Health Review #3

Which statement about STIs is true?

• STIs cannot kill you

• People do not develop immunity to STIs

• All STIs are curable

• STIs do not happen to adolescents

You can reduce your risk of STIs by practicing abstinence, which means

• not going out on dates

• choosing friends who share your valves

• not sharing needles with other people

• not having sexual intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex

How can a person get an STI?

i. getting a body piercing

ii. getting a tattoo

iii. injecting drugs

iv. having oral sex

v. having anal sex; vi. having sexual intercourse

• i, ii, iii, iv, v, and vi

• i, ii, and iii only

• iii, iv, v, and vi only

• iv, v, and vi only

Which statement about chlamydia is true?

• it is one of the least common STIs in the US

• It can be cured with antibiotics

• It cannot be eliminated and will remain in the body for life

• It is caused by a virus

People should seek treatment for STIs

• only when they start noticing severe symptoms

• as soon as they suspect they may be infected

• before they begin sexual abstinence

• only when they are positive they are infected

What is the main effect of HIV?

• it attacks and destroys liver tissue

• It causes painful blisters to appear on or around the genitals

• It slowly destroys the immune system

• It causes the immune system to overreact to pathogens

Which behavior involves the most risk for getting HIV?

• hugging an infected person

• going to classes with an infected person

• living with an infected person

• having oral sex with an infected person

HIV is NOT transmitted by

• an infected mother who breast-feeds her baby

• shaking hands with an infected person

• sharing a needle with an infected person

• getting a tattoo or body piercing

For teenagers, the best way to avoid getting HIV is by

• having sex with only two or three different partners

• abstaining from sexual activity

• using a condom during most sexual encounters

• having oral sex instead of sexual intercouse

The only way a person can know for certain whether or not he or she is infected with HIV is to

• have a blood test

• get a urine test

• watch closely for symptoms

• ask all of his or her sexual partners