from your healthcare provider. If left untreated‚ STDs can cause serious health problems including cervical cancer‚ liver disease‚ pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)‚ infertility‚ and pregnancy problems. Having some STDs (such as chancroid‚ herpes‚ syphilis‚ and trichomoniasis) can increase the risk of your getting HIV if you are HIV-negative and get exposed to HIV. People with HIV may also be at greater risk to get or pass on other STDs. Fortunately‚ many STDs can be prevented by practicing safer
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2020. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020.htm CDC. (2013). STD Trends in the United States. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats11/trends-2011.pdf Eric‚ P. (2010). Syphilis outbreak in europe. Retrieved from https://colonialdiseasedigitaltextbook.wikispaces.com/2.4+Syphilis+Outbreak+in+Europe East‚ L.‚ & Jackson‚ D. (2013). Editorial: Sexuality and sexual health: Nurses ’ crucial role. Contemporary Nurse: A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession‚ 44(1)‚ 47-49
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| DISEASE AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS | DISEASES | | DANICA DE FREITAS | 12/21/2011 | | Disease and its impact on humans TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT IS A DISEASE? MAIN TYPES OF DISEASES DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION WHAT IS A VECTOR? STD’S ROLE OF BLOOD IMMUNITY EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF DISEASE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS What is a disease? Disease is defined as a disorder with a specific cause (which may or may not be known) and recognizable signs and symptoms.
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In the book The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot‚ she explains that Henrietta was a remarkable individual who is an icon for science. Henrietta Lacks was a person whom everyone enjoyed to be around but she was covered with tumors that were cancerous. Henrietta Lacks was a woman with five children‚ a husband‚ living in Baltimore where she went to John Hopkins Hospital. Hopkins hospital was a facility where the blacks‚ people who could not afford health insurance could go
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highest percentage of syphilis in nation ‚ with a percentage of 36. Their intentions were to treat the infected African American infected men with neosalvarsan. Soon after the study began the Great Depression began‚ and their funds for the study diminished. The USPHS did another survey and found about 399 men who had syphilis and ever never treated. This arose curiosity and began the study of the nature of syphilis. Soon after there was a group of controls added who did not have syphilis‚ about 200 men
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Sexually transmitted diseases For my research paper I decided to write on sexually transmitted diseases because it seems that we are hearing more and more about them. They are becoming more of a problem in the United States and it is fair to say that they are not going to go a way for a long time‚ if even at all. Sexually transmitted diseases can change a person’s life and even kill them. If a person wants to be sexually active they must understand the risks that are involved and how they
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Heathy Anderson County Community Health Nursing (CHN) Healthy County Healthy People! April 8‚ 2015 Healthy Anderson County 1 Healthy Anderson County Mission Working together as a community to promote the health and wellness of Anderson County residents April 8‚ 2015 Healthy Anderson County 2 Anderson County ~ Who Are We? Area: 715.43 square miles (2010) (United States Census‚ 2015) Population 187‚126 (2010) Anderson (United States South Census‚ 2015) County U.S. Carolina Racial/Ethnic
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The Impact of STD’s on Youth 15-24 Faith Stephens SEEP 2016 Augusta University According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)‚ over 20 million new cases Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are diagnosed each year. Youth‚ ages 15-19‚ and young adults‚ ages 20-24‚ account for half of all new STD infections. Reasons for this high rate of infection by youth and young adults include the following: young people do not get the recommended test; are hesitant to talk to adults‚ including parents
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Chapter 53: Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Infections Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A 32-year-old man who has a profuse‚ purulent urethral discharge with painful urination is seen at the clinic. Which information will be most important for the nurse to obtain? a. Contraceptive use b. Sexual orientation c. Immunization history d. Recent sexual contacts ANS: D Information about sexual contacts is needed to help establish whether the patient has been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection
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sex is natural for a man and women. It is also natural for them to make mistakes while having sexual interactions. Having unprotected sex is the leading main cause of couples to mess up and lead to many different situations that neither of them would like. Many people believe condoms are useless and aren’t fun. Majority of the people who aren’t using condoms are teenagers who are trying to be cool and are still young minded and aren’t thinking about the outcome of not wearing a condom during
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