Posted on 08/29/2018 10:42:13 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
In a disturbing national trend, the number of three common sexually transmitted diseases hit a record high last year, with nearly 2.3 million cases reported in the U.S. – eclipsing the record set in 2016 by more than 200,000 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Comparing data from 2013 with 2017's preliminary data showed "steep, sustained increases" in reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, the CDC said, also warning that gonorrhea is showing signs of becoming resistant to the antibiotics used to treat it.
"We are sliding backward," Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, said in a statement. "It is evident the systems that identify, treat, and ultimately prevent STDs are strained to near-breaking point."
The findings were released Tuesday at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington, D.C.
Along with dramatic increases in syphilis cases (up 76 percent from 2013) and chlamydia cases (a 45 percent increase among girls and women 15 to 24 years old), CDC officials said they are concerned about a spike in gonorrhea. The number of cases went up 67 percent overall but nearly doubled in men, from 169,130 cases in 2013 to 322,169 cases in 2017.
The disease also has spread among women for the third year in a row and went from 197,499 cases reported in 2013 to 232,587 cases in 2017, according to a CDC press release.
Though STDs are usually treated with antibiotics, "most cases go undiagnosed and untreated," the CDC said. The agency noted earlier studies have pointed to a range of factors that could be tied to STD increases, "including socioeconomic factors like poverty, stigma, and discrimination; and drug use."
Meanwhile, researchers are worried about the looming threat of an "untreatable" form of gonorrhea that is evolving over time in the U.S., even as an antibiotic-resistant strain has emerged overseas.
New CDC findings show the share of gonorrhea samples that are resistant to azithromycin – prescribed for the disease to stave off its resistance to the separate antibiotic ceftriaxone – has quadrupled, from 1 percent in 2013 to more than 4 percent in 2017.
"We expect gonorrhea will eventually wear down our last highly effective antibiotic, and additional treatment options are urgently needed," Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, said in a statement. "We can't let our defenses down – we must continue reinforcing efforts to rapidly detect and prevent resistance as long as possible."
MY BAD!!! Thanks for educating me on that one.
My computer has caught a nasty bug or two. Usually from a bad blog site. A shot of Malwarebytes usually cures it.
When your ears are burning it means someone is talking about you
So if your crotch is burning
I just hope you don’t have a tractor story!
You know, big toes for thumbs.
If it feels good, it may not later...
“pornography on the I-net gives you STDs??? Yikes.”
Same as the toilet seat.
CDC promotes teen sex these days as do the schools and doctors
All the “progress” the left stands for:
1-drug use
2-sex “equality”
3-deviant behaviors of all kinds
4-lessening of education standards
5-open borders
All huge factors in this.
This is what a typical godless culture devolves into. Mankind is sinful.
internet porn causes blindness, not STDs
Stigma is something those with ‘social’ diseases want to go away. And no penalties for not giving your partner informed consent about aids, syph, herpes, or hep
Yeah, the Democrats seem to basically sell Satan’s lies. It gives them great confidence. Hope they enjoy the ride, while it lasts.
Bump for later.
Not directly but does it encourage risky behavior?
I think it does.
I can’t recall where I read it, but I thought sex outside of marriage was on the decline among the younger generation. If so, there should be fewer abortions, cases of STD, etc. in the future. Keep an eye on the statistics for the latest trends and you will note something is afoot.
I theorize the now generation is so pre-occupied with global warming and social justice issues that few know or care about who Hugh Hefner was and the sexual mores of the flower children of the sixties. And nobody surely remembers Queen Victoria and her values. Both had a profound effect on the sexual proclivities of future generations.
Today, after few puffs off the old blunt, sex is no longer a priority. It’s the next fix to get us back to what we think is the norm. We are dying generation by generation, each by his/her own hand.
Excuse me but I have to go take my pain killer. Now if I could just remember, was it the blue one? No, that ones the Saturday Night Special...
Anyway back to topic, liquor used to be quicker, but now pills work just as well. As Roy and Dale used to say: “Happy trails to you...Until we meet again”. Since I’m headed to hell, I’ll be looking forward to seeing a lot of old familiar faces. But I have hope that people will wake up and see the light before it’s too late.
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These statistics are certainly nothing to clap about...
I didn’t realize that dirty toilet seats were such a problem.
No Victory Dance here
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