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Herpes Complications
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STO 101 for NOI1.Clinil?ians __ Herpes
Tes-ting & Treatment for
Genital Herpøs
• HSV-2 causes serious
problems when it is
passed to newborns
during birth,
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• Can be detected by:
,- culturing the leslon
- blood test
• Herpes cannot be cured,
but symptoms can be
treated with medicines
called antívlrals.
• You can still spread
herpes even if you are
takin(] antiviral
medicine!
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. • Many types of Human Papillornavirus (HPV),
some of which infect the genital area
• Incubation period unclear
• Can infect men, women, and newborns
• The person can easily pass it on to sex
partners
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Genital HPV: Two Types
• The types of HPV that infect ti1a genital area
are labeled "low-risk" or "high-isk" depending
on whether they can cause cancer (')1" not.
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Low-risk HPV types can cause go'Uai 'ilfarts.
• High-risk HPV types can cause ~:r:t¡O!JS
cervical lesions, cervical cancer. ",ld other
genital cancers,
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Symptoms
• Usually asymptomatic
of Genital HPV Infection
and brief (6 - 12 months)
• Genital warts (usually infection with low ..risk type of
HPV)
- Warts 0/1 the penis, va¡;ina, anus or urethra
- I~arely may have itching, bleeding, burning, or pain along
with the warts
- May go away Oil their own, stay about the same, or get
worse
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