Posted on 05/27/2006 2:29:41 AM PDT by lauriehelds
Doctors said sexually transmitted diseases among senior citizens are running rampant at a popular Central Florida retirement community, according to a Local 6 News report.
A gynecologist at The Villages community near Orlando, Fla., said she treats more cases of herpes and the human papilloma virus in the retirement community than she did in the city of Miami.
"Yeah, they are very shocked (to hear the diagnosis)," gynecologist Dr. Colleen McQuade said. "I had a patient in her 80s."
"More and more senior citizens are ending up in the gynecologist office, and their diagnosis is a sexually transmitted disease," Local 6 reporter Vanessa Medina said.
Local 6 featured Louis Franklin, who used to date in the community at least three times a week.
"I have had a better dating life since I have been here than I have ever had," Franklin said. "I know there are things going around."
A doctor blamed Viagra, a lack of sex education and no risk for pregnancy for the spike in sexually transmitted diseases at The Villages.
"All I can repeat are the things I have heard which are things like, 'Should I bring the little blue pills over tonight?'" community singles group president Richard Matwyshen said.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
something to look forward to for gen x'ers
Bump for later.
OMG!
I was about to have breakfast. Suddenly, I have no appetite....
Isn't The Villages the place advertised on FNC from time to time? I am beginning to have ideas about some possible re-wordings of their annoying jingle.
"running rampant at a popular Central Florida retirement community"
There are one or two people changing the neighborhood temporarily.
Burglary is like this, the neighborhood doesn't change, a couple of new guys move in until they are caught or move on.
OMG! II
I've heard the same thing about the Sun City retirement community here in Arizona, that the most prevalent illness among the seniors is VD. Man, I can't wait to be 80.
A doctor blamed Viagra, a lack of sex education and no risk for pregnancy
Boomers never change, it appears.
"Boomers never change, it appears."
boomers are between 60 and 42.
LACK OF SEX EDUCATION!
When is that old line going to get a rest? These people are older than the hills, living in the old USA where sex flows from the media devices like a river. Give me a break.
Troubling, but not really unexpected. Both diseases are far more common than many people realize. HPV, in particular, has become so common place most sexually active people in the U.S. have been exposed to it at one time or another. Most strains are harmless, but a few have been linked to cervical cancer in women.
It's also linked to genital warts. At their age, it's hard to tell age spots, skin tags, moles, and warts apart.
Blech!
It's the pizza delivery guy what's doing it!
I might be wrong, but I think the strains most likely to cause warts are also the ones most often associated with cervical cancer.
Either way, blech indeed!
Unintended consequences from viagra?
I think this is the point where someone is supposed to say: 'Sounds just like something a math-challenged X'er would say.'
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