SAI's vs. STD's
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SAI’s vs. STD’s
Syphilis
Chlamydia
Vaginitis
Herpes
Gonnorhea
SAI’s and STD’s
Genital Warts
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis B
Nongonoccal Urethritis
Sexually Acquired Infections
Painless
Painful
Multiple simultaneous infections
No cures
Get Early Treatment
If you don’t know where to find help, call the Personal Health Advisor at 0800-825-1600, a 24 hour hotline.
Talk to your doctor so you can be checked for infection.
Tell your partner to get treatment so they won’t spread the disease or re-infect you.
Get Early Treatment
Take precautions during treatment and consult your doctor or clinic about when it’s safe to have sex again.
Take all your medications because even if you feel better, germs may still be in your body and the STD won’t be cured.
Don’t share medications because each STD is unique and requires its own treatment.
Facts to Remember
You can, and often may, have more than one STD at once.
STDs can be painful but some are painless so a person can be unaware that he or she has a disease.
You never develop an immunity to STDs, no matter how many times you have them.
Also, some STDs have no cure.
Facts to Remember
A person can never have an STD without his or her sexual partner also being exposed to the STD
Condoms are NOT 100% guaranteed to prevent any STD
Hepatitis B is the only STD that is prevented by immunizations.
Facts to Remember
The most serious consequences of STDs, with the exception of HIV/AIDS, are experienced by women.
The most important, long-term effect of the rising incidence of STDs may be their contribution to male/female infertility.
STDs present during pregnancy or birth can harm or kill the fetus or infant.
Plan Ahead for Safer Sex
Plan ahead so you feel and act more comfortable and at ease.
Practice What You’ll Say and Do
First, decide what you’ll say to your partner and rehearse in front of a mirror.
Get used to handling condoms so things go smoothly later on.
Set the Stage
Be sure to keep a supply of condoms handy by the bed, or in your pocket or purse.
You may find using a news or magazine story about condoms or AIDS helps you bring up the subject of safer sex.
Say You Want to Play Safe
Be honest. Say you want to be cautious because you care about both of you.
Remember, sex is more enjoyable if you have peace of mind.
Choose Safer Sex
Alcohol and other drugs- They lower inhibitions and affect your judgement, leaving you vulnerable to unsafe sex.
Sharing IV drug needles spreads infection directly.
AIDS
End the Silence
Listen, Learn, Live!
How HIV is Spread
Body fluids of an infected person that spread HIV:
Semen
Blood
Vaginal fluid
Breast milk
How HIV is Not Spread
HIV is not spread through everyday casual contact.
HIV Infection
People infected with HIV:
May look healthy
May feel healthy
Or may have symptoms that are like other illnesses
But they can infect others even though they don’t look or feel sick
Alcohol, Drugs and HIV
Drinking alcohol or taking drugs may make people take the following HIV related risks:
Having sex without using a latex condom.
Sharing needles and syringes.
Stopping the Spread of HIV
No Sex
No injection drug use.
Sex exclusively with an uninfected partner and neither partner are injection drug users.
If people have sex, using latex condoms the right way every time, it reduces the risk of HIV and other STDs.
AIDS Statistics HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P, June 1999
There is an estimated 650,000-900,000 HIV-infected Americans.
40,000 Americans are infected each year
1 in 250 Americans is HIV-positive.
Over 420,000 Americans have died of AIDS.
AIDS Statistics HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P, June 1999
Three most common modes of exposure
men who have sex with men
injection drug use
heterosexual contact through sexual contact with injection drug users.
AIDS Statistics UNAIDS, WHO, 1 Dec 99
The Global Pandemic
More than 15,000 people are newly infected with HIV each day
An estimated 33 million people are living with HIV or AIDS today. 9 out of 10 don’t know they’re infected.
Cumulative AIDS deaths through 1999 = 16.3 million.
Key Points, American Red Cross
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
AIDS is a result of HIV infection.
HIV can be prevented.
HIV is not spread through casual contact.
People cannot get HIV when they give blood.
Testing
A negative antibody test means
You are not infected with HIV or
You have recently been infected with HIV and can infect others, but the test did not yet detect antibodies.
A positive antibody test means
You are infected with HIV
You can infect others
AIDS
When people develop AIDS, they may get illnesses that healthy people don’t get.
Only a doctor can diagnose AIDS.
