Question

Health Topic Q&A

Scenario: You are a physician’s assistant at a local medical practice. You noticed that some of your patients could benefit from additional educational materials, especially to be given after their appointment or made available on your practice’s website. Your colleagues could benefit from reading this information and may also find it helpful to have on hand in case a patient poses similar questions to them in the future.

Choose a single pathogen or health topic related to infection and research medical facts about the condition and current medical recommendations. In planning your answer, select a relationship of the author with the audience. Examples include: doctor to patient, nurse educator to other nurses, or counselor to family members of a patient.

Provide an informational brochure or blog post in the form of a Q&A or an expert advice column. Include five (5) or more original questions. The answers should be original, factual, and provide relevant information for the audience. Assume your target audience is not familiar with the material but would have a keen interest in learning more.

Your complete Q&A should include at least five individual questions with complete answers. Clearly identify the question and answer (e.g., “Q:” before the question) and go into detail in each answer. You may advise the reader to read more elsewhere, but first be sure each question in your submission has a thorough, informational answer.

Resources to get you started

Example: Does stopping a course of antibiotics early lead to antibiotic resistance?
http://www.who.int/features/qa/stopping-antibiotic-treatment/en/

Example: Sexual health Q&A
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/women1839/Pages/sexualhealthquestions.aspx

Answer 1

1, Q,What is sexually Transmitted disease? and list out some common STDs?
   A, Sexually transmitted diseases(STDs) are infections that pass from one person to another through sexual contact..Examples: chlamydia,chancroid,crabs,genital herpes,genital warts,hepatitis B,human Immunodeficiency virus(HIV),human Papilloma virus(HPV),syphillus,gonorrhea,Trichomoniasis..
2, Q,what are the signs and symptoms of STDs?
A, Genital lesions or ulcer,back pain,muscle ache,fever,unusual discharge,excess bleeding,lower back pain,urethritis,UTI,HIV symptoms can affect entire body..
3, Q, List the treatment for STDs?
    A, Bacterial STDs can be used with antibiotics..Viral STDs can not be used antibiotics but can mange the symptoms with medications..vaccination against hepatitis B will be helpful..It is important if you start antibiotics to treat a STD take all of the drug prescribed to you,even if the symptoms go away..Do not mix the course of medication with other combined antibiotics,again it will be more difficulty to treat..For HIV infection Antiretroviral drugs are the standard therapy..some doctors will start antiretroviral therapy for some patient for better manage the HIv virus..Patient should talk with doctor about when they have to start antiretroviral therapy..penicillin is the treatment medicine for syphilis..certain strains of gonorrhea have become resistant to some antobiotics..for that patient must have more than one drug to fight gonorrhea..recommand a combination therapy of ceftriazone,azithromycin,doxycycline to treat uncomplicated gonococcal infection..
4,Q, What are the risk factors for STIs?
A, more than one sexual partner,direct contact with STI,History of Sexually transmitted infection..,using contraceptive device for long period..
5, Q, How to prevent STDs?
A, Provide the essential information you need to offer good advice
   Patient education about causes and how it spread
   Advice them to use latex condoms to prevent syphilis and importance of routine screening..
    advice for safe sex practice
    Advice them to contact doctor if they direct contact with other blood or body fluid..
    Advice not stop the antibiotics unless doctors advice..
   Provide risk reduction counselling for patient as per their culture,language,gender,sexual orientation,age, and developmental level..
   Training in client-centered counselling is available through the CDC STD/HIV National Network of prevention Training Centers..