Psyc of Sexual Behavior Ch 15

UWSP PSYC 255 Final Exam

Syphilis

Consists of 3 stages

1) Chancre at infection site

2) Rash & fever

3) Widespread organ damage

Treated with a penicillin injection

Gonorrhea

Characterized by thick, cloudy discharge from the urethra, vagina, or anus which may be bloody for yellowish in color that can cause pelvic inflammatory disease

Infected people may be asymptomatic

Treated with oral antibiotics

Chlamydia

Characterized by thin discharge from the urethra, vagina, or anus that typically causes pain or irritation

Infected people may be asymptomatic

Treated with oral azithromycin

Herpes Simplex-2 (genital herpes)

Characterized by genital sores on the penis, labia, or vaginal walls that causes itching or tingling

Treated with topical ointment or oral tablets

Not curable

Genital Warts (HPV 6 or 11)

Characterized by painless genital or anal warts

Treated by destroying the warts by freezing, podophyllin application, laser treatment, or surgical removal

Precancerous HPV (HPV 16 & 18)

Characterized by asymptomatic flat lesions that are precancerous

Treated by destroying the abnormal cells by freezing

Prevented by vaccines that prevent initial infection

Hepatitis A

Characterized by jaundiced/yellowy skin, nausea, and flu-like symptoms that does not progress to chronic hepatitis

Treatments can only be administered to lessen symptoms, no cure

Prevented by vaccines

Hepatitis B

Characterized by jaundice/yellowy skin, fever/flu-like symptoms, and liver failure that goes on to become chronic hepatitis

Can only treat the symptoms with antivirals, no cure

HIV/AIDS

Characterized by flu-like symptoms, opportunistic infections, cancers, and wasting away

Bacterial Vaginosis

a natural alteration in the lactobacilli that excessively multiply, allowing harmful bacteria to grow

Urethritis

inflammation of the urethra that causes pain with urination and is often caused by chlamydia and mycoplasma

How do viruses cause infection?

They use host cells for virial take over, reproduction, and release

How does HIV progress to AIDS

HIV targets blood cells and lymph nodes and is officially AIDS when CD4 levels drop below 200

Ways to avoid contracting STIs

• abstinence

• careful choice of sex partners

• avoid risky sexual behaviors

• using condoms