Exam 15: Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS

Higher knowledge levels about HIV/AIDS are consistently strong predictors of behavior changes and the practice of safer sex among U.S. college students.

If a woman experienced repeat yeast infections, what dietary change would her health care provider possibly recommend?

What does the term latency mean in relation to STIs?

Unlike other medications that typically require an 80% adherence rate to remain effective, HIV drugs require a nearly perfect adherence rate to be effective.

Severe genital itching caused by parasites is a common symptom of which STI?

Latoya has a yellow, foul-smelling discharge and vaginal itching. She may have:

Define the punishment concept of disease and explain how the punishment concept might make a person neglect protecting themselves from STIs. Also discuss how this concept impacts families and loved ones of persons who are HIV positive.

When a woman has a pap test, the test is also screening for STIs.

How do men and women differ in their symptoms of gonorrhea?

Approximately what percent of new STIs in the U.S. involve those in the 15-24 year-old range?

How can gonorrhea be contracted?

What can trigger herpes outbreaks?

What happened when the first identified cases of HIV were gay men and intravenous drug users?

What area of the body can genital warts affect?

What is viral load testing used for in people who are HIV positive?

What is true about the current rates of gonorrhea?

According to research from the Centers for Disease Control, over 90% of the time a person's body can clear the HPV virus within two years.

Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics.

What happens if syphilis is left untreated?

Identify the different categories of sexually transmitted infections; give two examples for each category along with a brief description (i.e. incidence rates, symptoms, treatment options). You do not need to include HIV/AIDS.