TEXT: Classification and terminology. I- Until the 1990s, afflictions such as AIDS, herpes and gonorrhoea were commonly known as venereal diseases. Veneris is the Latin word of the name Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Public health officials originally introduced the term sexually transmitted infection, which clinicians are more and more all the time using alongside the term sexually transmitted disease in order to distinguish it from the former. "Sometimes the term STI ard STD are used interchangeably. This can be confusing and not always accurate, so it helps first to understand the difference between infection and disease, Infection simply means that a germ - virus, bacteria or parasite that can cause disease or sickness is present inside a person's body. An infected person does not necessarily have any symptoms or signs that the virus or bacteria is actually hurting his or her body; they do not necessarily feel-sick, A disease means that the infection is actually causing the infected person feel sick, or to notice something is wrong. For this reason, the term STI - which refers to infection with any germ that can cause an STD, even if the infected person has no symptoms - is a much broader term than STD. 1 2- Specifically, the term STD refers only to infections that are causing symptoms. Because most of the time, people do not know that they are infected with an STD until they show symptoms of disease, most people use the term STD even though the term STI is als appropriate in many cases. 3- Moreover, the term sexually transmissible disease is sometimes used since it less restrictive in consideration of other factors or means of transmission. For instance meningitis is transmissible by means of sexual contact but is not considered as an STI becaus sexual contact is not the primary vector for the pathogers that cause meningiti 2. English Student's Book 3mme WRITING - Write a paragraph about STDs. Make sure you answer these questions. 1. How do people catch STDs? How do they know they are sick? 3. How can we stop the spread of STDs? What should we do if a friend is suffering from an STD?
