Sexually transmitted diseases in women
Women can contract any sexually transmitted disease. Symptoms may vary widely, and in some cases, may have no symptoms. Protection from infection includes “safe sex” practices (i.e., use of condoms) or abstinence from sexual activity.
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- Sexually transmitted infection
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Women; Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Men.
- SGOT
Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, an enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGOT is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood SGOT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the heart (for example, from a heart attack). […]
- SGPT
Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, an enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGPT is released into blood when the liver or heart are damaged. The blood SGPT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the heart (for example, from a heart attack). […]
- Shaken baby syndrome
Characteristic injuries caused by violently shaking an infant. Shaken baby syndrome has distinctive features, including hemorrhage (bleeding) into the retina, hemorrhage and swelling of the brain, and patterned bruising and fractures (breaks) of the child’s ribs or bones where they have been twisted from the shaking. Shaken baby syndrome is the most common cause of […]
- Shank
1. In anatomy, the tibia, the larger bone in the lower leg. The term is rarely used in this sense today. 2. In a culinary sense, the foreleg of a four-legged animal as, for example, a lamb shank. The shank is flavorful but tough (due to connective tissue) and therefore needs long slow cooking.