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Union-Endicott
3/24/2011
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Why are STO'san epidemic now?
Sexually active earlier More partners
Don't Take precautions
Don't seek treatment
SEXUALLYTRANSMITTED DISEASE(STO'spr srrs sexually
transmitted infections) ....
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--infections
you can get by having sex with_~omeoo_Ùof!i£.~g
--caused by a BACTERIA or a VIRUS or a fARASlIT
-Inravelsi n cert1lÏnl)ollyflUiCls ....
semen
blood
ALL FORMSof SEXare RISKY
vaginal fluids
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Many times you may not be able to tell if you or your partner
has an STO....
Often there are NO signs or symptoms ...,
..................ASYMPTOMATIC
Talk about SAFERSEX (No exchange af body fluids at all)
Some STO'scan be treated and cured. Some CANNOT and are
damaging if left untreated and ignored ...
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"""" ..Increased risk of cancer, contracting HIV I
F= lOx more likely to get HIV if already infected with a STO
M= 5 x more likely to get HIV if already infected with a STO
STO's are an EPIDEMIC
HIV/AIDS is a PANDEMIC
~l million new cases of non-HIV STO'severy yearll
1 o,,,,u,,-t ",ofl.-_4!-· __ teens currently has an STO
(that is one out of every four teens In this room right now)
"""infertility,
sterility or HIV infecti~IOS
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females~~::::~--'l
"SILENT" Epidemic"", 75~ _of STO's are INr:.E;Ç,I10U~ and eOMJYlUNleABLE.
__ S_01L-_ of males have no symptoms
The most common STDamong teens Is CHLAMYDIA
"."".BUT
ARE INFECTEDwith Chlamydia and Gonnorhea.
The most common in the general population IsGenital
Herpes
Women who are Infected with an STOare at an increased risk of:
---INFERTILITY
---HIV/AIDS
---Cervical Cancer
Syphilis
is on the rise, after having been almost eradicated a decade ago.
Men who are infected with an STOare at an increased risk of:
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---STERILITY
---HIV/AIDS ,
-_--..;-P..:;enile and other g~!!i~_an_c_e_rs .. • !
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