https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0 Concept MAP Sexual Transmitted Infections aka STI´s en-us 2016-12-05 20:05:52 UTC 2025-11-07 12:18:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873783 This is a silent epidemic because it is spread silently. You can have a sexually transmitted disease without knowing, and spreading it to other persons]]> 2016-12-05 20:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873783 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873852 The viruses or bacteria that cause STDs can enter the body through tiny cuts or tears in the mouth and anus, as well as the genitals.

• Sexual activity at a young age. The younger a person starts having sex, the greater his or her chances of becoming infected with an STD.
• Lots of sex partners. People who have sexual contact — not just intercourse, but any form of intimate activity — with many different partners are more at risk than those who stay with the same partner.
• Unprotected sex. Latex condoms are the only form of birth control that reduce your risk of getting an STD, and must be used every time. Spermicides, diaphragms, and other birth control methods may help prevent pregnancy, but they don't protect a person against STDs.

]]> 2016-12-05 20:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873852 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873912 Abstinence is the only way to fully prevent STI's. The best way to reduce the chance is by using a contraceptive method such as a condom. Going to the doctor regularly, these exams give doctors a chance to teach people about STDs and protecting themselves.]]> 2016-12-05 20:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141873912 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916776 Chlamydia is the most common STI caused by bacteria in the US.
It affects the gonads. In males, they experience painful frequent urination and discharge from the penis. In females, it often has no symptoms other than a yellowish vaginal discharge.
If untreated, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which leads to infertility or an ectopic pregnancy. An infected pregnant woman can transmit the disease to her baby during birth.
The infection can be cured with antibiotics.]]> 2016-12-06 02:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916776 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916848 1. Asymptomatic Stage: Without symptoms. The virus destroys helper T cells. People in the asymptomatic sign can infect others even though they feel fine.
2. Symptomatic Stage: When an HIV infected person starts to experience symptoms. Symptoms include: weight loss, persistent fever, diarrhea, or fungi infections.
3. AIDS: Usually experience more severe symptoms than in the symptomatic stage. Susceptible to infections that a healthy person's immune system could easily fight off.]]> 2016-12-06 02:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916848 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916886 When body fluids (blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk) of an infected HIV person come in contact with a mucous membrane or damaged tissue of another person. This mucous membranes are found inside the rectum, vagina, penis, and mouth.]]> 2016-12-06 02:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916886 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916951

Get testes and know your partner's HIV status.

Have less risky sex. (Anal sex is the most risky type of sex for HIV transmission).

Use condoms

Limit your number of sexual partners.

Get tested and treated for STDs.

Talk to your health care about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). (PrEP involves taking a specific HIV medicine every day to prevent it). 

Don't inject drugs (or at least use new needles)

]]> 2016-12-06 02:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/141916951 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142020344 HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the T cells, which help the immune system fight off infections. If left untreated, HIV reduces the number of T cells in the body, making the person more likely to get infections or infection-related cancers. Over time, HIV can destroy so many of these cells that the body can’t fight off infections and disease. ]]> 2016-12-06 14:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142020344 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142031960 HIV is treated using a combination of medicines everyday to fight HIV infection called antiretroviral therapy (ART). This is not a cure, but it controls thee virus so that person can live a longer and healthier life. This medicine prevents HIV from multiplying so your immune system has a chance to fight off infections and cancers.]]> 2016-12-06 15:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142031960 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142545055 Trichomoniasis is caused by a protozoan that infects the urinary tract or vagina.  Symptoms in males include painful urination, itching, and a clear discharge from the penis. In females symptoms include itching and burning in the vagina, an unpleasant smell, yellow discharge, and pain when urinating. Treatment is a prescribed medicine. If not treated, it can lead to urethritis and vaginitis. ]]> 2016-12-08 14:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142545055 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142549710 Bacterial STI that infects the reproductive organ in females and urinary tract in males. Symptoms include a thick puslike discharge from the penis, and puslike discharge from the vagina and painful urination in females. If left untreated, it can lead to urethritis and infertility in males, and in females to PID and infertility. It can be transmitted from a mother to their baby during birth. Treatment include antibiotics.]]> 2016-12-08 14:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142549710 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142551827 Serious bacterial infection that progresses through 3 stages.
The first stage is called chancre, which is an painless sore at different parts of the body.
The second stage sores appear in the mouth and have flulike symptoms. 
The third stage, symptoms can disappear for years, but internally the bacteria attacks internal parts of the body such as the brain and heart. 
In early stages, it can be treated and cured with antibiotics, but once it progresses beyond the second stage, the damage is permanent. It can be passed through sexual contact, and if a pregnant woman can pass the disease to their developing baby. ]]> 2016-12-08 14:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142551827 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142552183 HPV sometimes has no symptoms, so it is difficult for people to know if they are infected. Symptoms include genital warts that itch or burn. The body's immune system destroys the virus, but for others, it stays for life. HPV can lead to cervical cancer in woman. To prevent it, it is important to have regular Pap tests]]> 2016-12-08 14:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142552183 01861 https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142553643 Genital Herpes is a viral STI. Symptoms include painful blisters that appear around the genitals. For some people, symptoms might not be evident. There is no cure for genital herpes, although there is a prescribed medicine to reduce the discomfort of the blisters. It can be passed on through a sexual partner and a mother to their baby through childbirth.]]> 2016-12-08 14:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/01861/9xo910gho8c0/wish/142553643