Chapter 11
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Sexually transmitted diseases
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sexually transmitted infections asymptomatic | infections that spread through sexual contact |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome | a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV, that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; transmitted sexually or through contaminated blood |
| human immunodeficiency virus | the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
| opportunistic infections | infections that occur in individuals who do not have healthy immune systems |
| antibody | any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response |
| gonorrhea | a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea |
| pelvic inflammatory disease | inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia) |
| chlamydia | most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in North America; often occurs with no symptoms and is treated only after it has spread |
| nongonococcal urethritis | infection caused by several different kinds of bacteria like organisms that infect the urethra in males and the cervex in females |
| bacterial vaginosis | a condition in women in which there is an abnormal overgrowth of certain bacteria in the vagina |
| syphilis | a common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete |
| chancre | a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis) |
| genital herpes | an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact |
| genital warts | A knotty lump which grows on the external sexual organs |
| trichomoniasis | a vaginal infection that can lead to urethra and bladder infections |
| pubic lice | Microscopic parasites that live in the pubic hairs usually referred to as crabs |
| scables | The diseases are animal parasites responsible |
| NGU | sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia) |
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