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PPL1OF | Leung Name: ______

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

Use page 200-201 in the textbook to answer the following questions.

1. What categories are STIs grouped under? Bacterial, Viral, Parasitic / Fungal

2. Give an example of an STI which can be acquired from contaminated bed sheets and clothing.

Pubic Lice + Crabs (also from toilets seats & towels

3. What is the most typical way STI are acquired?

Sexual contact (oral, anal, vaginal) between hetero/homosexuals

4. On what specific body tissue do STI organisms usually live?

Mucous membrane, penis, , rectum/anus, mouth, eyes

5. Why are STI symptoms more noticeable in males than females?

Male genitals are external. Some females don’t show symptoms.

6. There are 5 common STI symptoms. Categorize the STI listed in the chart according to the symptoms each most common exhibits (shows).

Genital Discharge Abdominal Pain Itching

Gonorrhea Pubic Lice/Crabs Trichomoniasis HIV/AIDS Chlamydia Chlamydia

Skin Changes Painful (sores, rashes, blisters, warts)

Gonorrhea Trichomoniasis HPV / Genital Warts

Chlamydia HSV / HIV/AIDS

Pubic Lice

PPL1OF | Leung Name: ______

7. List the STIs that cannot be cured.

HIV/AIDS, HSV (herpes), HPV (warts), Hep B

8. Which STIs have a vaccine?

Hep B

9. What two major changes in the urination pattern of a person having sex may indicate an STI?

Burning sensation and Frequent urination

10. Name 5 health problems that can result from contracting STIs.

1. Sterility 2. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) 3. Ectopic 4. Heart Disease 5. Blindness 6. Mental Illness 7. Death

11. Which STIs can be possibly be passed on from mother to child?

Bacterial and Viral (except HPV)

12. Give an example of the STI where the burrows under the skin of the infected person.

Scabies PPL1OF | Leung Name: ______

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

Description How It Is Transmitted Symptoms Treatment Bacterial Chlamydia • Unprotected sex* • Usually no symptoms • (various types; - Most common • Mother to infant at birth • Genital discharge or check with your doctor) bacterial STI • Can spread through hand to eye contact • Painful during urination and/or intercourse • Pain in testicles or abdomen Gonorrhea • Unprotected sex* • Often no symptoms (women) • Antibiotics prescribed by (“the clap”) • Mother to infant at birth • Genital discharge doctor (those diagnosed are - 2nd most common - yellowish-green from penis often treated for Chlamydia at bacterial STI • Vaginal bleeding the same time) - Most common in 15- • Painful during urination and/or 29 y/o intercourse • Pain in genitals or abdomen Syphilis • Unprotected sex* • Stage 1: small red bumps, • Antibiotics, but only if it is • Mother to infant at birth liquid in genital area (chancres) caught early • Direct contact with • Stage2: rash, flu-like • If not treated early, sores/kissing symptoms, hair loss, genital cannot repair damage already growths done Viral • Unprotected sex* • Usually no symptoms • There is no cure, but anti-virals (HSV, genital • Mother to infant at birth • Facial or genital sores, blisters and topical creams can relieve herpes) • Direct contact with facial or • Flu-like symptoms including symptoms gential sores (touching, kissing, achiness, fever, and swollen • In most cases, outbreaks skin to skin contact) glands become fewer and weaker • Pain during urination or over time inability to urinate Hepatitis B • Unprotected sex* • Close to half of those infected • Preventative vaccine - Affects liver • Sharing items such as needles, show no symptoms • There is no cure, but there are razors, eating utensils, or • Flu-like symptoms (abdominal treatments that can prevent toothbrushes pain, fatigue, decreased and in some cases, it • Mother to infant at birth appetite) disappears on its own • Darkened • Yellowed skin • Rash, Joint pain Human • Unprotected sex* or exchange • Often none (for a few years) • No cure, but medication may Immunodeficiency of fluids (blood/semen/vaginal • Rapid weight loss, fatigue, flu slow progress from HIV to AIDS Virus (HIV) and fluids/breast milk) symptoms (nausea, vomiting, Acquired Immune • Sharing needles etc) Deficiency Syndrome • Mother to infant at birth AIDS) - Weakens the immune system, body can’t find infections Human Papiloma • Unprotected sex* • Usually no symptoms • No cure Virus (HPV, genital • Skin to skin contact • Genital warts • Warts can be removed but the warts) • Some links to virus stays in the body • Itchiness, bleeding during intercourse PPL1OF | Leung Name: ______

Name How It Is Transmitted Symptoms Treatment Parasitic / Fungal Pubic Lice • Sexual contact • Itching or irritation around • Lice killed with special (“crabs”) • Contact with infected items genitals (or infested area) shampoo - Tiny crab-like insects (linens, towels, clothes) • Greyish coloured rash • Eggs must be removed by nest in pubic hair and shaving pubic hair or with a feed off blood fine-toothed comb • Clothing must be washed Scabies • Close contact (sexual and non- • Itchiness (especially at night) • Creams and lotions - Burrow under the skin sexual) • Reddish rash • Clothing must be washed and lay eggs • Clothing, towels, and bedding

Trichomoniasis • Unprotected sex* • and odour • Antibiotics (“trich”) • Sexual contact • Pain or itching (during urination) • Spotty bleeding, frequent urination *Unprotected sex includes all forms of intercourse (vaginal, oral, and anal) Information Adapted from Healthy Active Living 9 Text & Sexualityandu.ca