Virginia‚ if either partner has STIs‚ partner notification is upto the patient. However‚ chlamydia‚ gonorrhea‚ syphilis‚ chancroid‚ HIV‚ AIDs are reportable disease in every state. Also‚ expedited partner therapy varies per state. Also‚ if we have patient diagnosed with gonorrhea infection‚ selection of antibiotics for gonorrhea must also include possible coinfection with chlamydia because gonorrhea and chlamydia frequently occurs. I had an interesting case. I had a patient with pink eye‚ nasal congestion
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men who have chlamydia do not even acknowledge the existence of this disease since it proposes no symptoms. Chlamydia is extremely dangerous to pregnant women since it can be passed to the baby‚ which in turns can lead to the infant’s eye infection or pneumonia. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Pelvic inflammatory infection spread through the vagina‚ cervix to the fallopian tubes‚ uterus and ovaries. PID proposes major damage to the female reproductive organs. Normally‚ if chlamydia or gonorrhea
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medication of many states. Antibiotics are generally used for the treatment of chlamydia‚ syphilis‚ and gonorrhea. The number of days you take antibiotics based on your diseases and the type of antibiotic you are taking. It is possible that a single dose of antibiotics taken just once time will cure both chlamydia and gonorrhea. Medication for gonorrhea commonly costs around $17 for the one time taking a dose‚ but chlamydia medication costs about $10. Penicillin shots are needed to treat syphilis‚
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the young population needs to be well informed about. There are five common STIs; Chlamydia‚ HPV‚ Herpes‚ HIV‚ and AIDS. It is important that people know how to identify if they might have an STI‚ how to prevent these infections‚ and also what they are. Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial infection that is caused by sexual contact and infects the genitalia of both the male and female. 1.3m new cases of Chlamydia are reported each year in the US and a large majority of those cases are among adolescent
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sexual partners even if they themselves do not have any symptoms. There are two different kind of sexually transmitted disease in which they are viral‚ or bacterial. Some common viral infections include Hepatitis‚ Aids‚ and HPV. Unlike viruses‚ chlamydia and gonorrhea are very common bacterial infections that are spread through sexual activity. Hepatitis B is an inflammation of the liver. This viral infection is most commonly spread by having intimate sexual activity. This is a very serious disease
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Today‚ there are numerous challenging health problems that the world faces‚ but one of the biggest challenges is the problem of STDs. STD stands for sexually transmitted disease and is especially common among teens. A website‚ CDC‚ estimates that in the United States there are 9 million cases alone! However‚ though they may be common‚ STDs can be tested and most are treatable with antibiotics and other medications. STDs can be harmful‚ but if treated correctly some can be treatable or more manageable
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Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit 9 Assignment 1 A&PII ITT Tech - Breckinridge School of Nursing Ashley Wigglesworth Genital herpes is a viral infection that causes lesions or sores in the genital area and is spread through sexual intercourse or by touching a sore and then touching another part of your body; it is a highly contagious virus. Often it does not present with symptoms‚ or produces very mild symptoms such that the infected individual is unaware they have it. When symptoms are present
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Uncertainty in Arthur Frank’s Illness Experience Sandra Varghese 100975013 George Brown College Uncertainty in Arthur Frank’s Illness Experience A known fact is that life is uncertain. Many adversities such as chronic illness can increase the uncertainty in one’s life. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of uncertainty by applying the antecedents of Mishel’s (1990) Re-conceptualized Theory of Uncertainty to the illness experience described by Arthur Frank in “At the
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under twenty- five and one in four girls between the ages of fourteen and nineteen were determined to have at least one of four sexually transmitted diseases (Human Papillomavirus [HPV]‚ Chlamydia‚ Herpes Simplex Virus‚ and Trichomoniasis.). Young people (ages from 15- 24) have five times the reported rate of Chlamydia of the total population‚ four times the reported rate of Gonorrhea‚ and three times the rate of
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