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Who is at increased risk of contracting STIs? (10)

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  • People who haveSexual contact with person(s) with known STD
  • Youth under 25 with multiple partners
  • Street involvement (homeless)
  • Intercourse with new partner in the last 2 months
  • More than 2 sexual partners in previous 12 months
  • People who don’t use contraception
  • Injection drug users
  • MSM
  • Commercial sex workers
  • Immigrants from STD endemic countries
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What are 6 common presentations of common STDs?

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  • lumps and bumps
  • Discharge and burning
  • Blisters and ulcers
  • Rashes
  • Itching
  • Pain during sex
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What are three infectious causes of lumps and bumps?

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  • Warts
  • Herpes
  • Molluscum
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What are three non-infectious causes of lumps and bumps?

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  • Pearly penile papules
  • Seborrheic keratoses
  • Moles
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What STI is caused by a pox virus? What is treatment?

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Mollescum contagiosum

Not necessarily a STI and will resolve on their own. Liquid nitrogen can be used to remove warts.

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What causes genital warts?

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HPV

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What is the most common STD?

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Human papillomavirus (10-30% of human adult population infected)

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How does HPV infect you?

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It gets into epidermis and sits in the stratum basale.

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What are the two low-risk HPV types?

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6 and 11

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What are the four high-risk HPV types?

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16, 35, 18 and 45

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What is exophytic HPV?

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Where genital warts are large, crystalline and rampant

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Is it possible to get HPV in another place besides the genitals?

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Yes, oral HPV and respiratory papillomatosis

More common in men than in women

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Does HPV ever clear on its own?

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Sometimes, there is no guaranteed cure.

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What is a common test for HPV?

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PAP smears

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What types of HPV cause cervical cancer?

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16 and 18

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What are 4 clinical treatments for genital warts?

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  • Podophyllin resin
  • Cryotherapy
  • Trichloroacetic acid
  • Excusuibak treatments
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What are two patient applied treatments for genital warts?

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  • Podofilox

- Imiquimod

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What types of HPV does the vaccine protect against?

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16/18 and 6/11

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What are two common causes of urethritis (discharge from urethra)?

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  • Gonorrhea

- Chlamydia

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What are 5 common causes of vaginitis/cervicitis (discharge)?

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  • Gonorrhea
  • Chlamydia
  • Bacterial vaginosis
  • Trichomonas
  • Candida (yeast)
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What are six non-infectious causes of discharge?

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  • Excessive physiologic secretions
  • Allergic reaction
  • Skin conditions
  • Foreign body
  • Trauma
  • Lack of proper vaginal lubrication during intercourse
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What is bacterial vaginosis?

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Not an STI. Due to alteration of the normal vagina flora

  • Increase in pH
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Fishy odour
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What is a method of detecting bacterial vaginosis?

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pH, microscope smear, KOH whiff test

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What are the symptoms of trichomonas vaginalis?

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50% is asymptomatic

There may be profuse gray/yellow discharge

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What is the bacterial cause of gonorrhea (the clap)?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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What is the cause and consequences of chlamydia?
Intracellular bacteria Most cases are asymptomatic but there can be long term carriage and it can lead to PID, infertility and ectopic pregnancies
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How does chlamydia and gonorrhea present?
Urethritis and cervicitis
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Besides at the urethra and cervix, where else can gonorrhea present?
- Throat - Rectum - Eye - Disseminated infection (raised lumps around body)
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What is the principle cause of chlamydia transmission?
Fecal matter. In 3rd world countries this can be from swarming flies
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What is conjunctivitis and how is it caused by an STI?
DIscharge from the eye, which may cause blindness. Can be caused from a chlamydial infection. Particularly in 3rd world countries where sanitation is poor and flying insects can spread it
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Who should get routine screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea? (3)
- Sexually active women under 25 - Pregnant women with a new sexual partner in 3rd trimester - MSM should get throat and rectal screening
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How is chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnosed?
- Urine sample from men | - Vaginal swab for women
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What is a problem facing gonorrhea/chlamydia treatment?
The bacteria that causes it is getting resistant to the only oral option
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What is a problem facing gonorrhea/chlamydia treatment?
The bacteria that causes it is getting resistant to the only oral option
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What are three causes of blisters and ulcers?
- Herpes simplex virus - Syphilis - Chancroid
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What are three causes of blisters and ulcers?
- Herpes simplex virus - Syphilis - Chancroid
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What is 'the great pox?'
Syphilis Caused by spirochete bacteria
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What is 'the great pox?'
Syphilis Caused by spirochete bacteria
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What are the four stages of syphilis?
- Primary localized stage (chancre) - Secondary disseminated stage (rash) - Latent stage - Tertiary syphilis (can cause paresis of the insane)
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What are the four stages of syphilis?
- Primary localized stage (chancre) - Secondary disseminated stage (rash) - Latent stage - Tertiary syphilis (can cause paresis of the insane)
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What are three high risk activities for syphilis transmission?
- Anonymous sex - Oral sex - Rimming
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What are three high risk activities for syphilis transmission?
- Anonymous sex - Oral sex - Rimming
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What is the diagnosis for syphilis called?
Serology
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What is the diagnosis for syphilis called?
Serology
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What type of HSV has highest recurrence?
HSV 2
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What type of HSV has highest recurrence?
HSV 2
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Genital infections can be caused by what types of HSV?
HSV 1 and HSV 2
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Genital infections can be caused by what types of HSV?
HSV 1 and HSV 2
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What are three stages of a herpes outbreak?
- Vesicles - Ulcer formation (painful!) - Crust/healing
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What are three stages of a herpes outbreak?
- Vesicles - Ulcer formation (painful!) - Crust/healing
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How is herpes most often transmitted?
Asymptomatic shedding
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How is herpes most often transmitted?
Asymptomatic shedding
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How is herpes diagnosed?
- Serology - PCR - Direct examination
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How is herpes diagnosed?
- Serology - PCR - Direct examination
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What are three causes of genital itching?
- Vulvovaginitis - Scabies - Crabs
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What are three causes of genital itching?
- Vulvovaginitis - Scabies - Crabs
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Why is the term STD no longer used?
STDs refer only to infections causing symptoms
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How does chlamydia make a women infertile?
It is asymptomatic so can progress subtly, causes scarring of the fallopian tubes from pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
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Is it possible for a mom to transmit herpes to her baby during birth?
Yes
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What is vaginitis?
An irritation or inflammation of the vagina, usually causing a discharge
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What is Monilla?
A form of vaginitis causing a thick, which discharge, also called candida or yeast infection
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What is cystitis?
An infection of the urinary bladder in women, causing painful burning urination
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What is prostatitis?
An infection, inflammation or swelling of the prostate gland

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