DRUGS/ALCOHOL