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प्रश्न
How are STDs transmitted?
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उत्तर
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are called as Sexually transmitted infections (STI). Normally STI are transmitted from person to person during intimate sexual contact with an infected partner. Infections like Hepatitis-B and HIV are transmitted sexually as well as by sharing of infusion needles, surgical instruments, etc with infected people, blood transfusion or from infected mother to baby.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Correct the following statement:
All sexually transmitted diseases are completely curable.
‘HAART’ is suggested for the treatment of __________
(A) malaria
(B) cancer
(C) AIDS
(D) high chloesterol level
What does the abbreviation AIDS stand for?
AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient’s clothes.
Write the preventive measures of STDs.
Which of the following represents the correct match of a sexually transmitted disease with its pathogen?
What are the benefits of using mechanical barriers during sexual act?
Hepatitis A causes cirrhosis of the liver.
Some human diseases are transmitted only when the blood of a patient comes in close contact with the blood of a healthy person. In one such disease, there is a progressive decrease in the WBC of the patient.
- Name the disease and its causative agent.
- Name the type of WBC affected during infection.
- How does the blood of a patient come in contact with the blood of a healthy patient?
- Suggest three methods that help in preventing such infection.
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Sapna has been diagnosed with an infection of the reproductive tract caused by bacteria. She experiences burning sensation during urination, pain around her genitalia and observes pus containing discharge. Her doctor tells her that this infection has an incubation period of two to five days but can be cured. |
What is the biological name of the causative agent of the disease Sapna is suffering from?
