HIV/AIDS IS THE MOST SERIOUS STD BECAUSE IT IS DEADLY & THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE.

HIV IS THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES AIDS.

AN INDIVIDUAL HAS AIDS WHEN INFECTED WITH HIV AND DEVELOPS VARIOUS OPPORTUNISTIC DISEASES (PNEUMONIA, TB, KAPOSI's SARCOMA, YEAST INFECTIONS), AND HAS A LOW CD4+ cell count.

THE MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED STD IN THE U.S. IS CHLAMYDIA. THIS MAY RESULT IN INFLAMMATION OF THE URETHRA, FALLOPIAN TUBE, CERVIX (FEMALES), & EPIDIDYMIS (MALES).

GONORRHEA AND HEPATITIS B ARE THE NEXT MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED STD's. GONORRHEA IS A BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT CAN BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS. SYMPTOMS FOR MEN ARE PAINFUL URINATION & PENILE DRIP OR DISCHARGE. SYMPTOMS FOR WOMEN (LESS APPARENT) ARE PAINFUL URINATION & VAGINAL DISCHARGE.

HEPATITIS B IS WIDESPREAD AND CAN BE PREVENTED BY A
VACCINE, BUT THERE IS NO CURE.

SYPHILIS IS ANOTHER SERIOUS BUT LESS COMMONLY CONTRACTED STD. THE SYMPTOMS OF SYPHILIS INCLUDE CHANCRE SORES THAT GENERALLY APPEAR AT THE PRIMARY SITE OF SEXUAL CONTACT, THEN CHANGE FROM A RED SWELLING TO A HARDENED ULCER ON THE SKIN. THE SORES DISAPPEAR AFTER 1-5 WEEKS, BUT THE DISEASE IS STILL PRESENT & CONTAGIOUS IF NOT TREATED.

OF ALL STD's, GENITAL HERPES IS AMONG THE MOST COMMONLY SPREAD. IT IS CAUSED BY THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV). HSV TYPE 2 CAUSES GENITAL LESIONS OR BLISTERS. THERE IS NO CURE FOR GENITAL SORES CAUSED BY HSV, ALTHOUGH DRUGS CAN HELP TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS.

YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK FOR STD's.

PUBIC LICE = CRABS

ADDICTION
DRUG
ALCOHOLISM
INTOXICATION
DRUB ABUSE
HALLUCINATIONS
TOLERANCE
AIDS
ARC
HIV
ANTIBODIES
T-HELPER CELLS
KAPOSI’S SARCOMA
CHANCRE
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
STD (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE)
GENITAL HERPES
GENITAL WARTS
GONORRHEA
SYPHILIS
SEROSTATUS
CARCINOGEN