Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aids, Genital Wart, Opportunistic Infection

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Hpv: cause genital warts (cauliflower like: asymptomatic, causes almost all cases of cervical cancer. Genital herpes: cause by herpes simplex virus (hsv) Hsv-2: genital herpes hsv-1: cold sores: bumps/blisters on gentials, no cure. Hiv spread by: intercourse, contaminated blood, contaminated needles, infected women to baby. The virus: hiv is retrovirus which reproduce on living cells (incorporate there genes, hiv invade tcells, important for fighting infections. Diagnosis: blood test detects antibodies use elisa, western blot. Treatment: no cure but azt has been used to stop replication of virus. Protease inhibitors: attack viral enzyme protease which is need for virus to make copies: patients usually take drug cocktail of protease inhibitors and azt haart combination. Preexposure prophylaxis: giving uninfected person antiretrovirals so they don"t become infect. Gonorrhea invades urethra cause inflame, mucus secret out of penis: women tend to be asymptomatic can infect the fallopian tubes (pid) Syphilis: if left untreated can damage nervous system/death.