Disease Unit
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Mr. Brown started this unit with a class demonstration where
all of us stood in a circle and held hands.
We passed a happy wave and a loving squeeze around our group of
innocent, fun loving
What if handholding represented a sexual contact?
What if the nasty pinch represented a disease?
What were the principles of disease transmission that this demonstration illustrated?
We also did a signature card activity. Each hand shake and signature represented a possible disease transmission. With just 3 signatures how many people in the class were infected?
Evolution of terms:
VD - Venereal Disease (in the old days we never talked about sex, only love)
STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease (a term that tells how the disease is spread)
STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection (many of these diseases don't make you sick right away and the infected person appears healthy)
We now use the term STI for this group of diseases that are mostly spread by sexual contact.
HBO film based on a book by the same name:
And the Band Played On . . .
1981 - first report in June of 1981
CDC - Center for Disease Control
GRID - gay related immune deficiency
AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome (why don't you want to have a syndrome?
HIV - human immuniodeficiency virus
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
"The Party is Over" - What was over?
FRAIDS - fear of aids
What mistakes did we make dealing with the emerging HIV/AIDS threat?
A web link that shows Robert Gallo MD in a more positive
light. http://www.ihv.org/bios/gallo.html
A picture and bio of the real Don Francis MD. http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/SS/francis_bio.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/interviews/francis.html
A symptom by symptom look at STI
-Urithritis or Vaginitis (pain , discharge, itching)
untreated = PID : Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID occurs several weeks or months after the initial Urethritis. The organisms spread throughout the "plumbing" of the reproductive tract and can have serious consequences)
gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis
-Sores
genital
herpes, genital warts (HPV), syphilis -
HPV is now the most common STI in the
-Genital Lice
(Crabs)
-No Symptoms
AIDS/HIV, hepatitis B, CMV
Explain why we named the disease AIDS?
Up to date stats on HIV:
30 million have died
40 million have the disease
5 million new cases each year!
For a more traditional disease by disease look: http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:
3 issues kept people from having lots of sexual partners.
1-Disease. 2-Pregnancy. 3-Moral Values.
1940's - Antibiotics
1950's - STD decreases
1960's - Birth Control Pills (2 out of 3 are gone)
1970's - Sexual Revolution
1980's - Disease is back (1975-herpes, 1981-HIV/AIDS)
TO BE AN STI
Live only in humans, live in the reproductive organs, spread "only" by sex!
Why does Mr Brown use the word "only"?
TO AVOID STI - listed in order of effectiveness!
1. abstain A. always - moral choice. B. situational C. Individual
(What does Mr Brown mean: situational? individual?
2. mutual monogamy What is the true meaning of #2.
3. condom use - safe sex, dry sex.
This can be called the A,B,C's (Abstain, Be Faithful, Condom Use)
If you think you have an STI
1. See a doctor right away!!!
2. Tell your partners. They need to know!
3. Initiate Abstaince. No sex till your treated and cured.