FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Non-Gonococcal Urethritis, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Hiv
7 Dec 2016
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World health organization estimates that at least 340 million people around the world are infected with stis each year. Human papillomavirus (hpv) and genital herpes are the most common in canada: physicians are not required to report cases of these stis, so there are no statistics. Bacteria cause a range of diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis and stis like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Although some viral stis are more common, chlamydia is the most common bacterial sti in. Up to 50% of men and 70% of women infected with chlamydia do not show any symptoms. People without symptoms may go untreated, and unknowingly pass their infections to someone else. 1 in women, an untreated case may pass to the reproductive system, leading to the pelvic. Inflammatory disease (pid) and scarring of the fallopian tubes, resulting in infertility. Antibiotics other than penicillin are highly effective in treating the infections.
