A 20-year-old patient has small painful blisters on her labia that developed about 6 days after having sex with her new boyfriend. The nurse would conduct additional assessment for which most likely STI?
1. Syphilis
2. Gonorrhea
3. Chlamydia
4. Genital herpes
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Rationale 1: Syphilis is characterized in the early stage by a painless chancre at the site of inoculation.
Rationale 2: Women who have gonorrhea may be asymptomatic until the disease is advanced but may experience dysuria, abnormal menses, increased vaginal discharge, and dyspareunia.
Rationale 3: Chlamydia manifests with dysuria and discharge, not blisters.
Rationale 4: Two to 10 days after exposure to the genital herpes virus, painful red papules appear in the genital area. Soon afterward, they form small painful blisters filled with clear fluid containing virus particles.
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