SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS Flashcards
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STI can be acquired through
1.unprotected sex
2.skin-to-skin contact with the genital area
3.blood transfusion
4.during childbirth
Disease ( GONORRHEA )
Organism ( NEISSERIA GONORRHEA )
Disease ( CHANCROID )
Organism ( HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI )
Disease ( SYPHILIS )
Organism ( TREPONEMA PALLIDUM)
Disease ( Lymphogranuloma venereum)
Organism ( CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS )
BACTERIAL
1.GONORRHEA
2.CHANCROID
3.SYPHILIS
4.LYMPHOGRANULIMA VENEREUM
VIRAL
1.AIDS
2.GENITAL / PERIANAL HERPES
3.CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA
4. HEPATITIS
5. ZIKA FEVER
Disease ( AIDS )
Organism ( HIV )
Disease ( Genital/ Perianal Herpes )
Organism ( Herpes Simplex Virus )
Disease ( Condylomata Acuminata)
Organism ( Human Papillomavirus )
Disease ( Hepatitis )
Organism ( Hepatitis Viruses )
Disease ( Zika Fever )
Organism ( Zika Virus )
FUNGAL
Candida Albicans ( Vulvovaginal Candidiasis )
PROTOZOAL
Trichomonas Vaginalis ( Trichomoniasis )
PARASITIC
Phthirus pubis ( Pediculosis pubis )
PREVENTIONS AND CONTROL FOR STI
- Safe sex
- AVOIDING sharing of needles and razors
- Screening of blood donors
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS od STIs
- SKIN LESIONS
- DISCHARGE
Usually accompanied by dysuria , dyspareunia , and vulvar irritation
VAGINAL DISCHARGE
Thin, foamy, foul-smelling
TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS
Greenish, purulent
NEISSERIA GONORRHEA
Thick, cheesy exudates ( milk curd-like appearance)
CANDIDA ALBICANS
In males, any urethral discharge other than ejaculation is ABNORMAL
URETHRAL DISCHARGE
THIRD most common sexually transmitted duseases worldwide. It is a strict human pathogen. It is sensitive to oxygen. The organism cannot be grown in cell-free culture medium
SYPHILIS
A highly infectious stage with abundant organisms that can be isolated from the ulcer. The primary lesion is called chancre.
PRIMARY SYPHILIS