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Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
TREATMENT OF SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES
PREPARED BY:
• ANTIBIOTICS ARE USED TO TREAT THE INITIAL STAGES OF SYPHILIS AND STOP
IT FROM PROGRESSING. LONGER CASES OF SYPHILIS REQUIRE HIGHER
DOSAGE OF ANTIBIOTICS.
TREATING AND CURING SYPHILIS
• PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SYPHILIS ARE EASY TO TREAT WITH A PENICILLIN
INJECTION. PENICILLIN IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED ANTIBIOTICS AND IS
USUALLY EFFECTIVE IN TREATING SYPHILIS. PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO
PENICILLIN WILL LIKELY BE TREATED WITH A DIFFERENT ANTIBIOTIC, SUCH AS:
DOXYCYCLINE
CEFTRIAXONE
SYPHILIS
GONORRHEA
• THESE SORES TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO HEAL AND MAY RECUR.
• SOME INFECTED INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT EXPERIENCE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND YET MAY
BE CONTAGIOUS.
• THE VIRUS MAY STAY DORMANT IN THE BODY BUT MAY ACTIVATE DUE TO STRESS OR
ILLNESS. GENITAL HERPES IS INCURABLE
GENITAL HERPES
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)
• AIDS IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS KNOWN AS THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
VIRUS (HIV) WHICH ATTACKS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.