What is Pre-marital sex?
It is to have sex before marriage
The consequences are:
• Unplanned pregnancies
• Abortion
• Abandoned babies
• Sexually transmitted infection
So the best way is to avoid having sex before marriage.
What are abortions?
It is the deliberate ending of pregnancy. It is by removing the baby from the womb of the mother before it can survive on its own. Remember: it should always be carried out by a trained doctor.
*It should only carried out during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy unless the life of the mother will be in danger.
Abortion risks
• Infection of the womb and fallopian tubes
Make is difficult for a woman to get pregnant in the future
• Massive loss of blood from vagina
Can lead to death
• Puncturing of the uterus by the instrument
May result in massive loss of blood
• Feeling guilty
Lead to depression
What is sexually transmitted disease?
Diseases that are passed on by an infected person during sexual intercourse.
It can infect others by other ways.
The disease is caused by a bacteria or a virus and it often show no signs and symtoms for the initial stage so it cannot be detected early. Late treatment may cause health problems or even death.•
Examples:
Gonorrhoea
-caused by bacteria called neisseria gonorrheae
-can be treated only in the early stages with antibotics.
Symptoms and signs of Gonorrhoea:
-pain when urinating
-pus coming out of penis or vagina
-damages reproductive organs, leading to sterility
-can cause blindness in babies born from mothers suffering from this disease.
Syphilis
-caused by spiral shaped bacteria called treponema pallidum
-can be treated only in the early stages with pencillin
Symptoms and signs of Syphillis:
Early stages
-sores in mouth and on reproductive organs
Late stages
- deformed joints
- Abnormal teeth
- Blindness
- Serious heart and brain problems
- Insanity
- Babies born from mothers suffering
AIDS
How do people get AIDS?
• Through sexual intercourse with an infected person
• Through bites and cuts
• Use of contaminated injection needles
• During the transfusion of blood contaminated with the virus
• During pregnancy, a mother with AIDS can pass the disease to her unborn baby
• Baby may also get infected from the mother’s breast milk
Symptoms and signs of HIV infection
After a few months or several years:
• Tiredness
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Serious diarrhea
After 8 to 10 years.
• Pneumonia
• Different form of cancer (eg. blood vessels)
• Damage to brain
• Death
Common myths about AIDS
FALSE and MISLEADING INFORMATION!
• Touching infected person
• From sneezing
• From kissing
• From toilet seats
The reason is because the virus cannot survive in the open for too long, it will die almost immediately when it is outside of the body.
Pevention of STDs:
• Sexual intercourse with one uninfected partner
• Sexual intercourse using a condom
• Not taking drugs, especially not sharing needles which may contaminated with bacteria or viruses
• Making sure that eye piercing equipment has been sterilized before it is used on you
• Make sure that a barber uses a new blade when shaving
*All this diesases can actually prevented by using the contrceptives like the condom,cap and the diaphragm. Birth control pills can also be taken by the woman to prevent the overy from releasing any egg.
Another way is to not have so many sexual partners.
Social Issues of STD:
The society treats STD suffers(especially AIDS sufferers) badly
It is actually unfair to treat them this way as they do not wish to be infected with this disease.
Do you think it is unfair to treat them this way? Discuss with us in the tagboard.