Chapter 12

Question 1

The most common bacterial STI in Canada and is transferred between partners from contact. It poses a high risk to newborns resulting in conjunctivitis and pneumonia.

Answer 1

chlamydia

Question 2

diseases that are mainly spread between people through sexual activity

Answer 2

sexually transmitted infections

Question 3

Which province or territory has the most STI transmition ?

Answer 3

Nunavut

Question 4

An STI that has few or no symptoms, but symptoms can occur as urethritis, cervicitis, and proctitis

Answer 4

chlamydia

Question 5

what does urethritis, cervicitis, proctitis, and epididymitis have in common?

Answer 5

all types of inflammation caused by chlamydia

Question 6

Who to diagnose chlamydia?

Answer 6

one lab test on urine, urethra, vagina, cervix, throat, or rectum and a second lab test three months later after a positive one.

Question 7

How do you treat chlamydia?

Answer 7

through antibiotics

Question 8

a bacteria that lives in mucous membranes and is transmitted through sexual contact. It can’t live outside the human body and often has no symptoms.

Answer 8

Gonorrhea

Question 9

What increases the likelyhood of contracting HIV?

Answer 9

having another STI

Question 10

an eye infection caused by mother infected by Gonorrhoea in the birth canal.

Answer 10

gonococcal conjuctivitis

Question 11

What art the symptoms of gonorrhea?

Answer 11

discomfort or pain when urinating, swollen lymph nodes, pain or bleeding during intercourse, blood or pus in feces.

Question 12

how to treat gonorrhea?

Answer 12

antibiotics

Question 13

what is one of the main challenges with treating gonorrhea?

Answer 13

increasing drug resistance

Question 14

a complication in women who have been infected with gonorrhea or chlamydia due to the bacteria entering oviducts, ovaries and the pelvic cavity which causes long-term fertility issues.

Answer 14

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 15

What increases risk for PID?

Answer 15

women under 25, having multiple sex partners, inconsistent use of condoms, medical history, douching, intrauterine devices, and smoking.

Question 16

Abdominal pain, fever, chills, nausea, and vomiting that becomes more intense at the start of a menstrual period are all symptoms for what?

Answer 16

PID

Question 17

A method of examine internal organs using a light through an abdominal incision

Answer 17

laparoscopy

Question 18

How is PID diagnosed?

Answer 18

based on symptoms, physical, ultrasound, lab tests and laparscopy

Question 19

How is PID treated?

Answer 19

antibiotics

Question 20

A disease caused by bacteria that is acquired through sexual contact, but can be transferred to fetuses. The pathogen passes through any break or opening in skin or mucous membranes.

Answer 20

syphilis

Question 21

when syphilis is pasted from mother to fetus

Answer 21

congenital syphilis

Question 22

An ulcer that appears where the syphilis bacteria entered the body that is highly contagious and is considered primary syphilis

Answer 22

chancre

Question 23

a stage of psychosis characterized by a skin rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, headaches, muscle aches and fatigue.

Answer 23

secondary syphilis

Question 24

Symptoms that appear 10 to 20 years after infection and cause dementia, cardiovascular damage, blindness, and death

Answer 24

late syphilis

Question 25

Syphilis that invades the nervous system

Answer 25

neurosyphilis

Question 26

syphilis that affects the eye and can lead to decreased vision or blindness

Answer 26

ocular syphilis

Question 27

How is syphilis diagnosed?

Answer 27

blood tests

Question 28

An infection that can cause other disease like warts, genital warts and genital cancers.

Answer 28

Human papilloma virus

Question 29

how to prevent HPV?

Answer 29

vaccines for certain variants and using condoms

Question 30

How is HPV diagnosed?

Answer 30

based on the appearance of the lesions, cancer screening.

Question 31

How is HPV treated?

Answer 31

there is no treatment to eradicate the infection, but warts can be removed by laser, freezing or burning

Question 32

a type of STI that you cannot get rid of for life that can lead to an infection of HIV, but it can be dormant in a person for years before the person even knows about.

Answer 32

genital herpes

Question 33

What is the difference between HSV 1 and HSV 2?

Answer 33

people with HSV 1 generally have less outbreaks and they are more likely to be on the mouth

Question 34

Lesions on the mouth, genitals, inner thighs or anal area are all symptoms of what STI?

Answer 34

Herpes

Question 35

How is herpes treated?

Answer 35

fluid from lesions can be sent to a lab for a test

Question 36

A STI that can later become AIDS in it's advance stages

Answer 36

Human immunodeficiency virus

Question 37

A STI that is the leading cause of death in Africa and large disparities in treatment

Answer 37

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 38

A chronic disease that damages the body's immune system and takes of the CD4 T cells to make a person vulnerable to other diseases

Answer 38

HIV infection

Question 39

What are the phases of HIV?

Answer 39

Primary infection: large amount of virus cause infection Latency phase: asymptomatic, but still harming the immune system

Question 40

What are the three ways to get HIV?

Answer 40

1. specific types of sexual contact 2. exposure to infected blood 3. contact during child birth

Question 41

Who is most likely to get HIV?

Answer 41

Male to male sexual contact and female heterosexual contact

Question 42

Which populations are more likely to get HIV?

Answer 42

Indigenous, Black Canadians, LGBTQ, Prison Inmates

Question 43

A form of gel, cream, sponge, or suppository that can function as a chemical condom to prevent HIV

Answer 43

microbicides

Question 44

What reduces risk of HIV transmutation?

Answer 44

consistent condom use, needle exchange programs, preventative medications, monogamous relationships

Question 45

Inflammation of the liver due to a virus from the blood, semen, saliva, urine, and vaginal secretions

Answer 45

Hepatitis B

Question 46

Which Hepatitis has vaccines?

Answer 46

HAV and HBV

Question 47

The cause of abnormal vaginal discharge that is not explicitly caused by sexual activity

Answer 47

Bacterial vaginosis

Question 48

Parasitic infections of pubic hair

Answer 48

public lice and scabies

Question 49

How to prevent STIs?

Answer 49

Education, get vaccinated, get tested, monitor for symptoms, inform partners, use prevention strategies