chapter 13 (STIs)

Question 1

Chylamydia

Answer 1

Causes: STI caused by a highly specialised bacterium, chylamidia trachomatis.
Transmitted by vaginal or anal sex with an infected person. Bacterium is able to reproduce.

Symptoms: Males - infection of urethra known as non-specific urethritis, yellow mucus is discharged from the penis and burning sensation when passing urine, also causes the inflammation of the epididymis.

Females - no symptoms or pelvic inflammatory disease.

Treatments: A uterine test can be done for accurate diagnosis.

antibiotics, however treatment cannot be fully eliminated from the body.

Question 2

Gonorrhoea

Answer 2

Cause: bacteria niesseria gonorrhoeae that is transmitted during sexual intercourse, can be also cause during oral with partner that is infected with the infection.

Symptoms (incubation period): appear after 2-10 days, males - urethrae results in a burning feeling and extreme pain when passing urine, urethra may become permanently constricted, resulting in difficulty in urinating.

Females - no early symptoms, pus production, no pain in general.

Treatment: antibiotics, however strains of gonococcus are resistance to antibiotics and these strains are really rare.

Question 3

syphilis

Answer 3

Cause: By a thin flexible, spiral - shaped bacterium, Treponema pallidum. The disease is normally contracted by direct sexual contact.

Symptoms: 1. one or more small sores that appear on the sex organs, fingers, eyelid or lips.
2. skin rashes, fevers, disorders of bones and eyes.

3. latent stange … no noticeable symptoms however body is still infected.

Treatment: antibiotics are usual treatment, surgery may be necessary for the later stage where it is impacting other vital organs… heart disease, weakening of blood vessels, blindness.

Question 4

Genital herpes

Answer 4

Causes: common STI, that is caused by the herpes simplex virus. Transmitted by skin to skin contact and can therefore be passed down during genital, oral or anal sex (unprotective).

Symptoms:Painful blisters developing around genetic areas such as the penis in males and vagina in females.

Treatments: No way of removing blisters when affected, medication is used to reduce main, and saline dressing is used to clean up the blisters.

Question 5

Genital warts

Answer 5

causes: Found on different body parts caused by HPV. sexual transmission is not the case, they are passed down by a sexual partner who has been affected by the virus.

Symptoms: Warts found on the genital areas, vagina, labia, cervix or penis, may occasionally be found in the anus, throat or inside the penis or vagina, therefore cannot be seen.

Treatment: Freezing, burning, surgery, laster treatment, HPV vaccines

Question 6

HIV

Answer 6

Cause: human immunodeficiency virus. known to cause aids, caused from unprotective sex, sharing needles and syringes, blood transfusions, infected mother to her child.

Symptoms: fever, sore throat, swollen glands, rash, headache, tiredness, muscle and joint pain.

Treatments: No specific sure for HIV infection or a vaccine to prevent infections.

unless both are active and latent cells are able to be destroyed, an infected person cannot be cured.

Question 7

Trichomoiasic

Answer 7

Causes: infection caused by a protozoan, trichomonas vaginalis.

symptoms: vaginal discharge and severe vaginal itch, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the vagina in a women and urethra in men.

Treatment: antibiotics, given to both individuals at the same time, even if there are no symptoms present.

Question 8

Pubic lice and scabies

Answer 8

Causes: transmitted by sexual contact, transmission frequency occurs merely through pro-longes, warm and close contact.

Symptoms - Crab like organisms on hair around pubic regions can cause severe itching and maybe allergies.

Treatments - Treated using lotions that are applied to the skin. The lotion kills the insects of mites and also their eggs.