HLSC 2130U Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Silver Nitrate, Human Microbiota
5 Nov 2018
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Endogenous not stis, normal flora going bad for women. Ulcerative sti causes ulcer (herpes, syphilis) sores. Trichomonas vaginalis protozoan, unicellular, eukaryote: motile, flagella, men are the reservoir, women are symptomatic. Multiple partners, tinder, make it easier to contract stis, having unprotected sex. Chlamydia exudative discharge, pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis: more cases (incidence) in women, why, go to doctor, pelvic examination, take swabs to get birth control, more women get tested. Host defenses: stomach acid, low, colon goes one way, mucous membrane engulfs bacteria. Medication, not enough stomach acid in stomach. Antibiotics kill off not only the bad guys, but kill the good guys too. Change the water/electrolyte balance in your gut, causes diarrhea: diarrhea is so watery is called rice water diarrhea, rice wash rice, got cloudy whiteness. Doesn"t matter how much you cook it. Canada: greek pasta salad, 200 people got shigella.
