1. Rafael Albino
Allentown Health Bureau
245 N 6th St, Allentown, PA 18102

2. What are sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
Prevalence
Transmission and spread
Signs and symptoms
Testing
Protection/Prevention

3. Infections that are passed from one individual to another
during sexual contact:
Oral
Vaginal
Anal
Skin-to-skin
http://www.healthunit.org/sexual/sti_aids/sti_aids.htm

4. There were 1.5 million cases of Chlamydia in the United
States in 2015
http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/std-trends-508.pdf

5. https://www.phaim.health.pa.gov/EDD/WebForms/STDSt.aspx
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Chlamydia
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7. https://www.phaim.health.pa.gov/EDD/WebForms/STDSt.aspx
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8.  Contact with a bodily fluid containing the germ
 Vaginal
 Anal
 Oral
 Blood to blood contact (needle sharing, tattoo/piercings, mother to child)
 Body Fluids:
 Semen
 Vaginal fluid
 Blood
 Fluid in sores or blisters
http://www.healthunit.org/sexual/sti_aids/sti_aids.htm

9. Female
 Vaginal discharge
 Painful urination
 Lower abdominal pain
 Vaginal bleeding after intercourse or
between menstrual periods
 Pain during intercourse
 Eye or rectal infection
Male
 Clear, watery, or milky urethral
discharge
 Itchy urethra
 Painful urination
 Testicular pain
 Eye or rectal infection
Remember, not all STIs have symptoms so it is important to
get tested after each partner!
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/stis-stds

10. std-gov.org

11. std-gov.org

12. http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/images.htm

13. http://www.bfmelanoma.com/herpes-genital-herpes-treatment/

14. http://thestdproject.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/std_pictures_pubic_lice_pictures_crabs.pdf

16. http://www.slideshare.net/ReproductiveHealth/core-smanaging-prevalent-problematic-sexually-transmitted-infections-trichomoniasis-in-
pregnancy-ti-curriculum-slide-share-nov-13

17.  No symptoms but sometimes you will get a fever from the initial
infection (2-4 weeks after infection)
 Lays silent in your body anywhere from months to years
 Eventually, causes a disease called Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) which is a very serious disease that makes you
more likely to get sick from other pathogens
 Half of people with HIV develop AIDS within 10 years
 http://www.idph.state.il.us/aids/materials/10questions.htm

18. Urine sample or vaginal swab
Confidential and sent to the Allentown Health Bureau
Receive your results at school
AHB offers free treatment for STIs
Local clinics also offer treatment
Free testing at your nurses office!

20.  Abstinence (only method that is 100% effective)
 Vaccination for Hepatitis B and HPV
 Use condoms (male, condoms, female condoms, and dental dams)
 Reduce numbers of sex partners
 Mutual monogamy with uninfected partner
 Get tested after each new sexual partner (at least once a year after
becoming sexually active)
http://www.cdc.gov/std/prevention/default.htm

21. Short term health effects
Potentially spreading the disease to your partners
Long term health effects for women:
 Pelvic inflammatory disease
 Infertility
 Complications with pregnancy
 Transmit infection to baby
http://www.cdc.gov/std/infertility/default.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/std/pregnancy/stdfact-pregnancy.htm