"Some sexually transmitted diseases mimic other STDs with regard to their symptoms. Give an example of two of these types of diseases, describing how the symptoms of each disease resemble those of another STD and comparing the causative agents"

Two of the sexually transmitted diseases that can be chosen are HIV and syphilis.

Explanation:

In patients with HIV, the window period that can last for 10 years is very characteristic, a manifestation of loss of weight, tissues and sporadic nighttime sweat and descending tcd4 lymphocytes, but not abruptly, this virus may or may not manifest AIDS, if Manifesting to AIDS generates acquired insufficiency syndrome, which refers to a decrease in defenses, opportunistic mycoses, malignant neoplasms such as kaposi's sarcoma, weight loss, bacterial infections such as meningitis or pneumonia.

On the other hand, in syphilis, the initial symptoms become imperceptible at times, but there are certain elementary lesions that make it manifest, first it manifests as a syphilitic chancre, which is a reddish-red elevation that shows the area or the point where the bacteria entered the organism, it is painless, and occurs in the mucosa (in the case of occurring in the internal mucosa of the vagina, the woman does not perceive the primary stage), then in the secondary stage it manifests a very noticeable papula in the oral cavity.

Syphilis is treated with penicillin V and the sooner that a greater degree of sclerosis in the vessels is treated, there will be a manifestation that occurs in all stages, syphilis in some patients continued to progress reaching the tertiary stage and even miliary syphilis. that generated death.

answer: b. complete secondary assessment (detailed physical exam).

after you finished the primary assessment, you must proceed with the assessment by performing a complete detailed physical examination.

this secondary assessment includes a focused on patient’s history, vital signs and a specific and rapid examination of the entire body especially on the injuries acquired from the motor vehicle accident and the patient’s medical complaint.