PSYC 3533 Lecture 16: Chapter 8: Sexually Transmitted Infections - Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, HPV, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Trichomoniasis and Pubic Lice
9 Mar 2017
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Diagnosis: men: urine test, women: urine test and/or pelvic exam. Treatment: very curable, but does not respond to penicillin, very unlikely to clear up on its own, azithromycin or tetracycline antibiotics. If left untreated: males: urethral damage, infections of reproductive tract, eiter(cid:859)s syndrome, possible infertility, females: pelvic inflammatory disease (pid) considered the most preventable form of infertility, possible infertility due to scarring of fallopian tubes and/or uterine damage. Prevention: maybe vaccine coming within next decade, best tool is screening, to stop spread, largely because its asymptomatic, safer sex (condom use, abstinence. Gonorrhea: caused by neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium, became less prevalent in the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s due to invention of antibiotics, resurgence in 1970s. Likely due to more liberal views of sexuality and, Diagnosis: urine analysis for males and females, swabs of throat and/or rectum if suspected there, pelvic exam for females to rule out pid. Treatment: penicillin, tetracyclines or newer antibiotics for resistant strains.
