STIs

Question 1

What causes gonorrhoea ?

Answer 1

N. gonorrhoea

N.meningitidis

Question 2

What is the most common bacterial STI?

Answer 2

Gonorrhoea

Question 3

What are the symptoms of gonorrhoea?

Answer 3

Urethral discharge 
pain on urination 
burning sensation
60% women are asymptomatic 
dysuria
inflammation of the epipdidymis

Question 4

Treatment for gonorrhoea?

Answer 4

Beta lactams - cephalosporins, pencillin.

Question 5

What drug increases resistance?

Answer 5

Fluroroquinolones e.g. ciproflaxcin

Question 6

What complications can exist?

Answer 6

Misscarriage
foetal abnormalities
fitz hugh Curtis syndrome

Question 7

What is non gonooccal urethritis caused by?

Main one.

Answer 7

chlamydia trachmatis
others include
ureplasma urelytic, haemophilis vaginialis, mycoplasma genitalium Herpes simples, adenovirus

Question 8

What are the symptoms?

Answer 8

white cloudy discharge
inflammation of the urethra 
dyuria
burning sensation 
itching
pain on urination 

Reiter syndrome

Question 9

What other things can be seen e.g. tests?

Answer 9

white blood cells increase

sterile pyuria

Question 10

treatment for it?

Answer 10

Doxacycline

or macrolides- erythmyocin, azithromycin

Question 11

Men or women more common?

Answer 11

women

Question 12

What is most common STI in young people? What type of MO is it?

Answer 12

chlamydia

virus

Question 13

What are the causes of chlamydia?

Answer 13

Chlamydia trachomatis D-K types

Question 14

What are the symptoms?

Answer 14

cervitis, urethritis, dysuria, asymptomatic in many, frequency -dysuria syndrome,
REACTIVE ATHRITIS

Question 15

What is the treatment?

Answer 15

In paeds-erythromycin

in adults- azithromycin and doxycycline

Question 16

Complications?

Answer 16

blindness in neonates , premature birth

Question 17

what causes syphilis?

Answer 17

Spirochete

treponema pallidum

Question 18

Symptoms?

Answer 18

Rash
condylomata lata
fever, chills, malaise, headache,, weight loss
Jarish Herxheimer reaction

Question 19

Treatment?

Answer 19

Pencillin, amoxcillin

Question 20

What is trichomniasis caused by?

Answer 20

trichomniasis vaginalis

Question 21

Name a key feature about it.

Answer 21

It dies in water.

Question 22

Symptoms?

Answer 22

yellow-green Frothy, SMELLY (foul) discharge, many present asymptomatically initially, cervicitis, vaginitis, burning on and itch on penis,pain

Question 23

Treattment?

Answer 23

metronizole.

Question 24

What causes bacterial vaginosis?

Answer 24

Gardnerella vaginalis.

Question 25

What are the syptoms?

Answer 25

Watery discharge burning sensation mitch gray white fishy smell dischardge

Question 26

treatment?

Answer 26

metrionazole and amoxicillin | topical clindamycin

Question 27

what causes thrush?

Answer 27

candida albicans.

Question 28

What type of fungi is it?

Answer 28

dimorphic

Question 29

What are the symptoms of thrush?

Answer 29

thick rash, plaque, itchy, lesions, discharged, irritating vulvual, vaginal, penile erythemas

Question 30

Topical treatment?

Answer 30

clotrimazole, flucozaole | canesten (is counter name for the clotriamzole one)

Question 31

What does HIV stand for?

Answer 31

Human immunodeficiency virus.

Question 32

What tye of vrrus is HIV?

Answer 32

retrovirus.

Question 33

How can HIV be prevented from spread?

Answer 33

Protected sex | avoiding body fluid exchange e.g. sharing needles

Question 34

When can HIV be transmitted from mother to baby?

Answer 34

During delivery

Question 35

What ae the symptoms?

Answer 35

``` Pneocyitis jirovecii pulmonary TB oral candidiasis -persistent 0chronic diaarrhoea fever acute retroviral syndrome ```

Question 36

what does acute retroviral syndrome consist of?

Answer 36

fever, rash, lymphodepathy, pharyngitis

Question 37

Treatment?

Answer 37

HAART PI - ritonavir, (end in navirs) NRTIs- zidovudine, lamivudine