PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Condom, Herpes Labialis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yaroslavna Kadulina

Document Summary

P s y 3 1 2 2 : l e c t u r e 1 4. Find out about many aspects of stis such as symptoms, diagnosis, and prevention. Learn how to protect yourself against getting or passing on an sti o. Condoms are the best method of protection, but does not prevent all of them. Sti: infections don"t necessarily mean disease (could be a carrier of a pathogen) Viral: ways to manage it, but cannot cure with antibiotics. If there is a v in the acronym, probably a virus and cannot be cured by antibiotics. Symptoms may not be noticeable (have it but don"t know it) Transmitted mostly by a penis (penile-vaginal or penile-anal intercourse) Women: can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) o o. Men: epididymitis - swelling of tesitlces o. B a c t e ri a l s t i s : g o n o r r h e a.