Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Chancre, Trichomoniasis, Condom
8 Dec 2012
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Std refer to infections that cause symptoms. Ages 15-24 most common: human papillomavirus, trichomoniasis and chlamydia ; people hiv get at these ages. Information in chapter from public health agency of canada. Cause bacteria vs. virus vs. other organisms chlamydia: an organism causing a sexually transmitted infection; the symptoms in men are a thin clear discharge and mild pain on urination; women are frequently/75% asymptomatic (no symptoms) Most common bacterial sti in canada symptoms. Men appear 7 21 days after infect. Test by urine sample or cervix cells sample. Curable : azithromycin or one of tetracycline not penicillin. Untreated: urethral damage, infection of epididymis (a highly convoluted/folded duct behind the testis, along which sperm passes to the vas deferens. ), reiter"s syndrome (a medical condition typically affecting young men, characterized by arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis, and caused by an unknown pathogen, possibly a chlamydia. Prevent by screening, in screening asymptomatic carriers identified, treated, cured.
