SOC 152A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Ectopic Pregnancy, Genital Wart
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Even if there"s no disease symptoms are present. Knowing about stis can help you avoid contracting them. Expensive therapies, sterilization, ectopic pregnancies, and much grief. Females are at 2x greater risk of harm from stis than males. Ucsb student health center=friendly and supportive about difficult issues (pregnancies, stis, Ucsb: 8% of sexually active persons had a sti in lifetime. Cdc says: the std epidemic is getting worse in the us and in fact, is at its highest levels yet . The more cases of stds than ever before in the us. Chlamydia is not common at ucsb though it is common is usa: 2 million persons have chlamydia. 2% of sexually active ucsb people have had it. 4% of females less than 1% of males. Chlamydia can be asymptomatic (no symptoms) in 75% of females & 50% of males. Can cause pid (pelvic inflammatory disease) in females & ectopic pregnancies (later) and/or sterilization.
