homework

10/2
7 STI's:

1. Chlamydia-Bacterial infection. You can get it by having sexual contact with another person who has the infection. Symptoms for females may be pelvic pain, painful and/or frequent urination, vaginal discharge, bleeding after intercourse or there may not be any symptoms at all. Males may be painful urination, discharge from penis or none at all. The only way to know you have the infection for sure is to get a urine or discharge sample sent to a lab. It is treated with an antibiotic. If you don't take care of it then it may cause infections of the reproductive organs, infertility and you can spread it to other sex partners. You can also pass this from mother to infant during child birth.
2. Gonorrhea-Bacterial infection and you can get it by having sexual contact with someone who has the infection. Some symptoms for females may be pelvic pain, painful urination, vaginal discharge, fever, blood/pus from anus, sore throat or they may be none. Some symptoms for males may be painful urination, discharge from penis, blood/pus from anus, sore throat or there may be none. The only way to know for sure that you have this infection is to get a urine or discharge sample sent to a lab. This infection is treated with antibiotics. If you don't take care of this the it may cause PID or infertility, heart trouble, skin issues or arthritis, you can spread it to partners and a mother can pass it to her child during birth.
3. Syphilis-It's a bacterial infection. The only way to get it is to have sexual contact with someone who has it. Some symptoms during the early stages are painful sores on mouth, penis, vagina, anus, or elsewhere on the body. You can find out if you have it by getting a medical examination of the sores or a blood test.-It may be treated with antibiotics but may need hospitalization.If you don't treat this it may get to the second or even third stage. In the second stage things such as rashes, fevers, hair loss, body aches, sore throat, swollen glands or new sores may happen to you. If it gets as to the third stage, you can get heart damage, brain damage, can cause PID, severe damage to fetus and maybe death.
4. HIV/AIDS-It is a virus that damages the immune system which decreases the bodies ability to fight infections.You are able to get this infection by having sexual contact with someone who has it, blood to blood contact with someone who has it, sharing contaminated needles or breast milk.-Some symptoms are fever, weight loss, constant diarrhea, dry cough with shortness of breath, constant fatigue, swollen glands, pink or purple raised blotches on or under the skin, white spots in mouth or there may be no symptoms at all. You can know for sure by getting a blood test or an orasure test done. Even though there is still no cure for this infection there's a mixture medications that can be taken to boost the immune system and fight the spread of infection and accompanying illnesses.If you don't get this treated you may develop some life threatening illnesses that can be passed from mother to child during birth, sex partners and needle sharing partners.
5. Genital Herpes-This is an infection caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus. You can get this infection by having sexual contact or skin to skin contact with someone who has it. This virus may be passed weather there are sores present or not. You may get painful blisters that will break into open sores and swollen glands. The sores will dry up and disapear within 5-21 days.-You should get a medical examination, fluid form sores sent to a lab or a blood test to know for sure.-The infection will never leave your body however there are medications or cream that you can use to speed up the healing process and prevent future outbreaks. The sores come and go with stress and/or illnesses, you can spread this to your sex partners, and can be passed from mother to child during birth which may cause sickness and maybe even death.
6. Genital Warts-This infection is cause by HPV. It can be passed by having sexual or skin to skin contact with someone who has HPV and it can be passes even if warts are not visible. Small painless bumps which grows in/around genitals, may have slight itching or irritation or there may not be any symptoms. To know for sure you should get either a medical exam or a pap test. Once you are infected it forever stays in your body, however you can get the warts burned, froze or cut off. May require surgery. It can be passed from mother to child during birth, can be passed to sex partners and the warts can grow, spread, and become harder to remove.
7. Pubic Lice Aka Crabs- It's a parasite that lives in pubic hair. It is mostly passed by sexual or skin to skin contact but can be passed through infested towels, clothing and/or bedding.Some symptoms may be severe itching, lice or eggs in pubic hair and small dots of blood on your underwear. The only way to know for sure it to get a visual examination. It can be treated by using a special shampoo or lotion, you have to wash all bedding and clothing, and have others who may also have it checked and treated. Symptoms can get worse if not treated or properly treated, it may lead to bacterial infection and can spread to others.

10/13
tobacco

Your health benefits over time of quiting

20 minutes After Quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drop. ("Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification", Mahmud, A, Feely, J. 2003. Hypertension:41:183.)

12 hours After Quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1988, p. 202)

2 weeks to 3 Months After Quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp.193, 194,196, 285, 323)

1 to 9 Months After Quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. 285-287, 304)

1 Year After Quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)

5 Years After Quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)

10 Years After Quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decreases. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, pp. vi, 131, 148, 152, 155, 164,166)

15 Years After Quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker's. (US Surgeon General's Report, 1990, p. vi)

Visible and immediate rewards of quiting

Quitting helps stop the damaging effects of tobacco on your appearance, including:

* premature wrinkling of the skin
* bad breath
* stained teeth
* gum disease
* bad smelling clothes and hair
* yellow fingernails

Getting rid of the tobacco habit offers benefits that you'll notice immediately and some that will develop gradually over time. These rewards can improve your day-to-day life.

* Food tastes better.
* Your sense of smell returns to normal.
* Ordinary activities no longer leave you out of breath.

Why quit

About half of all the people who continue to smoke will die because of the habit. In the United States, tobacco causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths, killing about 440,000 Americans each year. Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death in our society. Tobacco use accounts for about one third of all cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking causes almost 90% of lung cancers. Research has found that even smoking as few as 1 to 4 cigarettes a day can have serious health consequences, including an increased risk of heart disease and a higher risk of dying at an earlier age.

Contraceptive Report
10/16

Ricky talked about 5 differnt contraception divices. The first was a femal condom. It is easy to buy, good for people with latex allergies, protects people from many infections, includeing HIV. The second was a Male condom which is also easy to buy, can put a part in sex play, amd can help relieve early ejaculation. The third was the nova ring (nuvaring), Does not require fitting by a doctor, Does not require spermicide, no pill to take daily, and ability to get pregnant returns quickly after stoping. The fourth is the pill which stops ovalation, and the fith was the dental dam which is performed with the anus or the vagina in oral intercourse, it stops sti's (herpies). I believe everyone from the age 15 and up should be allowed to purchase contraceptives due to the uprising percentage of early teenage intercourse and we dont need any more teenage pregnantcies. When you want to discuss these topics of intercourse with you parents or partner then you just need to sit them and down and have a talk and tell them what you would like to do and then learn what they want.


Testicular cancer and Cervix Cancer

Testicular cancer is uncommon in men and only 1-2% of men are diagnosed with testicular cancer every year with unknown causes. Testicular cancer is harder to get as you get older and there has never been a case of testicular cancer from anyone 74 years or older. Most cases of testicular cancer are within the ages of 25-45. Testicular cancer is 100% detectable by all men including the ones who have it. Testicular cancer may be detected by lumps on the testicle, an enlarged testicle or pain in the testicles.

Cervix cancer is a common cancer for women which is also HPV and there are over 100 types of HPV. Women who obtain this cancer and are able to get treated for it normally recover with no health problems at all. To reduce the chances of a women actually getting HPV is having no sex, if you insist on having sex than have it with only one partner, sex with no intercourse, always have a condom or receive the HPV vaccine.