STD.docx Essays (835 words) - Bacteria, Medicine, RTT, Health

Jarrod Davis December 17, 2017 Prof. Johnson- Tate Health Education Sexually Transmitted Diseases With society today being so modern, it would seem obvious that almost all ages, except children under the age of 14, would know how to protect themselves, in the case of any sexual behavior. Health promoters try to educate young adults about sex at an early age so they know how to be smart about it, yet sometimes the resources aren't always available for them. Some on-site research has shown, some high schools have dropped sex education because California state doesn't have enough funding for the school to continue on educating the school. In addition, the schools do not promote students to have sex to the point they don't even provide condoms so they can practice safer sex. With so many teens coming in to clinics being diagnosed with some type of STD or sexually transmitted infection (STI), the issue has been brought to the table of public health professionals to think is the lack of education in safer sex or even the accessibility of basic contraceptives really that difficult to obtain in certain populations. Without the basic knowledge of using a condom, a latex or polyurethane rubber sheath used to wrap the penis and to protect the penis from contracting any STDs or at least reducing on contracting anything, young adults', even adults, will continue to act irresponsible during sex. An STD can be defined as an infectious illness that is transmitted through unprotected sexual activity, including vaginal, anal and oral sex, or skin-to-skin contact with an infected area. STDs can also be spread via skin-to-skin contact or through intravenous (IV) drug use, and can be passed to an unborn child during pregnancy or through breastfeeding.The most common of those diseases being Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HIV/AIDS. Gonorrhea is a very highly contagious disease. This disease has been cured in the past with anti-biotic, but in recent situations the disease has been resisting medication. Gonorrhea's infectious agent is Neisseria gonorrhoae, a bacterium. The symptoms are different in men and women, but includes "yellow or greenish mucous-like discharge." "A female may have burning on urination or pelvic pain. A male often may have burning with urination, and may notice a stain in his underwear" (www.doh.state.fl.us). Some thirty to fifty percent of women infected with the disease have no kind of symptoms at all. If women do receive symptoms, they are less visual than men are and last a shorter time than men as well. A woman would most likely to get infected in the cervix. Burning sensation of urinating is also a female symptom. Untreated females with the disease can cause it to spread to the Skene's glands and Bartholin's glands. If there is further spreading, it can lead to PID (Pelvic Inflamma tory Disease), which can cause permanent sterility. This is so because both the penis and the vagina have discharges that contains gonococci, which infect any moist, warm surface. Sterility in both men and women can occur if the disease is not treated early enough. The most common and fairly new STD in America is Chlamydia. This disease is only approximately twenty-five years old, but spreads faster than any other STD. About one-fourth of all men and one-half of all women who have it do not have any way of knowing about it unless they get tested for it. Its infectious agent is called Chlamydia trachomatous, a bacterium. Symptoms may include yellow or mucous-like discharge from the vagina or penis. Men and women are infected differently as with Gonorrhea. Most women will be infected in the cervix. Women might also get PID with chlamydia, just one bad infection increase damage to her fallopian tubes by twelve percent, which can lead to permanent sterility. A second serious infection increases her infertility by forty percent, and a third infection by eighty percent. A man will usually get infected in his urethra, causing to have abnormal discharge, and pain while urinating. More serious symptoms with men are arthritis and inflammation of the e yes. On the other hand, chlamydia can be treated with antibiotics. The topic of sexually transmitted diseases is most closely related to physical wellness. Physical wellness can be defined