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Sexually Transmitted Infections: Part I: Genital Bumps and Genital Ulcers
Nupur Gupta1,2
1Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and Division of Global Health, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA.
Abstract:
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) affect young people in a disproportionate way, with more than half of the infections occurring in 15- to 25-year-olds, although as an age group they constitute only 25% of the sexually active population. Pediatricians should be familiar with the social, behavioral, and biological factors that predispose adolescents to STIs. Preventive visits for teens and pre-teens should incorporate education and counseling about sexuality, safe sexual behavior, and STIs. Pediatricians should be able to identify, diagnose, and manage STIs presenting as genital "bumps" and genital "ulcers." Pediatricians should also offer human immunodeficiency virus testing and expedited partner treatment to all adolescents who are diagnosed as having an STI.
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