Chapter 14. Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics

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Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics

This activity examines the causes, symptoms, and rates of several different types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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14.2 Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics

Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics

These and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), if left untreated, may lead to serious reproductive and other health problems or even, as with HIV/AIDS and syphilis, to death. STIs can be avoided by consistently using condoms, having sex only in a relationship with an uninfected partner, or abstaining from sex—oral, anal, and genital.

14.3 Major Sexually Transmitted Infections: Some Basics

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Question 14.1 Rates of STIs among sexually active teenagers

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Your answer may reference the fact that fully developed women have more vaginal secretions, which offer some protection against STIs, than do adolescent girls. Or, you might say that teens are less likely to notify their partners of or seek treatment for an STI until the symptoms become painful. Or, your answer may be more speculative: For example, you might suggest that sexually active teens are more careful about avoiding conception than protecting themselves from STIs.

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REFERENCES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016a, October). Reported STDs in the United States: 2015 National data for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. CDC Fact Sheet. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016b, October). Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2015. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.