Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Causes, Complications, Treatment, and Radiographic Appearance Pelvic inflammatory disease, commonly known as PID, is an infection of the female reproductive organs. Causes for PID include a number of bacteria; most of the time PID is caused by bacteria from gonorrhea and chlamydia (nlm). Gonorrhea and chlamydia are two bacteria that are among the most common sexually transmitted infections. Sexually transmitted infections are commonly transferred from one person
Untreated infections typically lead to pelvic inflammatory disease which can produce infertility, an ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain (CDC, 2017). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention conduct a Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance which monitors and records the occurrence of sexually transmitted infections. According to their most recent data from 2014, rates of reported
must go through to get pregnant. When there are issues in these stages, infertility is diagnosed and examined by a doctor therefore, making it hard to conceive a baby naturally. Throughout this paper, I will explain three common causes of infertility in females like endometriosis, sexual transmitted diseases, and poor nutrition. In the story The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood, women are infertile because of pollution, STD’s, and radiation. If in fact, radiation caused the women of Gilead to be
Background………………………………………………………………………………………3 Picot Question……………………………………………………………………………………3 Project Objectives……………………………………………………………………………….4 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………………..4 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………………….5 Chlamydia Disease and Rates of Diagnosis……………………………………………5 Lack of Knowledge……………………………………………………………………...5 Perceptions and Beliefs…………………………………………………………………6 Education………………………………………………………………………………..6 Description of Program………………………………………………………………………...7 Barriers and
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to compromise the health of thousands of Americans daily, predominantly adolescents. According to the World Health Organization (2013), approximately one million Americans acquire an STD every day. Although the percentage of adolescents who have had sexual intercourse has declined since the 1990’s, those who have had sex are less likely to use any form of contraception, thus placing them at greater risk of acquiring an STD (Department of Health and Human
interesting in that chlamydia is the most oft reported STI in the United States (Breguet, 2007) with over three million new cases each year (Silverstein & Silverstein-Nunn, 2006). Another very interesting fact is that chlamydia is known as a “silent” disease. That is to say that often times in both men and women there are no symptoms of infection (Ross, 2008). In fact as many as 85% of women and 40% of men who are currently infected are without symptoms (Silverstein, Silverstein, & Silverstein-Nunn, 2006)
individuals drawn into the discussion. The United States holds very strong beliefs about sex education and women’s reproductive health. Although statistics on sexually transmitted diseases (TDSHS, 2014) show that these beliefs are medically harmful, they are so completely ingrained in our culture that we choose to ignore the research that says otherwise. Our textbook does not cover sex education, but it does cover the topic of Reproductive Justice, which it defines as “…being able to have safe and affordable
Chlamydia Disease and Rates of Diagnosis Chlamydia is the most common reported STD in the United States. Adolescent are one of the largest groups diagnosed with chlamydia each year. The literature has shown that females are diagnosed with chlamydia at higher rates than boys. The percentage of females age 15 to 19 rates of reported cases of chlamydia are 2941.0 per 100,000 population and males age 15 to 19 reported cases of chlamydia are 718.3 per 100,000 population (Center for Disease Control and
Introduction Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) now referred to as sexual transmitted infections (STI) because some people can be infected and infecting others but never show signs of the disease. Of the estimated 12 million new cases of STD/STIs, women are diagnosed with two-thirds of those cases each year in America. Contrary to popular belief, oftentimes, women are exposed to STD/STIs after just one contact with an infected partner. STD/STIs are of particular anguish among women because of
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a medical condition that is not widely known or understood about by either the public or the medical field. I state this bluntly because I suffer from Bacterial Vaginosis, rather I suffer from reoccurring Bacterial Vaginosis. Generally, women who have an infection caused by BV are prescribed a gel medicine and within 5 days they no longer have the infection. However, there is a small percentage of woman who have BV reoccur after treatment, for some the reoccurrence