SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

DISEASES TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER DURING A SEXUAL ACT

SYPHILIS

CAUSED BY A CORKSCREW- SHAPED BACTERIA CALLED SPIROCHAETE

Signs and symptoms of syphilis

Stage 1

THREE WEEKS AFTER INFECTION: PAINLESS SORE (CHANCRE) ON PENIS/VAGINA

EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR EVEN WITHOUT TREATMENT

Stage 2

2 TO 6 MONTHS AFTER INFECTION:

NON-ITCHY SKIN RASHES

SORES ON MOUTH, THROAT & GENITALS

BALD PATCHES ON HEAD

SWOLLEN LYMPH GLANDS

MAY DISAPPEAR BUT BACTERIA REMAIN DORMANT UNTIL THE THIRD STAGE

Stage 3

HEART FAILURE

BLINDNESS

BRAIN/SPINAL CORD DAMAGED (MAY LEAD TO PARALYSIS, INSANITY AND EVEN DEATH)

Prevention and control

ANTIBIOTIC

REFRAIN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

CONDOMS GUYS!!!

NO PROMISCUOUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

ONE SEX PARTNER PLEASE!!!

AIDS

IT MEANS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

CAUSED BY HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS)

HIV DESTROYS IMMUNE SYSTEM ( MEANING, WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE DESTROYED)

BODY NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH ANTIBODIES; BODY NOT PROTECTED; DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS CAN ENTER BODY EASILY; VARIOUS DISEASES AT THE SAME TIME

SYNDROME MEANS: DISEASE IN WHICH MANY SIGNS OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME

Signs and symptoms

CHRONIC FEVER

SEVERE DIARRHOEA

PNEUMONIA

BLOOD VESSELS CANCER

BRAIN INFECTION

TUBERCULOSIS

Mode of transmission

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH INFECTED PERSON

SHARING HYPODERMIC NEEDLES

UNSTERILIZED NEEDLES USED FOR TATTOOING, ACUPUNCTURE & EAR- PIERCING

BLOOD TRANSFUSION

PREGNANCY: VIRUS MAY PASS FROM INFECTED MOTHER TO FETUS

Prevention and control

KEEP TO ONE SEX PARTNER

AVOID PROMISCUOUS SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

CONDOMS GUYS!

AVOID DRUG ABUSE

AVOID SHARING INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BREAK SKIN AND CONTAMINATE BLOOD

ENSURE STERILIZED NEEDLES FOR ACUPUNCTURE, EAR PIERCING AND TATTOOING