sexually transmitted infections

STI’s

• infections passed ontrhough direct body contact or exchange of bodily fluid usaully with genetials

• mostly asymptomatic (no early on symtpoms)

• mostly dont have a vaccine

passed on via:

• virusus

• bacteria

• fungi

• parasites

early detection

blood tests

• antibody immunessays = detect prescence of an anitbody to detect prescence and quantity of an infectious organism

cervial screening

• tests for cerivical cancer and genetial warts

chlamydia

• most coomon STI in Australia

• caused by bacteria chlamydia trachomatosis

can be passed on:

• through vaginal and anal sex with infected person

• a mother can pass it on to her foetus

• 70% chance of passing unto neonatal and causing complications

symptoms can be asymptomatic

male symptoms:

• utrithritis (inflmation of uthera) = yellow discahrge and burning sensation when urinating and ejaculating

• epididmitis (inflammtion of epididymis) = pain and if both are infected can cause infertilitity

female symtpoms:

• mostly asymptomatic

• infertility, artheritis, ear infection

• pelvis inflammatory diease = blockage at uterine tubes

treatment = antibiotics

gorrnorhoea

• infection of the mucous membranes of the excretory and reprodcutive system

• bacteria = nisseria gorrnorhoea

transfered via

• vaginal, anal or oral sex (exchange of bodily fluids) with infected person

• passed of from mother to feotus during childbirth causing baby to have accute eye infections leading to blindness

symptoms = incubation period of 2-10 days

male symptoms

• uterthritis

• infection can spread into testes causing infertility and joints causing artheritis

female symptoms

• burning sensation when urinating

• pus produced by mucous membranes of cervix and vagina

• infertility

treatment

• antibiotics

• 2 strains of bacteria are ressitant to all antibiotics

sphyllius

• known as the pox

• bacteria is called tropnena pallidum

transfer

• vaginal, oral, anal sex with infected

• mother to baby through placenta or childbirth causing serious issues for baby

symptoms

• primary = small sores (chrancres) from 10 days to 10 weeks healing after 3-8 weeks

• secondary = rash, sore mouth and throat from a couple of weeks to 1 year and heals after 2 years

• tertiary = sphylitic heart disease, insanity, blindess, weakened blood vessels from 5-40 years after

treatment

• antibiotics for early stages

• surgerys for late stages

genetial herpes

• common STI in Australia

virus

• herpes simplex virus

• HPV 1 = cold sores on mouth

• HPV 2 = painful blister on genetial organs

transfered

• oral, anal, vaginal sex with infected or direct contact

• transffered from mother to foetus during childbirth casing serious issues

symptoms

• flu-like symptoms

• rash

• painful blisters on penis, labia an vagina

treatment

• no cure = once infected, it doesnt ago away and reoccuring episode will happen

• medication can be taken to help with pain

• saline dressing can help clean blisters

genetil warts

• bacteria = human papallopianmavirus

• transferred = vaginal,anal oral sex and mother to fetus during childbirth

• symptoms = genetial warts on penis, vagina, labia and occasionally anus and throat

treatment

• no treatment but creams can be used to cure warts

• vaccina taken in Australia for this between 9-25 reducing chance of being infected by 90%

cervical screening test

• test for human pappliomavirus leading to cell change in cervix and cuasing almost al cervical caners

• test done every 5 years to check for any abnromal cells before it is cancerous

• self-collected of long swab up the vagina and rotated in the uterus for 10-30 seconds

• speculum put into vagina to see cervix and take swap

• sample is then collected into a tube and taken to the lap to be analysed

human immunodefficney virus

• HIV leads to aquired immune defficny syndrome (AIDS) weaking the immune system and destroys T-lymphocyte

• bacteria - human immunodeficiency virus

transfered

• sharing needles

• unproctedcted sex

• to foetus during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding

diagnostic = tests can be run to check for prescence of HIV antibody

stages

• acute = flu like symtpoms for 2-3 weeks

• chornic = aymspotmatic for 10 or more years

• AIDS = immune system has been completly wekaned meaning it cant proctect itself from infections and remove cancerous cells

treatment

• no cure or vaccine

• use of retrioval drugs to supress progression

trichiomonias

• inflammation of the muscous membranes of the vagina and urthra

• causitve agent = trichomonasis vaginalis

• transferred through vaginal intercourse

symtomps in males

• asymptomatic

• uthreitis

symptoms in females

• itchiness of vagina

• inflammation of vagina and vaginal discahrge

treatment = antibiotic

pubic lice and scabies

• infectious disease of mucous membranes of excretory and reprodcutive systems

causitive agent

• pthrisise pubice (pubic lice)

• scartobes scabie (scabies)

transferred through vaginal intercourse

symtomps

• itchiness of genetial organs due to allergic reactions for aagents

treatments

• lotion applied to skin

prevention of STI’s

• contraceptive

• limiting sexual partners

• getting tested