BASIC FACTS ABOUT STD’s - Green Local Schools



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|DISEASE |CAUSE |SYMPTOMS |TREATMENT |COMPLICATIONS |

| |Bacteria |Pain, burning |Oral |Scaring of reproductive organs; |

| | |During urination; genital |Antibiotics |sterility; infections of fetus in |

|CHLAMYDIA | |reddening/discomfort; | |pregnant women |

| | |discharge | | |

| |Bacteria |Discharge swollen lymph nodes in groin;|Antibiotics, although some |Sterility; permanent damage to joints,|

| | |burning during urination; abnormal |strains are drug resistant |heart, and other organs; infection to |

|GONORRHEA | |menstrual cycles | |fetus in pregnant women |

| |Virus |Most Common STI, affects both |Government approved vaccine |80% of women have it without even |

| | |male/female. Bump or group of bumps in|for teens |knowing. Can cause genital warts, |

|HPV | |genital area, and sometimes none. | |cervical cancer, and more |

| |Virus |Painful, itchy blisters in genital |No cure; medications to |Cervical cancer in females; brain |

| | |area; discharge; fever; burning during |relieve symptoms |damage or death in infants of infected|

|GENITAL | |urination | |mothers |

|HERPES (HSV2) | | | | |

| |Bacteria |Reddish sores in genital area; body |Antibiotics, usually |Damage to heart, blood vessels, liver,|

| | |rash; flu-like symptoms |penicillin |kidneys, nervous system; blindness; |

|SYPHILIS | | | |insanity; death |

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|DISEASE |CAUSE |SYMPTOMS |TREATMENT |COMPLICATIONS |

| |Protozoa |Yellowish discharge with strong |Antibiotics |Infections of the bladder and urethra |

| | |odor; itching (females); males may | | |

| | |have slight or no symptoms | | |

|TRICHOMONIASIS | | | | |

| |Bacteria |Abdominal pain, painful urination, |Antibiotics, surgery |10 -15% become infertile and Ectopic |

| | |high fever, nausea and vomiting, |(hysterectomy) |pregnancy. Damage to fallopian tubes |

|PELVIC IMFLAMMATORY DISEASE |Chlamy. And Gonn.|yellow or green discharge with | |and cervix, infertility |

| |Can cause.. |unusual odor | | |

| |Virus |Lack of energy, fever, weight loss,|Working on 2 different |Progresses to AIDS, Immune system |

|HIV/AIDS | |flu like symptoms, short term |vaccines. Treatment differs |shuts down, Death |

| | |memory loss, and mouth, genital, |based on individual | |

| | |and anal sores from herpes | | |

| |Parasitic insect |Itching |Over the counter and |Spreads easily |

| | | |prescription shampoo’s and | |

|CRABS | | |detergents | |

| |Tiny animals |Rash; itching where mites have |Insecticide cream; washing |Scratching can cause bacterial |

| |called mites |burrowed under the skin |bed linens and cloths |infections |

|SCABIES | | | | |

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