STDs 2
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- Gonorhoea
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Cause by Gonococcus called Nisseria gonorrhoea a diplococcus, easily diagnosed under microscope Light yellow discharge;asymptomatice in females but painful in males
Treated with Penicillin - Syphilis
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Cause by a spirochaete call Traponema pallidum
Treated with Penicillin (antibiotic) - What are the stages of Syphilis?
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Primary Stage: Chancre
Secondary Stage: Generalized legions
Tretaiary Stage: CNS, inner organs Fatal - Chlamydiasis
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Caused by Chlamydia trachomatix. Asymptomatic discharge in females; irritation when urination in males
Treatment: Erythromycin(antibiotic) - Trachomontis
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Caused by protozoa,Called: Trachomonas vaginalis
Froth, foul smelling, straw-whitish discharge
Males: no particular symptoms
Treatment: Flagil - Candidiaces
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Caused by yeast, Candida albicans. A whitish-discharge
Treatment:Nystatin, an antifungal antibiotic - Herpes
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Caused by Herpes simplex II
Treatment: n/a - AIDs
- Caused by HIV: No definitive cure yet. AZT/DDI, and protease inhibitors help prolong life.
- Genital Warts
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Caused by Human Papailomavirus(HPV)
Treatment: Cryscopic surgery - What STD's are Baterial? Protozoal? Fungal? Virgal?
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~Bacterial- Gonorhoea, Syphilis, Chlamydiasis
~Protozoal- Trachomonotis
~Fungal- Candidiaces
~Viral- Herpes, General Herpes, AIDS, Gen. Warts