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SEXUALY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND IT’S PREVENTIONS
Fame Margie G. Taclobao
Joan Bernate
Kurt Tovillo
Lester NiÑo
Samuel Mervani E. Econ
A sexually transmitted disease (STD),
* sexually transmitted infection (STI), or venereal disease (VD),
* as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease.
* characterized by painful sores on the genitalia
Modes of transmission:
* human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex.
* the use of IV drug needles after its use by an infected person
* childbirth
* breastfeeding
* skin-to-skin contact
EXAMPLES OF STI TRANSMITTED BY BACTERIA
1. Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
* a sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.Usually transmitted through sexual contact.It begins with a small bump that becomes an ulcer within a day of its appearance in an uncircumcised glans penis in men, or the fourchette and labia minora in women
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: The ulcer characteristically:
* Ranges in size dramatically from 3 to 50 mm (1/8 inch to two inches) across
* Is painful
* Has irregular or ragged borders
* Has a base that is covered with a gray or yellowish-gray material
* Has a base that bleeds easily if traumatized or scraped
2.Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis)
* It can be treated with antibiotics but often causes no symptoms.
* The genital Chlamydia infection may be acquired during oral, vaginal, or anal, sexual contact with an infected partner.
* SILENT DISEASE :That means the disease often has no symptoms except in male: discharge from the penis and infertility.
3. granuloma inguinale or (Klebsiella granulomatis)
* is a bacterial disease characterized by ulcerative genital lesions that is endemic in many less developed regions.
* The ulcers ultimately progress to destruction of internal and...