CYAF 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Hormonal Contraception, Hair Removal, Condom
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Greater involvement in risky sexual behaviors (multiple partners, unprotected sex, etc. ) The pill does not decrease your risks for an sti, and might actually increase it because you become reliant on the pill, not a condom. Common lack of obvious symptoms in women, who then continue unprotected sexual activity. Fewer than half of those who should be screened are. Contact with items that touch the pubic areas (e. g. sheets, underclothes, etc. ) Rates declining, possibly due to habitat loss (increased hair removal) Contact with items containing mites (e. g. sheets, underclothes) Inflammation of the cervix or urethra, causing itching, burning with urination, spotting, lower abdominal pain. Infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and/or other abdominal structures. Develops in 40% of untreated cases, causing chronic pain, infertility. May get penile discharge, burning at urination, itching, swelling of testicles. Can cause epididymitis and nongonococcal urethritis- inflammation of urethra. Trachoma- chronic conjunctivitis; leading cause of preventable blindness.