Interview: Wake County Health Department “Wake county’s HIV/STD community program offers a comprehensive continuum of care including prevention education, HIV/STD counseling and testing, and treatment and supportive services for people with HIV/AIDS” Services provided: 1. HIV/STD Education and outreach: a team works with individuals, groups, partner agencies and communities throughout Wake County. They provide HIV/STD prevention education. Prevention education according to the CDC are facts/information
widely spread throughout Americans because of unprotected sex, permiscuity, and multiple sex partners. Some of the most commonly found sexually transmitted diseases are gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV/AIDS, and syphilis. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are six hundred-fifty thousand new infections of gonorrhea in the United
most common types of STDs that I will be addressing are, HPV(human papillomavirus), chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, and HIV/AIDS. History STDs have been known to humans for centuries. Lack of knowledge and awareness lead to a widespread transmission of diseases with little or no treatments available. Syphilis and gonorrhea were the most known diseases during the medieval times in Europe. Syphilis was believed to be spread by soldiers who contracted the disease on the voyages led by Christopher
rising we can see that the programs are preventing more and more people from getting STDs but there not reversing the amount of people with the disease either. Pennsylvania spends about $25,537,9387 every year on STD programs every year. This includes HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and TB prevention, and most of it comes through the CDC. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is at the federal level and look not only at our country but other countries to try and stop or prevent the spread of disease
HIV attacks and weakens the immune system, which then cannot fight off bacteria, parasites, or cancer cells that are attacking the body. It takes anywhere from three to ten years for a person infected with the HIV virus to develop AIDS. A blood test is the best way to know if one is HIV positive (infected with the HIV virus). Symptoms of the HIV virus show up in the first few months; these include fever, chills, nausea
get pregnant normally, however that doesn't really mean you'll never have babies. Sexually transmitted diseases in pregnancy can hurt you and you're creating infant, contingent upon the kind of contamination. • HIV/AIDS: Thanks to the production of intense meds, transmission of HIV contamination to your baby is fundamentally diminished. Be that as
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. STDs, are also known as venereal diseases, is a term that refers to more than 50 diseases and syndromes which have been transmitted through the exchange of body fluids such as semen
that many people are unaware and can be spreading the disease without even knowing. Another common disease is gonorrhea which is caused from bacteria traveling from an infected person to another person through sexual contact. Gonorrhea can also be referred to as “the clap”. Gonorrhea has the highest rate of infected individuals and is the second most common among teenagers. Symptoms of gonorrhea and chlamydia are pretty much identical such as burning painful urination and strange discharge. According
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) The Basics Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also called sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are diseases and infections that are passed from person to person through sexual contact. HIV is an STD. There are more than 25 other STDs that are mainly spread by sexual contact such as vaginal, anal, and oral sex. The US has the highest rate of STDs in the developed world. In the US, about 19 million new infections occur each year. Teenage girls and young
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS ➢ The major function of the reproductive system is to make sure that the human species survives. ➢ It is not necessary for every human being to produce children, but in order to continue our human species, at least some people have to have children. ➢ The four main functions of the human reproductive system are: • To produce egg and sperm cells, • To transport and sustain these cells, • To nurture the developing offspring