BY Mrs. MUTHU YAZHI Tutor A.C.S Medical College And Hospital

1. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

2. Infection and transmission
STD_ spread primarily through person to person sexual contact
30 diff bacterias, virus, and parasites.
HIV and syphilis - congenital and by blood and tissue transfer.

3. Gonorrhoea
Bacterial infection
Infect- urethra, cervix, rectum, anus and throat.
Symptoms: appears 1 to 14 days after exposure. But it is possible
to have no symptoms.
Men are more likely to notice symptoms than women.
Milky discharge.
Untreated can become form a arthritis.

4. Herpes
Forms clusters of small blisters around genitalia and
buttocks’
Painful ulcers.
Congenital.

5. Human papilloma virus
Genital warts bumps
Cause cervical and uterus mouth cancer.
Two vaccines are available
Cervarix
Gardasil
Gardasil also prevents anal vulvar and vaginal cancer.
Vaccine- male and female adolescents.

6. Trichomonas – infection of urinary tract and vagina.
Cause urinary discomfort, vaginal greenish discharge, foul odor.
Flagyl – antibiotic

7. Scabies
Easily spread skin disease infection.
Small species of mite.
Symptoms: severe itching,( night), rashes.
Spread by sharing towels, bed sheets, and other personal
belongings.

8. Hepatitis B and C
Causes liver disease and liver cancer.
Spreading – infected blood, tissue, body secretions: semen,
vaginal discharge, breast milk and saliva.

9. HIV
Cause Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome( AIDS).
HIV infects CD4 T-cells, when its number decline below the critical
level, the body become progressively more susceptible to
opportunistic infections.

10. CHLAMYDIA
• SYMPTOMS: fever, weight loss for no reason, swollen glands,
fatigue, diarrhea, white spots on the mouth.
FEMALE SYMPTOMS:
Vaginal discharge (white or grey) or burning with
urination
Lower abdominal pain
Bleeding between menstrual periods.
Low-grade fever (later symptom)
MALE SYMPTOMS:
Discharge from the penis and/or burning when
urinating
Burning and itching around the opening of the
penis
Pain and swelling in the testicles
Low –grade fever (associated with epididymitis –
inflammation of the testicles)

11. GONORRHEA
• People get gonorrhea from close sexual contact (anal sex, oral
sex., and vaginal).
• Gonorrhea can also be spread from mother to child during
birth.
• Gonorrhea infection can spread to other unlikely parts of the
body

12. SYMPTOMS OF GONORRHEA
• Appear 5-7 days or can take up to 30 days to appear
• sore or red throat if you have gonorrhea in the throat from
oral sex
• rectal pain
• blood and pus in bowel movements if you have gonorrhea in the
rectum from anal sex.

13. Syphilis
Bacterial infection
Starts as non painful ulcer
Congenital
Primary secondary tertiary and latent syphilis
Affect heart, aorta, and brain
Leads to death.

14. Pubic lice
Small six legged creature.
Infects pubic hair area.
Lay eggs.
Armpit hair, eyebrows.

15. Crabs –
under microscope

16. CANDIDIASIS – YEAST FUNGUS
• Yeast fungus that may or may not be transmitted by
sexual intercourse.
• Caused by high doses of antibiotics. It is usually caused
by altering the Ph of the vagina.
SYMPTOMS:
A thick cheesy vaginal discharge
Severe itching

17. Lab diagnosis
Microscopy
direct microscopy
dark ground
phase contrast
culture:
Tissue culture-Chlamydia
Thayer martin – N. gonorrhoeae
Chocolate- gonorrhoeae, g. vaginalis
Serology:
ELISA
CFT- H. genitalis
C. trachomatis
VDRL
TPHA – T. pallidum
Skin test:
Frei test – C.trachomatis.