Health STDs

abstinence

avoiding sexual activity

cancer

consequence of some STDs

refusal skills

plan to counter peer pressure

STD

disease that spreads person to person through sexual activity

using alcohol

risk behavior for STDs

epidemic

diseases that many people in the same place or time are affected.

infertility

difficulty with conceiving a child

PID

caused by STDs that damages reproductive organs

symptoms

effects of diseases

genital warts

HPV caused

trichomoniasis

STD caused by protozoan

syphilis

STD that may cause cancer of the liver

cervical cancer

caused by HPV

syphilis STD

bacterial STD that progresses in stages

chlamydia

caused by PID

gonorrhea

can be treated with antibiotics

chancre

first sign of HIV

AIDS

attacks the immune system

opportunistic infection

a persons immune system is weakened

HIV

can be prevented with abstinence

HIV lives inside

cells and body fluids

HIV can be transmitted through

blood

T cells are

a part of the immune system

number of HIV viruses=

number of T cells decreased

a pregnant women can transmit HIV through

nursing

First stage of HIV

flu-like symptoms

asymptomatic

second stage of HIV

Western Blot

most common test for HIV in US

once AIDS develops it can attack the

brain cells

opportunist infection occur=

AIDS

EIA test

test that scans for HIV

pandemic

global outbreak of a disease

drug resistance

happens when people take medication wrong

HPV is

symptomatic