THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS/THE MIRACLE OF LIFE/STI'S

THE MIRACLE OF LIFE

THE MALE ANATOMY

THE FEMALE ANATOMY

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THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

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MENSTRUAL CYCLE FACTS

• Typically lasts 28-35 days
• Doesn't become regular until late teens early 20's.
• Days 1-5 menstruation
• Days 5-13 egg matures
• Day 14-15 ovulation/egg is releases from ovary

MENSTRUAL CYCLE FACTS CONTINUED...

• Day 16-22 eggs travels through Fallopian tubes
• Days 23-28 the unfertilized egg reaches the uterus
• Cycle begins again with menstraution.
• Increase in metabolism before you get your period. You might crave more salty or sweet foods.
• Premenstrual stress (PMS) : is a series symptoms of women experiences before she gets her period.

PMS: A WOMAN COULD EXPERIENCE:

• Mood swings
• Feeling bloated and gassy
• Headaches
• Irritability
• Menstrual cramps and lower back pain

KEEPING YOUR REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM HEALTHY

• Cleanliness
• Sexual abstinence
• Get treatment for infections
• Self exams
• Regular medical check ups

PREGNANCY & BIRTH

PREGNANCY FACTS

• The fertilized egg travels down the Fallopian tube and implants in the uterus
• Blastocyst divides rapidly to form the yolk sack (primitive amniotic sac) and placenta
• First two months of development major body systems
• Typical pregnancy is 40 weeks (9 months) depending on when fertilization occurred.
• Having a healthy diet, taking prenatal vitamins, exercising, and abstaining from alcohol/tobacco/drugs is crucial

CHILDBIRTH

THERE ARE THREE STAGES OF CHILDBIRTH

• Labor
• Delivery of Baby
• Delivery of after birth (placenta)
• http://www.babycenter.com/2_inside-pregnancy-labor-and-birth_3658872.bc

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SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS(STIs)

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF S.T.I.

• Cause pain, discomfort, and embarrassment
• Increased risk of infertility and certain cancers
• Many are treated with medicines, some are in curable.
• If untreated some are fatal
• AIDS is a fatal disease. The medicines help prolong life.

THREE MOST COMMON TYPES OF S.T.I IN THE U.S.

• Trichomoniasis (vaginitis or urethritis )
• Human papilloma virus (HPV)
• Chlamydia

OTHER S.T.I.s

• Genital Herpes
• Gonorrhea
• Hepatitis
• Syphillis
• Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

NOW LETS WORK ON OUR S.T.Is CHART

HOW CAN WE AVOID GETTING S.T.IS?

• ABSTINENCE!!!!
• Avoid drugs!!!
• Choose responsible friends!!!

HIV/AIDS

HIV:

HIV INFECTION FACTS

• Transmitted through blood, semen, vaginal secretions, mother to baby
• HIV leads to AIDS
• There are two stages a person experiences with HIV before they get AIDS:
• A symptomatic stage: flulike symptoms that go away after a few weeks
• Symptomatic stage: weight loss, persistent fever, diarrhea, or fungal infections.

HIV FACTS CONTINUED...

• It can be 10+ years before some develops AIDs from HIV
• Medications treat the infections not get rid of the disease.

AIDS

• When they is a specific low number of the "Helper T cells" the person has AIDS
• People don't die from AIDS but from opportunistic infections: tuberculosis, pneumonia, fungal infections
• A person with AIDS is dependent on taking a numbers of medications a day

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