| A | B |
|---|
| Candidiasis | a yeast infection of the vagina |
| Acquired immune deficiency syndrome | the most deadly of the sexually transmitted diseases |
| Vaginitis | a vaginal infection or irritation |
| Trichomonas | single-celled pathogen that causes a type of vaginitis |
| Syphilis | a serious, many sexually transmitted disease, caused by a spirochete bacterium |
| Sexually transmitted disease | venereal disease; a group of diseases usually spread through sexual contact |
| Sexual abstinence | not having any kind of sexual contact w/ another person |
| Scabies | an itchy rash caused by a tiny animal called a mite |
| Pubic lice | lice that infest the hair in the genital area |
| Pelvic inflammatory disease | a serious infection of the female reproductive organs |
| Opportunistic disease | disease that attacks a person whose immune system is weakened |
| Human immuno deficiency virus | the virus that causes AIDS by attacking & disabling T-lymphocytes. It is spread through contact w/ body fluids |
| Gonorrhea | a sexually transmitted disease that infects the urinary tract in both men & women, & the reproductive organs in women |
| Genital warts | warts in the genital area that are sexually transmitted |
| Genital herpes | an incurable condition characterized by clusters of painful blisters on or around the genitals |
| Congenital syphilis | syphilis passed on to a baby by its mother during pregnancy |
| Chlamydia | a common sexually transmitted disease which can cause painful infections of the urinary & reproductive tracts in men & women |
| Chancroid | a bacterial sexually transmitted disease w/ symptoms similar to the first stage of syphilis |
| Chancre | a small, painless sore that appears in the first stage of syphilis |
