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The Training of Trainers Manual - UNFPA

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7. A person with herpes can infect a partner even if he or she does not have any visible lesions.<br />

TRUE<br />

■ Transmission is possible in the absence <strong>of</strong> lesions.<br />

■ <strong>The</strong> contagious time is at the beginning <strong>of</strong> an outbreak, during ‘shedding’, when the infected<br />

person feels pain or a tingling, burning, itchy sensation.<br />

■ <strong>The</strong> least contagious period is when the infection is dormant and there are no visible lesions.<br />

8. Gonorrhoea can be cured with antibiotics.<br />

TRUE<br />

■ <strong>The</strong>re are two types <strong>of</strong> STIs: bacterial and viral. Gonorrhoea is a bacterial STI. Bacterial STIs can<br />

be cured with antibiotics. Viral STIs cannot be cured, although they sometimes go into remission<br />

(meaning you have no symptoms); antiviral drugs may help some people maintain a state <strong>of</strong><br />

remission.<br />

■ Symptoms: In women – pain or dull ache in cervix, heavy feeling in pelvic area, pain when<br />

urinating or during intercourse, heavier menstrual flow, heavy cervical discharge; in men –<br />

urethral discharge, pain when urinating, epididymitis.<br />

9. Only women can be tested for STIs.<br />

FALSE<br />

■ Both men and women can be tested for most bacterial and viral STIs.<br />

■ <strong>The</strong> tests differ for men and women and depend on a person’s sexual behaviours (the healthcare<br />

provider may need to take oral, cervical, urethral, or anal cell cultures).<br />

■ <strong>The</strong>re are three types <strong>of</strong> STI tests: blood tests (syphilis, HIV); cell cultures (chlamydia,<br />

gonorrhoea); and visual inspections (HPV, herpes).<br />

10. Which one <strong>of</strong> the following STIs cannot be cured<br />

❏ Chlamydia ❏ Gonorrhoea ❏ Herpes<br />

HERPES<br />

■ <strong>The</strong>re are two types <strong>of</strong> STIs: bacterial and viral. Herpes is a viral STI. Bacterial STIs can be cured<br />

with antibiotics. Viral STIs stay in the human body, sometimes without symptomatic outbreaks<br />

(remission); antiviral drugs may help some people maintain a state <strong>of</strong> remission.<br />

140 <strong>Training</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Trainers</strong> <strong>Manual</strong>

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