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• Human sexuality: The range of behaviors and feelings that are associated with sexuality.
• Sex education: refers to the instruction that provides the individual knowledge and understanding of the biological, psychological and social factors that affects one's personality and interpersonal relationships
• Sexuality is expressed both in behavior and a sense of self understanding.
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD): A disease that is spread through sexual contact.
• Who gets STDs?

  affects all groups and all ages of people who have sexual intercourse with a person with STD
• Chlamydia: Is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. It is an infection that attacks the male and female reproductive organs.
• Pelvic Inflammatory disease (PID): Is a painful infection of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and the pelvic area.
• Gonorrhea: It is caused by bacteria that live in warm, moist areas of the body. It can cause premature labor and stillbirth in a pregnant woman

  
  

  A series shots of Penicillin is the usual treatment
• Syphilis: Is a disease caused by the spirochete bacterium. It is one of the most dangerous sexually transmitted diseases.

  Symptoms appear within 10 to 90 days after intercourse

  First Stage: The first stage of syphilis is characterized by a small, red, painless sore called "chancre."

  
  

  Second Stage: The most common symptom during the second stage of syphilis is a highly contagious rash.

  
  

  Third Stage: Tertiary syphilis usually occurs 3-15 years after the initial infection.
• Congenital Syphilis: A pregnant woman who has syphilis is likely to transfer the infection to her unborn child.
• Congenital: means existing at or dating from birth.
• Miscarriage: The expulsion of a human fetus that is not capable of living.
• Stillborn: A baby whos is dead when delivered.
• Herpes Simplex: It is divided into two types: Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) and Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2).

  HSV-1: usually occurs in the nerve cells near the ear and from there, it goes to the lower lip or face.

  
  

  HSV-2: usually occurs at the base of the spine and from there, it goes to the genital area.
• Non-gonococcal Urethritis (NGU): Is a disease caused by several kinds of bacteria-like organisms that infect the urethra in men and the cervix in women.
• Vaginitis: is an inflammation of the vagina.
• Genitals Warts: May be caused by a number of different viruses. This is hgihly contagious.
• Pubic lice: are parasites and are also known as crabs. They are crab-like insects that infest the pubis hair and feed on human blood.
• Scabies: are tiny parasites that burrow into the skin and cause itching
• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the most virulent new diseases.
• THE SPREAD OF AIDS

  1. Sexual Contact
  2. Sharing contaminated needles
  3. Transfusion with infected blood or blood products.
  4. Pregnancy of a woman with the AIDS virus
• Virus Carriers: A person can the AIDS virus in his or her body, but have no signs or symptoms
• AIDS-related complex (ARC): People infected with the AIDS virus can develop AIDS-related complex
• Epidemiology: is the science that deals with the study of epidemics and communicable diseases. Epidemiologists are the scientists who study human diseases as they affect humans
• Communicable diseases: are caused by pathogenic microorganisms commonly called "germs"
• Virus: The smallest, shaped like a rod or crystal. It can cause small pox, colds, and yellow fever.
• Rickettsia: Visible under a microscope. Causative agents of typhus fever and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Different Shapes of Bacterias

  
  

  1. Rod shape: present in diseases such as typhoid fever, tubercolosis and leprosy
  2. Spherical shape: present in pneumonia and boils
  3. Spiral shape or cork-screw shape: present in syphilis and vibrio cholera
• Fungi: Plant-like organisms including yeast and molds that are bigger than bacteria. They are present in the skin infection called "athlete's foot"
• Protozoa: Present in malaria
• Worms: include flat worm, round worm, and hookworm
• Influenza: A viral infection that causes fever, headache, muscle aches, and fatigue.
• Infectious Mononucleosis: is caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBR) which is also associated with certain forms of cancer such as lymphoma
• Viral Hepatitis: This is an infection of the liver. The two kinds of hepatitis are infectious hepatitis and serum hepatitis.
• Colds: This is a communicable disease caused by a virus and other contributing factors such as the physical environment and the resistance of the host
• Factors that cause the existence of infectious disease

  • Agent factors
  • Host factors
  • Environmental factors
• Agent factors


  The organisms that cause an infectious disease, which include bacteria, virus, rickettsia, fungi, and protozoa
• Host factors

  The individual who may have or may not have resistance to the invasion of disease-producing organisms
• Environmental factors

  • Physical
  • Social
  • Biological
• Biological factors


  Water, food, soil and animals