Health Vocabulary Chapter 23
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- any disease that spreads from one person to another during sexual intercourse
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- an unusually high occurrence of a disease in a certain place during a certain time period
- Epidemic
- reduced ability to have children
- Infertility
- not having sexual intercourse until you are ready to commit yourself to a long-tem, caring relationship, such as marriage
- Sexual Abstinence
- practiced when both partners in a caring, committed relationship, such as marriage, agree to have sexual intercourse only with one another
- Sexual Fidelity
- the most common bacterial STD in the United States
- Chlamydia
- caused by an untreated case of Chlamydia; a serious infection of the reproductive organs that can lead to infertility and a potentially fatal tubal pregnancy
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- an inflammation of the lining of the urethra caused by untreated Chlamydia
- Nongonococcal Urethritis
- a sexually transmitted protozoan infection of the urinary tract or vagina
- Trichomoniasis
- vaginal infection or irritation
- Vaginitis
- a serious bacterial STD; infection of the urinary tract of males and females and the reproductive organs of females
- Gonorrhea
- AKA HPV; the most common viral STD in the United States
- Genital Warts
- causes genital warts
- Human Papilloma Virus
- an incurable viral STD that produces painful blisters around the genital area
- Genital Herpes
- a surgical method of birth
- Cesarean Section
- serious bacterial STD that progresses through several distinct stages
- Syphilis
- a painful sore that results from the bacteria that cause syphilis
- Chancre
- damages the skin, bones, eyes, teeth, and liver of the body
- Congenital Syphilis
- a bacterial STD with symptoms similar to primary syphilis
- Chancroid
- an infection in the vagina caused by the fungus Candida
- Candidiasis
- a disease in which scar tissue replaces normal liver tissue
- Cirrhosis
- tiny insects that infest the hair around the genitals
- Pubic Lice
- results from an infestation of mites
- Scabies
- AKA acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; an often fatal disease of the immune system that is caused by a virus
- AIDS
- AKA human immunodeficiency virus; the virus that causes AIDS
- HIV
- diseases that attack a person with a weakened immune system
- Opportunistic Diseases
- cancer of the cervix
- Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
- a kind of cancer that is an opportunistic disease of AIDS
- Kaposi’s Sarcoma
- a person who is diagnosed as being infected with HIV
- HIV Positive