Oral and Facial Manifestations of Venereal Diseases

Tradicionalni koncept od pet spolnih bolesti proširen je na listu od 15 bolesti. Opisana je svaka od tih bolesti (etiologija, klinička slika i diferencijalna dijagnoza). U posljednjih tridesetak godina konstatira se porast bolesti seksualnog kontakta u općem morbiditetu. Bolesti mogu imati i oralnu simptomatologiju. Stomatolog dolazi u položaj da bude među prvima koji će posumnjati na moguću bolest, zato mora poznavati dijagnozu i diferencijalnu dijagnozu bolesti seksualnog kontakta. On se može neveneričnim putem inficirati ovim bolestima, što je posljedica profesionalnog rizika. Naglašava se važnost edukacije, preventivnog rada, standarda zdravstva i savjesti zdravstvenih djelatnika kako bi štitili sebe i spriječili prijenos bolesti na druge pacijente.A traditional concept of five venereal diseases has been extended to a list of 15 diseases. Each of these diseases is described (etiology, clinical picture and differential diagnosis). Over the past 30 years, the proportion of sexually transmitted diseases in the overall morbidity has dramatically increased. These diseases can also have oral symptomatology. As a dental doctor may thus be one of those who will first suspect the possible disease, he should be familiar with the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the sexually transmitted diseases. He is also exposed to a professional risk of infection by a non-venereal route. The importance of proper education, preventive measures, health standards and health professional conscience for self-protection and prevention of disease transmission to other patients is emphasized