GEN&WS 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Syphilis, Genital Wart, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Gender and Womens Studies
• Course: GEN&WS 103
• Professor: Jenny Higgins

Document Summary

Introductory concepts, terms, frames: difference between stis and stds. Ex: hiv and aids: stis = less stigmatizing than stds, not all reproductive tract infections (rtis) are stis, examples, candidiasis (yeast infections) Bacterial vaginosis (bv: some non-stis may be influenced by sexual activity. Better term= vulvovaginitis : usually benign but bothersome. Examples of vaginitis (1) candidiasis (2) bacterial vaginosis (bv) (3) trichomoniasis: the most common cause of yeast infection is antibiotics. Yeast = single cell fungal organism: multiples under warm, wet conditions. Vaginal yeast infections occur when: (1) when new yeast is introduced into vaginal area (2) increase in amount of yeast already present in vagina relative to amount of normal bacteria (a) through antibiotics (b) immunosuppressive drugs. Yeast (1) multiplies (2) invades tissues (3) causes irritation in vaginal lining (vaginitis: stis and stds are tremendously socially stigmatized, harkens back to venereal disease , diseased women are this sort of vector for venereal disease.