PSYC 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Ectopic Pregnancy, Genital Wart

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 5
• Professor: Tucker

Document Summary

Knowing about can help you avoid contracting them expensive therapies sterilization ectopic pregnancies (outside of uterus) much grief. Females are at 2x greater risk of harm from stis than males. More like to contract, more likely to become sterilized become of it. Ucsb student health center = friendly & supportive. Ucsb 8% of sexually active people report had stis in lifetime. The important stis/stds: chlamydia is not common at ucsb. Common in usa, 2. 9 million cases reported per year (usa) 2% of sexually active ucsb peoples have had it. Asymptomatic in 75% females, 50% of males. Can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) in female and ectopic pregnancies (later) or sterilization. Symptoms: itching or pain, burning in urination, discharge. Females are less likely to notice as quickly as males bc must check cervix. Complications in: males- prostatitis, epidiymitis sterility, females- cervicitis (cervix irritated), pid, sterility.