SAI’s vs. STD’s
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Syphilis
Chlamydia
Vaginitis
Herpes
Gonnorhea
SAI’s and STD’s
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Genital Warts
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis B
Nongonoccal Urethritis
Sexually Acquired Infections
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Painless
Painful
Multiple simultaneous infections
No cures
Get Early Treatment
• If you don’t know where to find help, call
the Personal Health Advisor at 0800-8251600, a 24 hour hotline.
• Talk to your doctor so you can be checked
for infection.
• Tell your partner to get treatment so they
won’t spread the disease or re-infect you.
Get Early Treatment
• Take precautions during treatment and
consult your doctor or clinic about when it’s
safe to have sex again.
• Take all your medications because even if
you feel better, germs may still be in your
body and the STD won’t be cured.
• Don’t share medications because each
STD is unique and requires its own
treatment.
Facts to Remember
• You can, and often may, have more than one
STD at once.
• STDs can be painful but some are painless
so a person can be unaware that he or she
has a disease.
• You never develop an immunity to STDs,
no matter how many times you have them.
• Also, some STDs have no cure.
Facts to Remember
• A person can never have an STD without
his or her sexual partner also being exposed
to the STD
• Condoms are NOT 100% guaranteed to
prevent any STD
• Hepatitis B is the only STD that is
prevented by immunizations.
Facts to Remember
• The most serious consequences of STDs,
with the exception of HIV/AIDS, are
experienced by women.
• The most important, long-term effect of the
rising incidence of STDs may be their
contribution to male/female infertility.
• STDs present during pregnancy or birth can
harm or kill the fetus or infant.
Plan Ahead for Safer Sex
Plan ahead so you feel and act more
comfortable and at ease.
Practice What You’ll Say and Do
• First, decide what you’ll say to your
partner and rehearse in front of a mirror.
• Get used to handling condoms so things go
smoothly later on.
Set the Stage
• Be sure to keep a supply of condoms
handy by the bed, or in your pocket or
purse.
• You may find using a news or magazine
story about condoms or AIDS helps you
bring up the subject of safer sex.
Say You Want to Play Safe
• Be honest. Say you want to be cautious
because you care about both of you.
• Remember, sex is more enjoyable if you
have peace of mind.
Choose Safer Sex
• Alcohol and other drugs- They lower
inhibitions and affect your judgement,
leaving you vulnerable to unsafe sex.
• Sharing IV drug needles spreads infection
directly.
AIDS
End the Silence
Listen, Learn, Live!
How HIV is Spread
• Body fluids of an infected person
that spread HIV:
– Semen
– Blood
– Vaginal fluid
– Breast milk
How HIV is Not Spread
• HIV is not spread through
everyday casual contact.
HIV Infection
• People infected with HIV:
– May look healthy
– May feel healthy
– Or may have symptoms that are like
other illnesses
– But they can infect others even
though they don’t look or feel sick
Alcohol, Drugs and HIV
• Drinking alcohol or taking drugs
may make people take the
following HIV related risks:
– Having sex without using a latex
condom.
– Sharing needles and syringes.
Stopping the Spread of HIV
• No Sex
• No injection drug use.
• Sex exclusively with an uninfected partner
and neither partner are injection drug users.
• If people have sex, using latex condoms the
right way every time, it reduces the risk of
HIV and other STDs.
AIDS Statistics
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P,
June 1999
• There is an estimated 650,000-900,000
HIV-infected Americans.
• 40,000 Americans are infected each year
• 1 in 250 Americans is HIV-positive.
• Over 420,000 Americans have died of
AIDS.
AIDS Statistics
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC and P,
June 1999
• Three most common modes of exposure
– men who have sex with men
– injection drug use
– heterosexual contact through sexual
contact with injection drug users.
AIDS Statistics
UNAIDS, WHO, 1 Dec 99
The Global Pandemic
• More than 15,000 people are newly infected
with HIV each day
• An estimated 33 million people are living
with HIV or AIDS today. 9 out of 10 don’t
know they’re infected.
• Cumulative AIDS deaths through 1999 =
16.3 million.
Key Points, American Red Cross
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HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
AIDS is a result of HIV infection.
HIV can be prevented.
HIV is not spread through casual
contact.
• People cannot get HIV when they give
blood.
Testing
• A negative antibody test means
– You are not infected with HIV or
– You have recently been infected with
HIV and can infect others, but the
test did not yet detect antibodies.
– A positive antibody test means
• You are infected with HIV
• You can infect others
AIDS
• When people develop AIDS, they may get
illnesses that healthy people don’t get.
• Only a doctor can diagnose AIDS.