AIDS

HUMAN IMMUNE
DEFICIENCY VIRUS

EFFECTS:
1. Immune system failures
2. Severe illness leading to
death

PREVENTIVE MEASURE:

Abstinence from sexual

intercourse and from the
use of intravenous drugs

CHLAMYDIA
CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS
BACTERIUM

EFFECTS:
IN WOMEN:
Menstrual bleeding
IN MEN:
Infection of the testicles

PREVENTIVE MEASURE:

Abstinence from
sexual intercourse

GENITAL HERPES
HERPES SIMPLEX 2 VIRUS

EFFECTS:
1.

If left untreated, may cause

cervical cancer in women
2. For pregnants, cause
deformities in unborn babies

PREVENTIVE MEASURE:

Abstinence from sexual

intercourse and from the
use of intravenous drugs

GONORRHEA
NEISSERIA GONORRHEA
BACTERIUM

EFFECTS:
1. Sterility
2. Liver Disease

PREVENTIVE MEASURE:
3.

Abstinence from sexual

intercourse and from the
use of intravenous drugs

SYPHILIS
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
BACTERIUM

EFFECTS:

If left untreated:

1. Mental illness
2. Heart and Kidney Damage
3. Death

PREVENTIVE MEASURE:

Abstinence from sexual

intercourse and from the
use of intravenous drugs