An elderly female has slowly developed dementia and loss of vision. She is being evaluated for nursing home placement. Routine admission blood work reveals that the client tested positive for which STI associated with her current symptoms?

Question

A) Tertiary syphilis
B) Chlamydial
C) Gonorrhea
D) Human papillomavirus infection

Answer 1

Ans: A
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Tertiary syphilis is a delayed response of the untreated disease. The symptomatic tertiary stage frequently affects the cardiovascular system, central nervous system, liver, bones, and testes. In women, chlamydial infections may cause urinary frequency, dysuria, and vaginal discharge. In women, gonorrhea has recognizable symptoms, which include unusual genital or urinary discharge, dysuria, dyspareunia, pelvic pain or tenderness, unusual vaginal bleeding (including bleeding after intercourse), and fever. HPV infection is associated with genital warts that typically present as soft, raised, fleshy lesions on the external genitalia, including the penis, vulva, scrotum, perineum, and perianal skin. External warts may appear as small bumps, or they may be flat, rough surfaced, or pedunculated.