FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Herpes Simplex Virus, Non-Gonococcal Urethritis, T Cell

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Notsure

Document Summary

However western culture has often discouraged frank discussions about sexual behaviour. Many worries about the implications of their infections for current and future relationships. Saskatchewan due to the higher rates among canada"s first nations): gonorrhoea is less common than chlamydia. 80s through 1997, then in 2008 it increased from 16. 1 to 38. 2 per 100,000 people: the number of syphilis cases is relatively small, rates decreased with the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s. In recent years it has been increasing, especially for men who have sex with men. Most of the increase has been die to localized outbreaks in vancouver, yukon, Transmission > through sexual intercourse (vaginal or anal), may cause an eye infection if the person touches his or her eyes after handling the genitals of an infected partner, oral sex can infect the throat. Symptoms > produces symptoms similar to gonorrhoea, but milder. In men: chlamydia can lead to non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu)-an in ammation of the urethra.