JSS1 Home Economics Third Term: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Home Economics JSS1

Week 6

Topic: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Contents:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Self Medication

A. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Venereal Diseases are  illnesses spread from one person to another through sexual contact.

TYPES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

1. Gonorrhea – Is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea. Symptoms includes

• Itching and discharge from penis and vagina
• Painful urination
• Can cause Infertility
• If a pregnant woman has the disease, her child eyes will be affected at birth

2. Syphilis – This is caused by the bacterium treponema palladium. Symptoms and sign include

• Sores on the sex organs
• Fever, aches, rashes and hair loss.
• At latter stages, it affects the heart, eye and brain
• It can lead to insanity and death

B. (AIDS) ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

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I. HOW HIV SPREADS

HIV is found in the blood and in thee sexual fluids (semen in men and viginal secretions in women). HIV is spread through

1. Having sex with someone who already has HIV.
2. Transfusion of infected blood
3. Use of a needle, blade, clippers or sharp objects that have been used on person with HIV and not sterilized afterwards
4. Mother to Child during Pregnancy or at Child Birth

II. SIGNS OF HIV/AIDS

1. People with HIV/AIDS suffer from different and opportunistic sicknesses like fever, rash and diarrhea
2. They lose weight
3. Death is the final result

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