1. BELL RINGER 2/22
What does STI stand for?

2. Sexually Transmitted Infections
Mr. Galer
Sexually Transmitted Infections

3. Fact or myth?
Use the information provided to find out if each statement is a fact or myth. You and your partner should work together to find the answers more quickly!
When I ask, raise a Green popsicle stick in the air if the statement is a fact, or raise a Red stick in the air if the statement is a myth.

4. You can get a sexually transmitted infection from a drinking fountain.

5. Infected mothers can transmit HIV to their unborn babies.

6. Some STIs can be spread by just using another persons towel or clothes.

7. Condoms help prevent the passing of STIs.

8. You can get a sexually transmitted infection from toilet seats.

9. People are born with STIs.

10. You can get HIV by kissing on the lips.

11. You can receive an STI from an infected person’s sneeze.

12. Abstinence is the best way to prevent getting an STI.

13. STIs are all curable.

14. Sexually Transmitted Infections
An infection caused by pathogens that are transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person during sexual activity.
STIs can be prevented by practicing responsible behavior.

15. What is risky behavior? Risk – Hazard or dangerous chance
Risky behavior are decisions or choices you make that could lead to a consequence.

16. Levels of Risky Behavior When Dealing with STIs
High Risk – A behavior where you have a high chance of receiving a STI.
Low Risk – A behavior where you have a SLIGHT chance of receiving a STI.
No Risk – A behavior where you have NO risk of receiving an STI.

17. Terms and Definitions Cure – the ability to heal back to normal
Treatment – applying of medication to help with symptoms of infection

18. How can STIs be spread? Sexual Intercourse Oral Sex Sharing Needles
Contact with Blood
Physical Contact (Some… Not all)
Mother to Child (Some… Not all)

19. How can STIs be prevented?
Avoid Contact with Blood
Sharing needles
Open wounds
Abstinence
Refraining from ANY sexual activity
This is the only 100% effective method
Using a condom
When participating in any sexual activity
Vaginal, Oral, Anal

20. EXIT ACTIVITY: No, LOW, OR HIGH RISK?
No Risk = Green Stick
Low Risk = Yellow Stick
High Risk = Red Stick Create a table with three columns on a scratch piece of paper. When Mr. Galer reads a risk activity, raise the appropriate popsicle stick color. Once we know what level risk an activity is, write it on your table!

21. BELL RINGER 2/23
Give an Example of a No Risk, Low Risk, and High Risk Sexual Behavior.

22. Pubic Lice
Pubic lice are parasites (tiny insects) that live in pubic hair. Sometimes found in armpit hair, eyebrows, leg hair, or coarse body hair.
Lice found on the head are known as head lice.
Pubic lice are also known as crabs.

23. Pubic Lice Pubic lice symptoms:
Intense itching in the genitals or anus
Irritability
Presence of lice or small egg sacs, which are called nits, in pubic hair
Pin-sized blood spots

24. Pubic Lice Pubic Lice can be spread by:
Close physical contact with someone
Any type of sexual intercourse with someone
Rarely, but possible that pubic lice can be spread by:
Sharing Clothing
Sharing Bedding
Sharing Towels

25. Pubic Lice Pubic Lice are treatable! Pubic lice can be cured!
Treatment options:
Some common brands of over-the-counter pubic lice medicine are A-200, RID, and Nix.
Stronger prescription medicines are also available — ask your health care provider about them.
Shaving, hot baths, or other "home remedies" will not work.
Everyone who may have been exposed to pubic lice should be treated at the same time. That way they can avoid becoming infected again.
All bedding, towels, and clothing that may have been exposed should be thoroughly washed or dry cleaned, and your home should be vacuumed.

26. Genital Warts Genital warts are caused by a virus.
Genital warts is when a person develops bumpy warts on their sex organs or anus.
It is a rare possibility that people develop genital warts on their mouth or lips – but possible.

27. Genital Warts Genitals Warts Symptoms:
•Men and women with genital warts will often complain of painless bumps and/or itching.
•Rarely, bleeding or urinary obstruction may be the initial problem when the wart involves the urethral opening (the opening where urine exits the body.)
Warts in more than one area are common.

28. Genital Warts can take from 3 to 6 months to appear!
Genital warts are highly contagious. There is around a 60% risk of getting the infection from a single sexual contact with someone who has genital warts.
Genital Warts can take from 3 to 6 months to appear!

29. Genital Warts Genital Warts can be passed by:
Any kind of sexual contact
Passed from infected mother to child during birth

30. Genital Warts Treatments: No treatment is 100%!
Cryotherapy: This technique freezes the wart using liquid nitrogen or a "cryoprobe."
Laser treatment: This treatment is used for extensive or recurrent genital warts. It may require local, regional, or general anesthesia.
Disadvantages include high cost, increased healing time, and scarring
•Electrodesiccation: This technique uses an electric current to destroy the warts. It can be done in the office with local anesthesia.

31. Gonorrhea Gonorrhea is caused by a bacteria.
Gonorrhea is one of the most common STIs.
On estimate about 820,000 people in the U.S. get a new gonorrhea infection each year!

32. Gonorrhea Symptoms: Unusual discharge or pus from the penis or vagina
Burning sensation when urinating
Most symptoms show within 16 days of becoming infected.
Some people do not show ANY symptoms externally
Women may experience abdominal pains
Men may experience painful or swollen testicles

33. Gonorrhea If Gonorrhea is not treated it could lead to:
Harm of the reproductive organs
Males and females can become sterile
Attacking of joints
Spreading to blood stream (life threating)

34. Gonorrhea Gonorrhea can be treated. Gonorrhea can be cured!
Antibiotics are prescribed by the doctor.
Antibiotics can not reverse any long term damage done by gonorrhea.

35. Herpes Simplex Herpes Simplex is caused by a virus.
776,000 people in the United States get new herpes infections every year.
Herpes has two types:
Type I – Sores around mouth
Type II – Sores on or around sex organs

36. Herpes Simplex Type I and Type II can infect either area of the body.
1 in 6 people from the ages of 14 – 49 have Type II of Herpes

37. Herpes Simplex Symptoms: Flu like symptoms – body aching, fever, etc
Small blisters on or around the infected area
Blisters will break and leave sores that take 4 to 6 weeks to heal

38. Herpes Simplex Herpes can be spread through:
Any type of sexual contact
Direct contact with a herpes sore
Mothers to child during the birthing process

39. Exit Activity
What STI did you find most shocking today?

40. Bellringer 2/24
How can pubic lice be passed?

41. Chlamydia Chlamydia is caused by a bacteria.
In 2011, 1,412,791 cases of chlamydia were reported to CDC from 50 states and the District of Columbia
Chlamydia is most common among young people. It is estimated that 1 in 15 sexually active females aged years has chlamydia.

42. Chlamydia Chlamydia is known as the ‘silent’ infection. Symptoms:
Most people don’t experience any signs or symptoms until weeks after exposure.
Unusual discharge from the penis or vagina
Burning sensation when urinating

43. Chlamydia Chlamydia can lead to: Pain in the pelvic area
Swollen and painful reproductive organs
Serve harm to the reproductive organs
Becoming sterile

44. Chlamydia
Chlamydia is 100% curable with antibiotics! Infected mothers can transmit chlamydia to their children causing eye infections and/or pneumonia.

45. Syphilis
Syphilis is caused by a bacteria. There were 46,042 reported new cases of syphilis in 2011 in the United States. Symptoms typically show in 21 days, but can take up to 90 days to begin.

46. Syphilis is transmitted from ANY direct contact to syphilis sores.
Syphilis has 4 different stages:
Primary Stage
Secondary Stage
Late Stage
Latent Stage

47. Syphilis Primary Stage:
Firm, painless, reddish-brown sore on the openings of the sex organs
Sores can also appear on the lips, in the mouth, or other body parts

48. Syphilis Secondary Stage: Skin rashes Sores
Some people may experience flu like symptoms

49. Syphilis Latent Stage: Also known as the “hidden” stage.
Both primary and secondary symptoms disappear
Latent stage can last for years at a time

50. Syphilis Late Stage: Can appear 10–30 years after infection began
Symptoms of the late stage of syphilis include:
Difficulty coordinating muscle movements
Paralysis
Numbness
Gradual blindness
In the late stages of syphilis, the disease damages the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints.
This damage can result in death.

51. Syphilis Syphilis can be treated with antibiotics from the doctor!
There is a cure for syphilis but cannot reverse the damage that is already done!

52. Syphilis Syphilis can be transmitted from any type of sexual contact.
Syphilis can also be passed from mother to child. This may lead to:
Low birth weight
Early delivery
Possibility of a stillbirth
Serious medical conditions

53. HIV HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus.
It is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS.

54. HIV
No safe and effective cure currently exists, but scientists are working hard to find one, and remain hopeful. Meanwhile, with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled.
HIV treatment helps people at all stages of the disease, and treatment can slow or prevent progression from one stage to the next.

55. HIV HIV has multiple stages: Acute Infection
Clinical latency (inactivity or dormancy)
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

56. HIV Acute Infection: Occurs 2 – 6 weeks after infection
Most contagious stage!
Flu-like symptoms
Fever
Sweating
Tiredness
Headache
Sore throat

57. HIV Clinical latency (inactivity or dormancy):
During this phase, HIV is still active, but reproduces at very low levels.
You may not have any symptoms or get sick during this time.
With treatment, people can live in this stage for decades.

58. HIV AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome): Unexplained weight loss
Fever and night sweats
Diarrhea
Swollen glands
Unusual sores
Immune system becomes too weak to fight off infections which causes death.

59. HIV
There is no known cure for HIV. Treatment early can delay the start of symptoms.
Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. That means that once you have HIV, you have it for life.

60. Exit Activity 2/24
List all of the Deadly STIs