Deck 24: Special Topic: Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Aids

Question 1

A 25-year-old woman is in early labor. After delivering the baby (by a normal vaginal delivery), the patient asks the doctor about some symptoms she had during pregnancy, including discharge and painful urination. She has a history of multiple sex partners and very rarely used condoms. You suspect a potential STD is the cause. The biggest risk at this point is ________.

A) There is no major risk at this point.
B) to the mother; an untreated STD is almost always fatal
C) to the baby; he or she can be infected while moving through the birth canal
D) to the mother; she may become infertile

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Sally and George are worried that their preteen children will catch an STD or even develop cancers of the penis or cervix. What precautionary measures can the children take, according to this chapter?

Answer 2

Abstinence, use of latex condoms, and anti-HPV vaccines for both males and females.

Question 3

Name that STD! Choose from the following STDs. You may use each choice more than once. In some cases, there may be several correct answers.
gonorrhea, chlamydia, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, genital herpes, syphilis
• Which STD usually causes death if it is left untreated?
• This STD goes through three stages before causing death.
• Which STD is suspected after an abnormal PAP test in females?
• Name two STDs that can be contracted on mucus membranes other than those of the reproductive systems.
• If an STD is detected early, many can be easily treated. Which STD cannot be treated (meaning that the person can never get rid of it, even though it may be managed)?
• Name three STDs that may have no symptoms (in either men or women).
• John has symptoms of an STD (burning sensation while urinating and a yellowish discharge from the urethra) that popped up 3 days after sexual contact with a questionable partner. Based on his symptoms and this timing, John probably has which STD?
• This STD can cause genital warts.
• Which STD can cause a rash over the entire body?
• Several STDs can be transmitted by oral sex. Name one.
• For which STD is there now a vaccine available for females?

Answer 3

• Which STD usually causes death if it is left untreated? syphilis
• This STD goes through three stages before causing death. syphilis
• Which STD is suspected after an abnormal PAP test in females? HPV infection
• Name two STDs that can be contracted on mucus membranes other than those of the reproductive systems: gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis
• If an STD is detected early, many can be easily treated. Which STD cannot be treated (meaning that the person can never get rid of it even though it may be managed)? genital herpes
• Name three STDs that may have no symptoms (in either men or women): gonorrhea, chlamydia, HPV infection
• John has symptoms of an STD (burning sensation while urinating and a yellowish discharge from the urethra) that popped up 3 days after sexual contact with a questionable partner. Based on his symptoms and this timing, John probably has which STD? gonorrhea
• This STD can cause genital warts. HPV infection
• Which STD can cause a rash over the entire body? syphilis
• Several STDs can be transmitted by oral sex. Name one. gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis
• For which STD is there now a vaccine available for females? HPV infection

Question 4

Which of the following STDs can infect the nervous system?

A) gonorrhea
B) chlamydia
C) syphilis
D) HPV infection

Question 5

Why is it not possible for HIV medications to eliminate HIV in a confirmed HIV-positive patient?

Question 6

Select two classes of HIV drugs, and fully explain how they work. Can they cure HIV?

Question 7

Concerning HIV, which of these statements is false?

A) HIV is a retrovirus.
B) HIV can be cured today.
C) HIV must interact with a receptor on the host to infect it.
D) HIV utilizes the enzyme reverse transcriptase to copy its RNA to DNA.

Question 8

This STD is linked to cervical cancer.

A) HPV infection
B) syphilis
C) gonorrhea
D) CMV infection

Question 9

The STD that will always produce symptoms is ________.

A) gonorrhea
B) chlamydia
C) syphilis
D) HPV infection

Question 10

We often hear young teenagers claim that oral sex doesn't count as "real" sex. Although oral sex won't cause pregnancy, it does have many of the same risks associated with "real" sex. Explain to one of these young teenagers what sorts of risks come with alternative forms of sexual contact, such as oral sex.

Question 11

Your former roommate went through a fairly promiscuous stage during her freshman year. Now she feels certain that she has an STD, possibly more than one STD. Too embarrassed to go to the doctor, she wants to take antibiotics that you had left over from a case of strep throat. She tells you that antibiotics will wipe out whatever she has. You caution her that using old antibiotics is a terrible idea and that the medicine will not, in fact, kill all STDs. Which of the following STDs would your antibiotics definitely not eliminate?

A) gonorrhea
B) chlamydia
C) syphilis
D) HPV infection

Question 12

Which of the following statements is incorrect concerning the use of drug therapy in an HIV-positive patient?

A) If drug therapy is used in a confirmed HIV-positive patient, all HIV viruses can be successfully eliminated from the body.
B) Protease inhibitors can slow the assembly of new viruses.
C) Reverse transcriptase inhibitors can help to slow the virus from entering into host chromosomes.
D) Two or more drugs can be combined to form a "drug cocktail."

Question 13

Why is a male more likely than a female to seek treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea?

Question 14

Which statement is false concerning STDs?

A) Bacterial STDs can be treated with antibiotics.
B) Permanent infertility can be the result of an untreated STD.
C) STDs are routinely tested for during all physical examinations.
D) Most viral STDs can never be eliminated from the body.