PSYCH 3060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Non-Gonococcal Urethritis, Granuloma Inguinale
26 Sep 2017
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One in four teenage girls have an sti. Stis are spread through sexual contact with someone who has the bacteria or virus; not caused by sexual behavior alone. Bacteria- small, single celled organisms that lack a nuclear membrane, but have all the genetic material to reproduce themselves. Viruses- protein shell around a nucleic acid core; cannot reproduce themselves; invade host cells to manufacture new virus particles. Sti- infections that can be, but are not always, transmitted by sexual contact. Sexually related diseases- diseases of the reproductive system or genitals that are not contracted through sexual activity; overgrowths of bacteria or yeasts found in the reproductive area. Gonorrhea- sti caused by bacteria, which lives on mucous membranes. -around 70-90% of men show symptoms of thick puss coming out of the urethra; asymptomatic men will have in infest the reproductive tract and may be infertile pelvic inflammatory disease- bacterially caused inflammation of a women"s.
