Why are women more likely than men to have silent sexually transmitted disease (STD) infection?
a. Women are less susceptible to STDs and are not assessed often for them.
b. Lesions may not be visible, or the woman can be asymptomatic.
c. A man's longer urethra provides increased opportunity for bacteria to multiply.
d. Symptoms of infection in women are likely to be systemic and vague, not local.
B
Most clinical manifestations of an STD in a man are experienced in or around the penis. Most of a woman's genital mucous membranes are inside the vagina and around the cervix, where direct observation of any lesions is unlikely. Also some women have no symptoms or only vague symptoms of STDs, and this leads to a delay in diagnosis.
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