Transmitted infections

In further understanding what sexually transmitted infections are one must know exactly what the different types of sexually transmitted infections. In this case, the World Health Organization and Wikipedia.com clearly define each type of infection: Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. In women, symptoms may include abnormal vaginal discharge, burning during urination, and bleeding in between periods, although most women do not experience any

Public Health Problem Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been a persisting public health problem throughout the world. While some STIs, like gonorrhea, are curable, other STIs like human papillomavirus (HPV), have no cure and can lead to deadly consequences. Unfortunately, HPV is considered to be the most common type of sexually transmitted infection. Like all STIs, HPV spread through sexual contact with an infected person, whether it be vaginal, anal, or oral sex. According to the Centers

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by more than 25 infectious pathogens transmitted from one person to the other during anal, vaginal as well as oral intercourse. More so, infected pregnant women can transmit STIs to infants in utero, during birth, or through breastfeeding. The most common STIs in the U.S. include chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital herpes, human papillomavirus, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis (Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013). According to the

In the world today almost everyone knows what a sexually transmitted infection is. People know that these are infections caused by risky behavior and can stay with someone for the rest of their life. Although people know what a sexually transmitted infection is they may not know the proper way to prevent such infections or they may be unware of what their community offers to help prevent unwanted pregnancy and infections. I ventured to my local grocery store, Standale Meijer, to see what variety

Chlamydia is the most common type of Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) amongst young people. It is also known as ‘the silent STI’ because numerous people don’t even know that they’re even infected with this infection as symptoms don't normally appear until one to three weeks. This infection can both males and females. A person could easily be infected with Chlamydia by having sex such as anal, vaginal or oral with someone who is already infected, and that’s where it all starts. Chlamydia can occur

adults, more than half of STI cases are caught by people under the age of 25. Young people are more likely to take more risks and have sex with more partners (“Sexually Transmitted Infections”, 2015). These numbers are high and without a solution being implemented has the potential to get a lot worse. STI’s or Sexually Transmitted Infections can be Gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, Herpes, HIV/AIDS, HPV, Scabies, and Syphilis to name a few. In recent years the HIV/AIDS rates on Historically Black Collegiate Universities

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection that can infect both men and women equally. The infection is found most commonly within the youth between ages fifteen and twenty-four years old. It can cause infections to the throat, male and female genitalia, and the rectum. Gonorrhea can be spread through sexual contact. Oral, anal, and vaginal sex are all ways to be infected if one was to have unprotected sex with another person. A woman who is pregnant and becomes infected with gonorrhea can possibly

The Problem Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites and are spread by sexual contact through vaginal, anal, and oral sex. This health issue is to discuss the growing rate of chlamydia infections occurring at an increased rate among sexually active women under the age of 25 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2015) has estimated 2.86 million infections are occurring annually in the United States. The highest risk group for chlamydia

Sexually transmitted infections, commonly known as STIs, are being spread all over the globe.Most people could have an STI and not be aware of it. The cause being that the symptoms vary from one individual to another. Yet, the most common symptoms are vaginal or urethral discharge for women and burning for men (Whoint, 2016). In the past years, the cases of STIs have been increasing tremendously even though they are preventable. In Canada, in 2008, it was found that 70% of all cases reported for

My primary prevention topic is sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention in Clark County, Nevada also known as Las Vegas. My target population is between the ages of 15-24 and is not gender specific. My target population includes the over 2 million residents who live within the 80,61 miles of Clark County and the 39 million yearly visitors. (Nagourney, A. 2013) The demographics of the residents are noted by the United Sates Census Bureau (2015) as White alone 71.6%, Hispanic or Latin American