Health Ch 20 & 21 STD's
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Mendizza Teacher on February 4, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 STD | sexually transmitted disease. A disease you get from having sex with an infected person |
| asymptomatic | showing no signs that you are sick or have a disease |
| gonorrhea | a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by bacteria that infect mucus membranes, including genital mucus membranes. |
| mucus | a thick, slippery substance produced by the body, such as "snot" |
| HPV | human papiloma virus - a virus that causes genital warts and can cause cerivcal cancer |
| abstinence | the ability to choose to not have sex |
| chlamydia | a bacterial sexually trasnsmitted disease that inflects the reproductive organs (penis, vagina) and that causes mucus discharge |
| discharge | a greenish-white fluid that comes out of the penis, vagina, or anus of a person infected with chlamydia |
| syphilis | a bacterial sexually transmitted disease that causes ulcers or chancres. If it is untreated, it can cause physical disabilities, blindness, or death |
| chancre | a sore at the location where a disease has entered the body |
| HIV | Human Immunodefiency virus. a virus that infects cells of the immune system and that later causes AIDS |
| AIDS | the disease caused by HIV that weakens the immune system and allows other diseases to enter the body. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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