Community Presentation week 5 PP.pptx - STI SEXUALLY...

STI
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
TERESA KANTOR, RN
12-21-19

WHAT ARE
EXAMPLES OF STI?
CHLAMYDIA GENTIAL
HERPES
GONORRHEA
SYPHILUS
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)

CHLAMYDIA IS A COMMON STD THAT CAN INFECT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
IT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS, PERMANENT DAMAGE TO A WOMAN'S
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. THIS CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR
HER TO GET PREGNANT LATER ON. CHLAMYDIA CAN ALSO CAUSE A
POTENTIALLY FATAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY (PREGNANCY THAT OCCURS
OUTSIDE THE WOMB).
Symptoms in Men: Burning and itching at the tip
of the penis, discharge, painful urination.
Symptoms in Women: Vaginal itching, discharge
that may have an odor, pain during sex, painful
urination .

GONORRHEA IS AN INFECTION CAUSED BY A SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED BACTERIUM THAT INFECTS BOTH MALES AND
FEMALES. GONORRHEA MOST OFTEN AFFECTS THE URETHRA,
RECTUM OR THROAT. IN FEMALES, GONORRHEA CAN ALSO
INFECT THE CERVIX. GONORRHEA IS MOST COMMONLY SPREAD
DURING VAGINAL, ORAL OR ANAL SEX.
In Men: Discharge from the penis, swollen
testicles.