Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Genital Wart, Genital Herpes, Cervical Cancer
13 Dec 2017
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Psych 2075 chapter 8 notes on sexually transmitted infections. Textbook notes: std refers to only infections causing symptoms whereas sti is more encompassing, referring to those which have no symptoms as well, those that are asymptomatic aka no symptoms. In early days people didn"t have access to active antiretroviral drug therapy and would usually die within a few months or years. If a person has hiv they do not necessarily have aids: part of world which has the most hiv : sub-saharan africa accounting for 71% of new. Immune system silently failing: treatment with azt, ddi and other drugs may begin, 4. In 1996 protease inhibitors that attack the viral enzyme protease which is necessary for. Hiv to make copies of itself and multiply. In male the gonococcus invades the urethra producing urethritis (inflammation of the urethra: white blood cells rush to the area and attempt to destroy the bacteria but bacteria always proliferates.
