BB H 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abdominal Pain, Pseudoscience, Medicine
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Bbh 101 exam 4 sexual behavior: sexual contact, 45% intercourse by age 18, 88% by age 25. 15 million new cases each year (5% of pop), mostly chlamydia and gonorrhea (60%), people age 25 and younger at higher risk- nearly 2/3 of cases. Risk from multiple sexual partners and unprotected sex. Produces milky white secretions that may be painful. Trichomoniasis: caused by parasite and treated with antibiotics. Causes abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, irritation chlamydia: most common std. Parasite that can cause sterility in women if infects fallopian tubes, painful secretions. can come from semen or skin to skin contact which condom does not protect against. Syphilis: bacterial disease with several stages, painful lesions and sores. Can result in dementia, paralysis or death is spreads to. Herpes: viral disease with painful lesions and no cure. Can be treated by suppressing rate at which virus propagates.
