1. STD’s Introductory Statements
Abstinence: Means to abstain (not participate) from sexual activity.
You do not develop immunity to any of these diseases like you do to mumps or measles. You can get them over and over again.
You do not get these diseases from doorknobs, toilet seats, or drinking glasses.
STD’s attack the mucous membranes of the body
General Terms
STD = Sexually Transmissible Diseases
Sexual Contact: Usually refers to sexual intercourse, but can also mean just touching of the genital areas.

2. STD’s No cure Prevention/ treatment Name of STD Symptoms/signs
transmission
Abstinence/
No cure
Medicines to prevent the assembly of virus to slow down disease
Death is not preventable
HIV/AIDS
Fatigue, fever, night sweats, and swollen glands
Other opportunistic infections
Sexual contact
Blood pregnancy and needle sharing
HIV virus

3. STD’s Prevention/ treatment Name of STD Symptoms/signs transmission
Chancre: an open sore
Rash, hair loss
-long term: insanity, paralysis, death
Sexual contact, intercourse/
Spirochetes/mother
To offspring
Abstinence/
antibiotics
syphilis
Chlamydia
(NGU)
Males: short term: burning sensation during urination, thick whitish pus discharge long term: sterility
Females: short term: pus in vagina (usually not painful) long term: PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) great pain in pelvic area, oviducts scarred and blocked (sterility)
Sexual contact, intercourse
Abstinence/
antibiotics

4. STD’s Prevention/ treatment Name of STD Symptoms/signs transmission
genital herpes
Painful blister-like sores on or around the genitals and/or buttocks
Sores highly infectious
Women may have sores in vagina and may not know it
Sores can return monthly, after emotional stress, or after years of inactivity (virus hides in the nerves)
Sexual contact, intercourse, touching sores with any part of your body
Birthing process
Virus (can’t kill it)
Abstinence/
No cure, but antiviral medications can shorten and prevent outbreaks during the period of time the person takes the medication.
gonorrhea
Very similar to chlamydia
Males: white discharge, painful urination
females: usually do not know until PID, which causes sterility
Sexual contact
Birthing process (can cause blindness in baby)
bacteria
Abstinence/
Antibiotics, but bacteria is increasingly resistant to antibiotics