Given this scenario: Matt and Maria have spent a significant amount of time toge

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Given this scenario: Matt and Maria have spent a significant amount of time together and have begun a sexual relationship. They are both over 21 years old and have agreed to be in a consenting relationship. Maria utilizes the rhythm method as her preferred method of birth control. Several weeks ago she did not menstruate on the dates anticipated by her rhythm method of birth control. This week her menstruation did not occur when expected and thus she has now missed two consecutive menstrual periods. Anticipating that she might be pregnant, she immediately obtained a pregnancy test from the local pharmacy and confirmed that she is indeed pregnant. Although excited about the prospects of having a child, she reflects on her life style during the past several months and recalls with major concern that she and Matt have partied regularly and extensively, consuming significant amounts of alcohol on several occasions.

Answer the following based on the scenario.

6. What are the effects of alcohol on a human embryo in utero? Discuss fetal alcohol syndrome and the possibility of Maria’s unborn child being affected by this disorder?

7. Apart from unplanned pregnancy, what is the major health risk associated with unprotected sex? Describe the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of two examples of this group of infection.

Explanation / Answer

1)The effects of alcohol on human embryo are severe cognitive and behavioral defects.Alcohol consumption causes mental retardation.,fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol related neurodevelopmental disorder.

Fetal alcohol syndrome causes prenatal and postnatal growth retardation,mental deficiency,small head size and abnormalities in face,eyes,heart,joints,external genitalia,skeletal and cardiac defects usually mental retardation.

Not every child whose mother dranks alcohol during pregnancy develops fetal alcohol syndrome.It depends upon the drinking pattern,differences in metabolism,timing of alcohol consumption.

2)The infections caused during unprotected sex are crevicitis,trichomoniasis,bacterial vaginosis,genital warts AIDS,and others

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS

      It is caused mainly due to doing unprotected sex with mre than one person.The most common symptom is smelly vaginal discharge.It seems to be greyish white or yellow with fishy smell.Treatment for this disease includes antibiotics medicine(oral or vaginal) like metronidazole,clindamycin and tinidazole.

GENITAL WARTS

       Genital warts are soft growths that occur on the genitals.It is a sexually trasmitted infection caused by Human papilloma virus.These growths can cause painand itching.It is diagnosed by physical examination and tested for the presence o HPV.Treatment for this include Imiquimod(aldora),Podophyllin and Podpfilox,Trichloroacetic acid .

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