This disease can be spread from a female patient to her baby during a vaginal delivery. The lesions that are typical of this disease appear near a female patient's vaginal opening. In male patients, the lesions appear on the tip of the penis or in the perianal area. The lesions are often treated with carbon dioxide laser treatments, electrocautery, or debridement.
Which disease is being described?

A. A general low count of red blood cells:

This describes anemia, not hyperlipidemia.

B. Bulging or dilation of a portion of an arterial wall:

This describes an aneurysm, not hyperlipidemia.

C. Elevated levels of lipids in the bloodstream:

Hyperlipidemia means high blood levels of lipids (such as cholesterol and triglycerides).

D. A lack of red blood cell membrane proteins:

This is a description of certain types of hemolytic anemia, not hyperlipidemia.

A. The general pathogen fighting system people are born with that does not change over time:

Innate immunity is nonspecific, present at birth, and provides immediate defense without adapting to specific pathogens.

B. The process in which endothelial cells are separated away from each other, making the capillaries larger:

This describes vascular permeability, a component of inflammation, not a definition of innate immunity.

C. The process by which the body automatically reacts to tissue injured by trauma or bacteria:

This describes the inflammatory response, which is a mechanism of innate immunity, but not the full definition of innate immunity itself.

D. The set of proteins that enhance the ability of the body to initiate the inflammatory response, attack a pathogen, and remove damaged cell material:

This describes the complement system, which is part of innate immunity, but again, it is not the complete definition of innate immunity.