Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Darunavir, Pus, Silver Nitrate
28 Apr 2017
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Sti encompasses infections that ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s. Chlamydia (bacterial: most commonly reported sti in canada, 700/100000 people, adolescent girls have 5x the national rate. Long-term consequences: men or women with recurrent herpes may develop complications like meningitis or narrowing of the urethra caused by scarring, leading to difficulties with urination (does not affect majority) Increases risk of hiv infection (open blisters during an outbreak can make hiv easy to enter body: transfer from mother to infant during childbirth. Information on herpes, relaxation training, instruction in stress management, and instruction in an imagery technique in which the patient imagines that genitals are free of lesion and that he or she is highly resistant to the virus. Initial infection to development of antibodies to it over next 2-4 weeks: mild symptoms (fever, headache, sore throat, highly infectious. Chronic asymptomatic infection: virus is replicating but person should no symptoms. Swollen lymph glands and night sweats, not immediately life threatening.
