Sexual Health | Genital ulcer disease | Non-infective Genital Ulceration

Non-infective Genital Ulceration
Session Overview
Description
This session covers the clinical features, diagnosis and management of patients with non-infective genital ulceration.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• State the need for focused history taking
• Describe appropriate clinical examination of non-infective genital ulceration
• Recognise conditions causing non-infective genital ulceration
• State the indications for biopsy
• List treatment options

Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should:

• Module 2/Diagnosing Syphilis (260-0023)
• Module 2/Diagnosing Genital Herpes (260-0029)
• Module 4/Early Infectious Syphilis (260-0052)
• Module 4/Diagnosis and Management of Late Syphilis (260-0054)
• Module 4/Genital Herpes: Natural History and Complications (260-0059)

This session looks at the epidemiology and clinical features of the various causes of non-infective genital ulceration. Laboratory tests, diagnosis and treatment of each cause are discussed.