Essay On Sexually Transmitted Infection

I chose do my biology report on Sexually Transmitted Diseases because STDs are becoming a concern for Americans and especially American teens. There are two kinds of STDs, viral and bacterial. Viral Studs are incurable; the most common viral Studs are HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, herpes, and HPV. Bacterial STDs are curable. The most common bacterial STDs are gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis.

The challenges that this population faces are directly related to psychosocial, physiological, economic and behavioral factors. Challenges such as these can cause serious obstacles for the prevention of STDs due to their influence on access to care, willingness to seek treatment, and social behaviors regarding sexuality. Often older adults are looked at as

    What are Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's)? How much do you know about STD's? Do you know how to protect yourself from STD's? The answer to these questions is that most people don't know, and if they do, it's very little. Sex has become a big issue in the 90's. Wherever a person looks, sex is advertised. What do you see when you turn on the television, daytime or night? Sex. What do you see when you go to the movies? Sex. In magazines? Sex. Even advertisements in the street revolve around sex. The one thing that is not emphasized is the dangers of sex. The danger of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. I'm sure that people know that AIDS is the most dangerous STD right now, but there are

Sexually transmitted infections are a very current, modern day health care issue. These infections are passed during unprotected genital, anal or oral sex. There are sometimes symptoms of the various infections however there are some infections that can also be symptom free and therefore can go undetected for quite some time. Young people in the UK typically aged 15-24 have the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections. There is a link between this age group and those living in socioeconomically deprived areas, suggesting these particular regions need better and easier access to healthcare services in order to detect, treat and avoid further spreading and damage caused by the infections. Raising awareness of the causes of each infection and symptoms is vital. The most common types of infections are: Chlamydia, Genital herpes and warts, gonorrhea,

Over one million cases of Chlamydia were reported to the CDC in 2013. Despite this large number of reports it actually was a decrease by 1.5% since 2012 (CDC, 2014). Epidemiology statistics showed an increase in reported syphilis, including congenital. Other sexually transmitted diseases can pose higher risks for acquiring HIV. According to new studies, HIV is growing faster in populations that are over 50 versus 40 years and younger (BenRose, 2014). Factors may play a role in this such as higher divorce rates, new medications, and safe sex measures. Therefore, it is important for the healthcare provider screen for sexual activity and any change in sexual partners to provide routine testing when necessary and education on preventive

Wysocki, 2015 estimated that half of all people in the United States will have contracted a sexually transmitted disease in their lifetime. Numerous young women under age 25 haven’t been screened and are asymptotic. Infections impact individuals of all economic levels and backgrounds. Three sexually transmitted diseases are required to be reported by physicians to public health officials. These three are syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. African American and Latinos have barriers which increase rates of sexually transmitted diseases (Sutton, 2012).

In order to assess the degree to which STI was associated with multiple demographic, sexual and behavioural variables, Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated. Chi-square analyses were conducted during

Over 15 million STD’s are contracted in the U.S. each year (Koumans et al., 2005). Over one one-fifth of these cases involve two of the most commonly known STDs: chlamydia and gonorrhea (Koumans et al., 2005) Unfortunately, most of the individuals who get infected with these diseases fall into the age range of 15-24 years old (Koumans et al., 2005). According to Wyatt & Oswalt (2014), almost half of all STD’s contracted each year are by young people ages 15-24 years old. Moreover, the data shows that, “45% of herpes infections, 70% of gonorrhea infections, 63% of chlamydia infections, and 49% of HPV infections occur among youth between the ages of 15-24 years” (Wyatt & Oswalt, 2014). Given that many college students are between the ages of 18-24 years, it is important that schools focus on educating students about the risk of

The possibility of sexually transmitted diseases and infections poses a huge risk to all those who are sexually active. Without proper diagnosis and treatment, STDs and STIs such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV/Aids, and HPV may leave permanent damage to one’s body and increase the likeliness of cervical cancer, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and more. Planned Parenthood offers extensive testing for patients upon every visit to decrease the spread and damage of any and all diseases. According to Sonfield’s research, “Nearly half of female family planning clients receive chlamydia and gonorrhea tests, and 19% receive an HIV test… Without access to these services, in 2010, an estimated 3.6 million women and men would have forgone chlamydia or gonorrhea testing, which would have resulted in tens of thousands of undetected and untreated STIs. By reducing transmission to partners, these testing services helped prevent an estimated 99,000 chlamydia infections, 16,000 gonorrhea infections and 410 HIV infections that year” (Sonfield). The great amount of transferable diseases requires the counteractive services of Planned Parenthood to provide treatment and prevent the further spread of disease. Patients are offered and encouraged to receive testing to maintain sexual health. In the event of an issue, full treatment options are presented at low or no cost and

Starting from December of 2014, the Indiana State Department of Health began documenting an alarming high number of new and suspected cases of HIV in Scott County. At the end of April 2015, the number of newly confirmed HIV infections had raised risen to epidemic proportions from 30, in late 2014, to 135. Of the 135 people found to be HIV positive, 114 (84.4%) were co-infected with HCV. The average age was 35 years and just over half were male (54.8%). Those mostly affected people were white. The health officials report indicated that no infants were tested positive, although a small number of pregnant women had. Ten women in the cluster were identified as sex workers. Each affected person typically reported nine other individuals he or she had shared needles with, had sexual contact with, or knew might be at risk for HIV (Indiana State Department of Health, 2016).

Preventive health is a program that provides services to the public for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as well as family planning services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases statistics and data for STDs annually, and the past three years all have shown increases in STDs. Nurses in the Preventive Health program, practice in an expanded role for nurses which requires extensive training. Syphilis is one of the more complicated issues that a Preventive Health Registered Nurse (PHRN) encounters in the clinic, and it is unfortunate that there is such a high prevalence of syphilis and other STDs in the United States. There is a continuous need to train these nurses for identifying, staging and

Most people have heard of the STD (sexual transmitted disease) chlamydia because it is one of the most common. As stated on Center for Disease Control and Prevention chlamydia is the most common among females, but males can be infected as well. Even the symptoms can go unnoticed, but chlamydia can be cured. Even though it can be cured chlamydia can but cause serious damage to a woman’s reproductive organs.

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is the most common bacterial infection in Canada. CT can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, with transmission also occurring in both MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) and WSW (Women who have Sex with Women) populations. In 2010 the rate of CT infections in Canada was 277.9 per 100,000, a 72% increase from 2001.5 It has been suggested that this steady rise in prevalence cannot be attributed to promiscuity alone but rather the availability of highly sensitive diagnostic tests and better partner notification may also contribute to this rising prevalence. In 2010, Canadian youth faced a disproportionately high burden of infection with the 15-24 age-group accounting for 62.8% of all reported cases.5 Gender, ethnic and regional disparities exist in patterns of CT infection and in 2010 the observed rate of infection for females aged 20-24 was 2005.5 per 100,000, nearly 10 times higher than the national average and nearly twice that of males in the same age category.5 It is important to note that this gender discrepancy may be due to lower screening rates in males. Geographically the highest rates are situated in

The Tri-city Clinic in Fremont, California designed a Chlamydia project in order to provide Chlamydia health education and prevention tips to adolescents within the community. Apart from providing chlamydia health education, the main project objectives were to motivate and promote regular chlamydia screenings as well as to provide affordable and accessible screenings and treatments (Kropac, Muley, & Smith, 2017).

Sexually transmitted diseases are known as STDs or STIs, which stands for sexually transmitted infections. STDs and STIs are infectious diseases that spread from person to person through intimate contact. STDs affect guys and girls of all ages and backgrounds who are having sex, including oral and anal sex, and having skin to skin contact with an infected area or sore. Common STDs include Genital Herpes, Genital Warts, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A, B, and C.