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ways to prevent HIV/AIDS

1st. abstinence 2nd. avoid sharing needles 3rd. avoid alch and drugs 4th. make responsible choices 5th. use refusal skills

different tests of HIV

1st. antigen antibody test- detects the presence of hiv antibodies in blood 2nd. oral fluid test- gives results in 20 minutes 3rd. NAT test- used if person has been in high risk situation (law enforcement) 4th. rapid antibody test- requires blood or oral fluid to work 5th. Home collection kit- samples sent to laboratory

4 stages to hiv are what

1st. asymptotic stage 2nd. middle stage 3rd. symptomatic stage 4th. AIDS

the best means of preventing an std is what

ABSTINENCE

one reason hiv or aids is so serious is cause why

most people don't know they have it

the person with the std should do what to their partener

notify them of the std

a way to help you stay committed to abstinence

set personal limits

what is not a reason in which std's don't go diagnosed

states require them to be reported

when a single sore disappears it's a symptom of what?

syphilis

Chlamydiais the most common std among who

teens

stds can't be cured because why

they are viruses

most hpv infections will disappear without what

treatment

bacterial stds can be cured by what

vaccines

what is not a characteristic of the hiv infection

vaccines and antibiotics

hiv destroys what

white blood cells

pap tests can help diagnose what in women

HPV

Vaginitis is associated with what disease

Trichonominosis

genital herpes and hpv can't be cured with what

anitibiotics

bacterial stds can be cured with what

antibiotics

what can transmit HIV

blood

std's are highly communicable meaning what

easy to spread

who is more likely to suffer consequences from stds

females

the aids stage of hiv infection is the what stage

final

genital hpv can cause what

genital warts

use antibiotics to treat what

gonorrhea

barrier protection isn't always what in preventing stds

good

a vaccine is used to prevent some what.

hpv infections

what does hiv or aids attack?

immune system


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