STD'S

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (soa)

Planning for today

• Talk about STD's
• Misconceptions
• Kahoot (if time)

What are STD's?

• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections spread from person to person during sex (vaginal, oral, or anal) or close intimate contact. 

• STDs are also called sexually transmitted infections, or STIs.
  

• SOA (seksueel overdraagbare aandoening

• Main age group infected by std's are 15-24
  

• Most of the time you can't see if somebody has a STD

• Only STD's caused by a bacteria can be treated with medicine. Viral STD's can not.

Questions to answer:

1. Is it bacterial or viral?

2. What exactly is it?

3. What are symptoms?

4. Are the symptoms obvious?

5. Is there a treatment?

6. What are the steps to take when you think you have a std?

1. Chlamydia

2. Hepatitis B

3. Hiv en Aids

4. Gonorrhea

5. Genital warts

6. Genital herpes

Chlamydia

* common, curable STD

*Symptoms:

-discharge from the vagina, penis, or anus

-pain in the lower belly

-fever

-pain when peeing

(often no symptoms)

* What to do about it?

Take the antibiotics exactly as prescribed

*Can cause infertility if not treated!

Genital herpes

*Most people have no symptoms, some get outbreaks (see picture)

* Caused by 2 viruses 

* Caused by vaginal, anal or oral sex

*Will never fully go away, medicine can control the outbreaks. 

Genital warts

*Even if there are no warts, HPV might still be active in the genital area and can spread to others

* Caused by vaginal, anal or oral sex

*medicines put on or into the warts

lasers, 

cold, or heat put on the warts,

surgery

Gonorrhea

*Even if there are no warts, HPV might still be active in the genital area and can spread to others

*discharge from the vagina, penis, or anus 

in men, pain in testicles

in women, vaginal bleeding between periods

pain in the lower belly

pain when peeing

rectal pain, especially when having a bowel movement (pooping)

*medicines put on or into the warts

lasers, 

cold, or heat put on the warts,

surgery

HIV and AIDS

*HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system.

*Most people who are diagnosed early and take medicines for HIV can live long.

*In AIDS, the immune system is severely weakened. 

HIV also can pass from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.

Hepatitis B

* Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)

* sex, sharing needles for drugs, mother to baby

*No treatment, mostly away within six months. if not, chronic hepatitis

What to do when you think you have a std?

•  Get tested! Go to the GP or a STD clinic

• Contact your sexual partners of the last 2 months

• Have safe sex (condom) till you have the results!

• If you have a bacterial std, finish the whole treatment!

Misconceptions

There are many misconceptions about STD's

Go online and try to find as many misconceptions

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