1. Sexually Transmitted Infections

2. Myths about STI’s Most people with an STI experience painful symptoms.
Birth control pills prevent the spread of STIs.
Douching will cure and STI.
Abstinence is the best way to prevent STIs.
If you get an STI once, and are treated, you can’t get it again.
A person does not need to see a doctor if she/he notices scores on his/her genitals once, but then they go away.
Condoms help prevent the spread of STIs

3. What is an STI?
STIs are diseases and infections which are capable of being spread from person to person through:
sexual intercourse
oral-genital contact or in non-sexual ways.
IV drug

4. How Do I Know if I am Infected???
What are the symptoms? How would I know if I have been infected?
Sores (either painful or painless)
Blood in urine
Burning sensation when urinating
Rashes
Itching
Bumps
Warts
Unusual discharge

5. SYPHILIS Four Stages: Stage One
Primary Stage-incubation period with no symptoms
-in 3-4 wks. painless sore “chancre” will appear & disappear without treatment
-highly contagious

6. 2. Secondary Stage
-after 6 wks, skin rash
appears & disappears
without treatment
-highly contagious

7. 3. Latent Stage
-no signs or symptoms
-not infectious unless pregnant
-can cause miscarriage,
stillbirth or physical deformities

8. 4. Late Stage
-from 5 to 15 yrs after being
infected
-irreversible damage to heart
& brain; possible death
-not infectious unless pregnant

9. DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT
-diagnosed with a blood test
-treated with antibiotics

10. Chancre on the penis

11. Chancres in the labia area

12. Chancre on the lip

13. Secondary stage skin rash

14. Syphilis in the late stages

15. Close to death

16. GONORRHEA
Each year approximately 650,000 people in the United States are infected with gonorrhea
People get gonorrhea from close sexual contact (anal sex, oral sex., and vaginal).
Gonorrhea can also be spread from mother to child during birth.
Gonorrhea infection can spread to other unlikely parts of the body
Symptoms:
-Male - 2 to 8 days after contact, discharge from penis or burning sensation
-Female - discharge/burning OR no symptoms

17. Complications:
-untreated can lead to sterility, arthritis or
blindness in infants

18. Diagnosis & Treatment:
-lab smears of discharge to
diagnose
-treated with antibiotics

19. Discharge from penis

20. Discharge from the vagina

21. GENITAL HERPES Symptoms: -painless sores which
usually appear in groups
and are moist and grayish
with red edges

22. Complications:
-no cure
-virus remains in body even
when sores are not present;
infectious when sores are
present
-causes brain damage &
possible death to newborns

23. Herpes sores on the penis

24. Herpes sores on the vaginal area

25. Herpes around the mouth

26. GENITAL WARTS/HPV Human Papillomavirus Symptoms:
-small, painless growths
around genitals caused by
a virus

27. Treatment:
-no cure
-removed by surgery or
chemicals but virus is still
in the body; warts will
grow back
-increases chance of cervical
cancer for women

28. Warts on the penis

29. Warts on the labia area

30. CHLAMYDIA Four million new cases occur each year
SYMPTOMS: fever, weight loss for no reason, swollen glands, fatigue, diarrhea, white spots on the mouth.
FEMALE SYMPTOMS:
Vaginal discharge (white or grey) or burning with urination
Lower abdominal pain
Bleeding between menstrual periods.
Low-grade fever (later symptom)
MALE SYMPTOMS:
Discharge from the penis and/or burning when urinating
Burning and itching around the opening of the penis
Pain and swelling in the testicles
Low –grade fever (associated with epididymitis –
inflammation of the testicles)

31. Diagnosis & Treatment
-hard to diagnose; must ask
Dr. to test for it
-treated with antibiotics

32. Discharge from cervical area

33. CRABS (PUBIC LICE) & SCABIES Symptoms & Complications:
-spread from sexual contact or
infested bedding/clothing
-itching in hair (crabs) or skin
(scabies)

34. Diagnosis and Treatment:
-medicated shampoos (crabs)
or medications (scabies) from
doctor
-must also treated infested
bedding and clothes

35. Crabs or pubic lice will lay eggs and multiply

36. Crabs in pubic hair area

37. Scabie mite burrows under skin

38. Scabie lesions on penis

39. Candidiasis
Yeast fungus that may or may not be transmitted by sexual intercourse.
Caused by high doses of antibiotics. It is usually caused by altering the Ph of the vagina.
SYMPTOMS:
A thick cheesy vaginal discharge
Severe itching

40. Trichomoniasis
An estimated 5 million new cases occur each year in women and men.
Occurs in vagina of women so may be sexually transmitted to men using infected washcloths and towels.
It is transmitted to the baby during delivery.
It also can occur in the urethra (carries urine to penis) in men, doesn’t have symptoms usually.
SYMPTOMS:
Appear within 5 to 28 days of exposure
Women usually have a vaginal discharge that
FEMALE SYMPTOMS:
Itching and burning at the outside of the opening of the
vagina and vulva.
Painful and frequent urination
Heavy, unpleasant smelling greenish, yellow discharge
MALE SYMPTOMS:
Usually nothing, or discomfort in urethra, inflamed head of the penis.

41. Nongonococcal Urethritis/NGU
An inflammation or infection of the urethra (the tube that carries the urine from the bladder)
It is passed from person to person during intimate physical contact.
FEMALE SYMPTOMS:
Pain
Itching or burning around the vagina
Any discharge may be a sign of NGU. (because the disease is internal, women sometimes do not show any obvious symptoms.)
MALE SYMPTOMS:
Discharge from the penis (this may be thin and watery or thick and white)
Burning and itching around the opening of the penis
Sometimes the signs appear only in the morning, then go away and come back.
About 10% of men show no symptoms

42. HIV/AIDS There are two main ways you get AIDS:
Vaginal, oral, anal, etc. sex
Sharing drug needles and syringes
"H" is for Human, meaning that only humans get this virus. You can’t get infected from a pet or mosquito.
"I" is for Immunodeficiency, meaning that this virus causes your immune system to have some serious problems. It makes it easier for you to get sick and harder for you to get well.
"V" is for Virus, which refers to the specific type of germ that causes the disease. Unfortunately, viruses can't be killed because they aren't alive. You can't take medicine like an antibiotic to get rid of HIV. Viruses stay with you forever.

43. AIDS Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HIV is linked to immune system malfunction and ultimately results in the condition known as AIDS.
It is the result of a weakened immune system. AIDS is diagnosed when a person tests positive for HIV and also has one or more of the "opportunistic infections" of AIDS (there are 27) and/or has a laboratory marker test of 200 or less T-cells.

44. AIDS Worldwide
Updated worldwide statistics at the end of 1997 revealed 16,000 new infections a day with over 30 million people now living with HIV/AIDS. 1 in 100 adults in the age group are infected with HIV; but only 1 in 10 infected persons are aware of their HIV status.
Symptoms develop within months or sometimes years after exposure.

45. AIDS Symptoms
Possible flu-like symptoms following infection, but generally no symptoms during the early phase. A variety of later symptoms include fever, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes, cough, dementia, and skin blotches.

46. AIDS Complications
The compromised immune system becomes open to opportunistic infections, ultimately leading to death in most cases.
Treatment - Although there is no cure, many of the opportunistic diseases can be treated. New antiviral and combination therapies have also been shown to be remarkably effective in reducing the level of active virus in many individuals.