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What is the MOST IMPORTANT difference between bacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
- Bacterial STIs can only be managed; viral STIs can be cured.
- Bacterial STIs can be cured; viral STIs can only be managed.
- Bacterial STIs are caused by bacteria; viral STIs are caused by viruses.
- Bacterial STIs are more often life threatening; viral STIs are less serious.
While it is true that bacteria cause bacterial STIs and viruses cause viral STIs, the most important difference is that bacterial STIs can be cured, whereas viral STIs cannot. Both bacterial and viral STIs can be serious, life-threatening illnesses.
While it is true that bacteria cause bacterial STIs and viruses cause viral STIs, the most important difference is that bacterial STIs can be cured, whereas viral STIs cannot. Both bacterial and viral STIs can be serious, life-threatening illnesses.
While it is true that bacteria cause bacterial STIs and viruses cause viral STIs, the most important difference is that bacterial STIs can be cured, whereas viral STIs cannot. Both bacterial and viral STIs can be serious, life-threatening illnesses.
While it is true that bacteria cause bacterial STIs and viruses cause viral STIs, the most important difference is that bacterial STIs can be cured, whereas viral STIs cannot. Both bacterial and viral STIs can be serious, life-threatening illnesses.
What is TRUE about most of the bacterial and viral organisms that cause STIs?
- They are easily transmitted from toilet seats or unwashed towels.
- They cannot survive for long outside the body.
- They are sometimes transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks.
- They can be transmitted only during sexual intercourse.
The organisms responsible for most STIs cannot be transmitted from toilet seats, unwashed bed or bathroom linens, or insect bites. These organisms can enter the body through any broken skin, not just the genitals, anus, or mouth.
The organisms responsible for most STIs cannot be transmitted from toilet seats, unwashed bed or bathroom linens, or insect bites. These organisms can enter the body through any broken skin, not just the genitals, anus, or mouth.
The organisms responsible for most STIs cannot be transmitted from toilet seats, unwashed bed or bathroom linens, or insect bites. These organisms can enter the body through any broken skin, not just the genitals, anus, or mouth.
The organisms responsible for most STIs cannot be transmitted from toilet seats, unwashed bed or bathroom linens, or insect bites. These organisms can enter the body through any broken skin, not just the genitals, anus, or mouth.
What serious medical condition can affect women whose gonorrhea or chlamydia goes untreated?
- blindness
- brain damage
- pneumonia
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
In women, untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia can migrate up the reproductive tract to the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing lower abdominal pain, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between periods. This is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The scarring that results from PID often leaves a woman unable to become pregnant. Blindness, brain damage, and pneumonia are the effects of bacterial STIs on fetuses and newborns exposed to these pathogens.
In women, untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia can migrate up the reproductive tract to the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing lower abdominal pain, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between periods. This is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The scarring that results from PID often leaves a woman unable to become pregnant. Blindness, brain damage, and pneumonia are the effects of bacterial STIs on fetuses and newborns exposed to these pathogens.
In women, untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia can migrate up the reproductive tract to the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing lower abdominal pain, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between periods. This is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The scarring that results from PID often leaves a woman unable to become pregnant. Blindness, brain damage, and pneumonia are the effects of bacterial STIs on fetuses and newborns exposed to these pathogens.
In women, untreated gonorrhea or chlamydia can migrate up the reproductive tract to the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing lower abdominal pain, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between periods. This is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The scarring that results from PID often leaves a woman unable to become pregnant. Blindness, brain damage, and pneumonia are the effects of bacterial STIs on fetuses and newborns exposed to these pathogens.
Why is HIV considered the MOST serious of the viral STIs?
- HIV destroys the immune system, making a person vulnerable to deadly infections.
- There is no vaccine to prevent HIV like there is for HPV.
- There is no medication to manage HIV like there is for herpes.
- HIV is more painful than either HPV or herpes.
Unlike HPV and herpes, HIV is potentially lethal. While it is true that there is no vaccine to prevent HIV, there are medications to manage it. Herpes outbreaks are likely the most painful of the viral STIs.
Unlike HPV and herpes, HIV is potentially lethal. While it is true that there is no vaccine to prevent HIV, there are medications to manage it. Herpes outbreaks are likely the most painful of the viral STIs.
Unlike HPV and herpes, HIV is potentially lethal. While it is true that there is no vaccine to prevent HIV, there are medications to manage it. Herpes outbreaks are likely the most painful of the viral STIs.
Unlike HPV and herpes, HIV is potentially lethal. While it is true that there is no vaccine to prevent HIV, there are medications to manage it. Herpes outbreaks are likely the most painful of the viral STIs.
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