Question

1. What are the key risk factors for STI infections? What kinds of behaviors should one avoid to cut down on the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infections?

2. Identify 5 STI's and the following information:

What are their symptoms, how are they transmitted, long term effects, how are they treated.

3. What factors have led to decreasing rates of HIV/AIDS in the US? what are women more susceptible to HIS infection than men?

Answer 1

Q. No. 1. Answer :

Key risk factors for STI infections :

* Multiple partners,

* unsafe blood transfusion,

* previous sti infections,

* unprotected sex,

* sex with partner having sore on genital region,

* poor genital hygiene,

* poor general health,

* unhygienic practices by service providers during delivery, abortion, during IUCD insertion.

* female and male sex workers,

* urethral discharge and infected vaginal discharge. ect.

To cut down the risk of sti infection,

* Follow protected sex,

* Avoid multiple sex partners,

* safe blood transfusion,

* maintain good menstrual hygiene,

* avoid contact with infectious persons,

* avoid prostitution.

Q. No. 2. Answer :

STI s :

1. Syphilis : which is caused by troponema pallidum, it is a bacterial infection.

Treatment is penicillin, doxycyclin, erythromycin.

2. Gonorrhea : which is caused by Neisseria gonorrhea, it is a bacterial infection.

Treatment is inj. Ceftriaxone, tab. Azee, tab. Doxycycline.

3. Genital warts : caused by human papillomavirus,

Treatment includes lamivudine, entinavir, ect

4. AIDS : is causes by HIV virus.

Treatment includes zudovudine, lamivudine, adenavir ect.

5. Genital scabies : which is caused by sarcoptes scabies.

Treatment is benzyle benzoate.

Symptoms of all types of STI includes :

* genital ulcers,

* burning sensation while passing urine,

* discharges from Pennsylvania, and vagina,

* pain during sexual intercourse,

* spontaneous abortions,

* cervical cancer,

* opthalmia neonaturum due to gonorrhea.

* prematurity.

* scrotal swelling ect.

These all infections are transmitted through sexually contacted from one person to another, who is having infected.

Q. No. 3 :

Factors to reduce or decreases AIDS in US :

* education regarding complications of multiple sex partners,

* avoiding contact with infected person,

* use protected sex.

* having only one partner in life.

Health care infection society, the females are more susceptible to HIS infections because they are vulnerable group and less immune power and due to poor personal hygiene during menstruation and delivery.