HOSA Healthcare Issues Exam Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Which STDs set an all time high in 2018? - -Syphillis -Gonorrhea -Chlamydia What does CDC stand for - Centers for disease control Congenital syphilis - a syphilis infection in a newborn baby resulting from transmission from an infected mother To reduce the number of babies born with Syphilis - health officials say its vital that pregnant women become tested If a pregnant woman with Syphilis is left untreated... - There is an 80% chance she will pass it on to her baby What can congenital syphilis cause? - lifelong health complications in unborn baby and newborn death Reason for increase of STD rates - -lack of condom -drug use - poverty - limited resources brought on by cuts to std programs and clinic closures What can cure syphilis, gnorrhea, and chlamydia when caught early? - Antibiotics Only antibiotic to retain high effectiveness against gonorhea in the United States - Ceftriaxone (Rocephin)The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans on... - Releasing a Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Federal Action Plan in 2020. There are safety concerns of blood pressure drugs due to... - traces of carcinogens Potential effects of carcinogens - It will increase the levels of nitrosamine, where they theorize it will increase cancer The FDA found... - 61% of nitrosamine in levels that exceeded the allowable level in the blood pressure drugs it examined The FDA is conducting an investigation on... - cancer risks around leading blood pressure treatments Due to the unsafe levels of cancer risks leading blood pressure treatments means the FDA might... - risk pulling life saving medication relied on by millions of Americans against the possible presence of unsafe levels of nitrosamine in those drugs Instead of recalling potentially contaminated batches of blood pressure drugs... - The FDA is conducting spot inspections by testing random samples of medication in hopes of preventing tainted batches from reaching pharmacies