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Health officials issue alert about rare sexually transmitted disease
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 12/21/04
| Sabin Russell
Posted on 12/21/2004 1:42:45 PM PST by Ellesu
San Francisco public health officials issued a warning Monday that a rare and potentially debilitating sexually transmitted disease reported recently in the Netherlands has turned up among a small number of patients in the city. Known as lymphogranuloma venereum, or LGV, the disease is a form of the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia -- but this particular strain can cause scarring of the genitals and colon, and can produce a swelling and bursting of lymph glands near the groin. Although the disease is seldom seen outside of poor, tropical nations, doctors in Rotterdam reported 92 cases among gay men during a 17-month period ending in September. Isolated cases have also been reported in Belgium, France, Sweden and Atlanta, Ga. In November, doctors at San Francisco's City Clinic treated one man with the disease, and subsequent tests of stored specimens spotted three other cases that occurred this summer but had gone undetected by conventional screens.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: gays; health; homosexuals; lgv; lvg; netherlands; sf; std
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:42:49 PM PST
by
Ellesu
To: Ellesu
...92 cases among gay men...Eureka! I think we may have hit upon a cure!
2
posted on
12/21/2004 1:44:40 PM PST
by
TChris
(Most people's capability for inference is severely overestimated)
To: Ellesu
"a swelling and bursting of lymph glands near the groin" Just damn!!
Quarantine San Francisco now.
3
posted on
12/21/2004 1:45:02 PM PST
by
laotzu
To: TChris
4
posted on
12/21/2004 1:45:20 PM PST
by
Ellesu
To: All
There they go again with the gay bashing.....it must have been Karl Rove who came up with the disease and assigned it to infect gay men......it CAN'T be because of irresponsible sexual behavior.....no...not that at all....
5
posted on
12/21/2004 1:45:50 PM PST
by
texan75010
(You lost - MoveOn...to France, or Canada, or New Zealand, or Germany...take your pick.)
To: TChris
Like HIV, this can probably be more or less controlled by controlling one's behavior...unlike influenza, cancer, etc. etc.......
6
posted on
12/21/2004 1:45:59 PM PST
by
edhammond
(Nah Nah Nah, Dan Blather, Good-Bye!)
To: TChris
Like HIV, this can probably be more or less controlled by controlling one's behavior...unlike influenza, cancer, etc. etc.......
7
posted on
12/21/2004 1:46:03 PM PST
by
edhammond
(Nah Nah Nah, Dan Blather, Good-Bye!)
To: laotzu
I HATE when that happens!
8
posted on
12/21/2004 1:46:25 PM PST
by
Luddite Patent Counsel
("No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.")
To: Ellesu
The Netherlands. Sigh. I wonder if they take ANY responsibility for this with their ultra liberal attitudes toward prostitution and drugs.
I wonder if they even acknowledge that there is a relationship between drugs and prostitution (That would be PROMISCUITY.) and that the problem is causal.
To: Ellesu
I'm sure it was 'front page' news in the SF Chronicle.
10
posted on
12/21/2004 1:46:40 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: Ellesu
...the virus that causes AIDS...Hint: Homosexual intercourse and intravenous drug use cause AIDS. Without those two activites, AIDS would be nothing more than a footnote in medical journals.
11
posted on
12/21/2004 1:47:13 PM PST
by
TChris
(Most people's capability for inference is severely overestimated)
To: Ellesu
Not a "gay disease". We are all at risk. yadda yadda yadda....
12
posted on
12/21/2004 1:47:35 PM PST
by
OSHA
(OSHA, the Grand Wizard and Chief Executive Fascist of FreeperWorld- Industries LLC)
To: Ellesu
It was bound to happen. Nature will only be abused so much before it fights back.
And as always, starting in San Francisco's gay community where the crack of dawn isn't safe.....
.
"exploding lymph nodes"...EEEWWwww.... jeeze......
13
posted on
12/21/2004 1:48:10 PM PST
by
Hi Heels
(Proud to be a Pajamarazzi-Leef lang de Katjes van Viking)
To: Rakkasan1
14
posted on
12/21/2004 1:48:10 PM PST
by
Ellesu
To: Ellesu
Charming.
Reminds me of an Eddie Murphy routine about the progression of venereal diseases, imagining the next one:
"Doc, you gotta help me! My thang is on fire!"
"You mean you are experiencing a burning sensation when urinating?"
"No, I mean there are flames shooting out! I just burned down my bathroom!"
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:48:16 PM PST
by
RebelBanker
(To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!)
To: Hi Heels
Actually, the crack of Dawn would be safe...just not the crack of Don!
16
posted on
12/21/2004 1:49:38 PM PST
by
edhammond
(Nah Nah Nah, Dan Blather, Good-Bye!)
To: Ellesu
"...scarring of the genitals and colon" Kinda says it all. well I guess we have to divert money from heart disease, cancer, strokes etc to cure this STD along with the other blessing (AIDS) these clowns have bestowed upon humanity.
Quarantine? Even at the Ritz? ... oh, no, it might impinge upon their civil rights. Straights are on the same level as White males.
To: Ellesu
can produce a swelling and bursting of lymph glands near the groin.Now that has gotta hurt.
18
posted on
12/21/2004 1:50:29 PM PST
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: All
They tell little kids that they are at risk for AIDS and the like but neglect to tell them about the reckless behavior that causes it.
Ever see that commercial that asks the question, "Who is at risk of getting AIDS?" and then it shows a picture of the globe. I think it would have been better to show, instead of a globe, a man with his cheeks spread......sorry for the visual folks.....
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posted on
12/21/2004 1:50:32 PM PST
by
texan75010
(You lost - MoveOn...to France, or Canada, or New Zealand, or Germany...take your pick.)
To: Ellesu
Hmmmmm. Now what could be the common theme ( transmission vector )?
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