Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Genital Herpes

• Tingling, itching, genital pain
• Eruption of small pustules & vesicles
• Lesion rupture @ ~ 5 day to wet ulcers
• Dysuria & urine retention
• Fever, h/a, malaise, muscle ache, lymph adenopathy

Candidiasis = Yeast Infection, Thrush

• Results from antibiotic therapy, hormone levels (pregnancy, oral contraceptives), DM
• see Integumentary

Gonorrhea

• Transmitted via sexual intercourse or from mom to infant at birth (3–5 day incubation period)
• Urethral pain, dysuria
• Discharge
• Dyspareunia
• Vaginal bleeding (unusual or after intercourse)
• Fever
• Abdominal pain

Syphilis

• Transmission is sexual via secretions, kissing, or skin abrasions, or from mom to infant in utero
• 1°—chancre @ site of exposure; incubates 1 wk to 3 months; highly contagious; button-like papule (painless)
• 2°—rash (palms & soles), constitutional symptoms, nausea, loss of appetite, fever, sore throat, stomatitis, inflamed eyes, red-brown 2–3 cm lesions on genitals (foul, contagious discharge)
• 3°—destructive lesions to CV & neural systems

Source: Gulick D (2006).