Question

Katrina Sterrett, a 26-year-old preschool teacher, is being seen by a physician who is part of the internist group where you practice nursing. She is undergoing her annual physical and is having many lab tests done as a condition of her employment and upcoming wedding. She is returning for her results and is devastated to learn that she has the sexually-transmitted infection, gonorrhea. What would contribute to her ignorance of her condition?

a) Being asymptomatic
b) All options are correct
c) Being sexually inactive
d) Knowing the signs and symptoms of STIs

Answer 1

Katrina's ignorance of her STI could be due to her being asymptomatic, a common factor in many STIs.

Step-by-step explanation:

A variety of factors can contribute to a person's ignorance of their STI, but in the case of Katrina, the main contributor would be that she is asymptomatic. Many STIs, including gonorrhea, can be present in the body without causing any noticeable symptoms. This can lead individuals to be unaware of their infection and delay seeking treatment. Other factors such as social taboos, inconsistent symptoms, and lack of mandatory reporting also make it difficult to estimate the true prevalence of STIs.