Discuss how lifestyle factors related to sexually transmitted diseases affect health
What will be an ideal response?
Prior to 1960, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. had been reduced sharply by barrier-type contraceptives (condoms) and the use of penicillin as a cure. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, the number of cases of STDs increased rapidly with the introduction of the birth control pill, which led to women having more sexual partners and couples being less likely to use barrier contraceptives.
Women are at higher risk of chlamydia. However, in recent years more men have also been tested for chlamydial infection, resulting in an increase in the number of male cases reported.
Untreated gonorrhea may lead to serious outcomes such as tubal infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain..
Untreated syphilis can, over time, cause cardiovascular problems, brain damage, or even death. Penicillin can cure most cases of syphilis as long as the disease has not spread.
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), which is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), is among the most significant health problems that this nation
—and the world—faces today. Although AIDS almost inevitably ends in death, no one actually dies of AIDS. AIDS reduces the body's ability to fight diseases, making a person vulnerable to many diseases, such as pneumonia, that result in death. Worldwide, the number of people with HIV or AIDS continues to increase, but progress has been
made in some countries in addressing this epidemic. An estimated 34 million people worldwide are living
with HIV/AIDS. HIV is transmitted through unprotected (or inadequately protected) sexual intercourse with an infected partner (either male or female), by sharing a contaminated hypodermic needle with someone who is infected, by exposure to blood or blood products (usually from a transfusion), and by an infected woman who passes the virus on to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast feeding.
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a. The age group between 45 and 54 tends to have the highest mean household income of age group. b. A stable, intimate, and supportive marriage has been found to be one of the strongest predictors of husbands' adjustment to the stresses of the middle years. c. Less role strain combined with the positive benefits of working can contribute to the middle years being a time of increased personal satisfaction for women. d. all of the above
David has a habit of cracking his knuckles. Erica has been annoyed with this for a while. One day, when David cracked all his knuckles twice in a row, Erica yelled at him for his "disgusting habit." With regard to the categories of events that lead to conflicts as classified by Peterson, Erica:
A) has developed a social allergy. B) has developed a dialectic tension. C) is feeling rebuffed. D) is engaging in attributional conflict.
Foucault studied the Panopticon because it was the idealized embodiment of
a. corporal punishment. b. mental torture. c. surveillance and discipline. d. disciplinary society.
Which of the following statements about Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is true?
A. Almost 4 million Americans age 12 and older suffer from AUD. B. To be diagnosed with AUD requires a physician's diagnosis, but this is unrelated to the DSM. C. The severity of the AUD-mild, moderate, or severe-is based on the number of criteria met. D. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the medical community no longer use the term AUD.