The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection(STI) that affects both men and women. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Every year in the U.S 27‚000 people are diagnosed with cancer caused by HPV(1CDC September 30th‚2015‚ December 28th‚2015) This sexually transmitted disease has the potential to greatly affect the Reproductive health of women and catastrophic affects on men as well. These statistics are alarming and a cause for concern
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases According to Dr. Ananya Mandal on news-medical.net‚ sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections that can be transmitted through sexual contact with an infected individual. These are also termed sexually transmitted infections or STIs. STDs can be transmitted during vaginal or other types of sexual intercourse including oral and anal sex. Today I am going to be stating and explaining the three most common sexually transmitted diseases. According to
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FUTURE I was a study that began in 2001 to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the quadrivalent HPV for the use of reducing the incidence of HPV 6‚ 11‚ 16‚ 18 related external genital warts and prevention of cervical cancer in adolescent and young adult females. A. Participants had to have had normal baseline pelvic examinations but were not prescreened for HPV prior to randomization. B. Vaccine formulation or placebo was given intramuscularly at 0‚2‚and 6 months for the three-dose
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8.1 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sadie W Workfile Review Genital Herpes 1. How is genital herpes transmitted? Oral‚ Anal‚ and Genital sex 2. Some people are infected with the herpes virus but have no symptoms of the disease. True or False 3. There is no cure for genital herpes but it can be treated by: Antiviral medication and‚ therepy 4. Symptoms of genital herpes include: Flu-like sympoms and‚ rare skin conditions 5. List
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Merck: Pricing Gardasil Merck & Co. has developed a brand-new vaccine called Gardasil. Gardasil is the first vaccine in the world that helps prevent the cervical cancer and HPV. Allison Watkins‚ senior director of Merck’s Vaccines Division‚ is faced with the decision of determining the price of Gardasil. An outside consulting firm had suggested a price of $120 per dose‚ or $360 per person. Watkins needs to make the final decision and apparently that she does not accept with that price. The best
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(Flu)1 27-49 years 60-64 years Get a Tdap vaccine once‚ then a Td booster vaccine every 10 years Varicella (Chickenpox)3 2 doses HPV Vaccine for Women3‚4 3 doses 3 doses 3 doses Zoster (Shingles)5 Measles‚ mumps‚ rubella (MMR)3 65+ years Get a flu vaccine every year Tetanus‚ diphtheria‚ pertussis (Td/Tdap)2 HPV Vaccine for Men3‚4 50-59 years 1 dose 1 or 2 doses Pneumococcal (PCV13)7 1 dose Pneumococcal (PPSV23)7 1 or 2 doses Meningococcal
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active) before she has to do a PAP smear B. Do PAP smear in this visit and if normal then repeat in 1 year C. Do PAP smear in this visit and if normal then repeat in 3 years D. Wait until she is 25-year-old and then do PAP smear with reflex HPV testing E. Order HPV screening only Answer: C Explanation: Answer A is incorrect at according to the ACOG it is recommended to start PAP
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Cervical cancer is found in the cervix‚ which is an organ that is connected to the vagina‚ by the birth canal‚ from the bottom of the uterus. The cancer forms when cells in the area start to grow out of control in the lining of the cervix or womb. The cervix has two fragments: the endocervix and the exocervix. The endocervix has cells which are called the glandular cells‚ and the exocervix has cells that are called squamous cells. The transformation zone is where most cells turn into cervical cancer
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other preventive intervention must be considered. It has been established that infection with high risk human papillomavirus type is a necessary cause of cervical cancer in almost 100% cases. HPV type 16 & 18 are responsible for 70% of the invasive cervical cancers. Hence a prophylactic vaccine against these HPV types will be able to provide the population wide primary prevention against the disease. This‚ if implemented properly‚ could be the more viable and practical option in a country such as ours
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not a single virus; it is only related to closely related viruses. Typing is based on nucleic acid sequencing 100 HPV types are known to east. HPV types associated with malignancies and they are thus referred to as high-risk types and these who are associated with condylomas are rarely found in cancers thus their called low-risk types. Moreover‚ Cervical Cancer is the most common HPV –related diseases. There is an accelerating increasing body of evidence linking to the Papilloma Virus with cancers
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