Posted on 02/06/2006 2:55:11 PM PST by DBeers
WASHINGTON -- A particularly bad strain of chlamydia not usually seen in this country appears to be slowly spreading among gay and bisexual men, an infection that can increase their chances of getting or spreading the AIDS virus.
Called LGV chlamydia, this sexually transmitted disease has caused a worrisome outbreak in Europe, where some countries have confirmed dozens of cases. Diagnoses confirmed by U.S. health officials still are low, just 27 since they warned a year ago that the strain was headed here.
But specialists say that's undoubtedly a fraction of the infections, because this illness is incredibly hard to diagnose: Few U.S. clinics and laboratories can test for it. Painful symptoms can be mistaken for other illnesses, such as irritable bowel syndrome.
And because LGV chlamydia doesn't always cause noticeable symptoms _ right away, at least _ an unknown number of people may silently harbor and spread it, along with an increased risk of HIV transmission.
"My feeling is that what we're seeing now is still the tip of the iceberg," says Dr. Philippe Chiliade of the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C., which diagnosed its first few cases of LGV last month and is beginning to push for asymptomatic men to be screened.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention already was counting an 8 percent increase in HIV among gay and bisexual men between 2003 and 2004, before LGV's arrival was recognized.
"We are really concerned about this," says Dr. Catherine McLean of CDC's HIV and STD prevention program.
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Buggering butt-pirates Batman!
Gays are one thing but these bisexuals really piss me off. They get infected with all sorts of crap from engaging in gay sex and then pass it on to their unsuspecting wives and girlfriends.
Leave it to the gay population to find the most obscure disease and make it prolific.I have never even seen a case of it in my life I hadnt even heard the term since probably internship. I didnt even remember what it stood for.
Maybe not a disease but many lefties equate the baby in the womb with that of a parasite.
When you commit crimes against nature,expect nature to come back and bit you in the----
This sign I saw some years ago says it all:
Flies Spread Disease - Keep Yours Zipped.
No promiscuity - no problem. People aren't beasts of the field, and we each have the ability to control our sexual acts. Each and every one of us. It is an act of will to engage in sex acts, any kind. We can choose to do it or not to do it.
Many people make bad choices. They should be encouraged to remain chaste until marriage, and faithful and loyal within marriage. Problem solved at no cost, and everyone would be happier, especially children. Because far fewer marriages would break up, and no children would be illegitimate.
"When you commit crimes against nature,expect nature to come back and bit you in the----"
Especially if that was the scene of the crime in the first place.
Didn't Chapman die of AIDS?
There are two sides to "gay culture:" The kind that can be curred with antibiotics and the varieties that, alas, result from a virus.
The real victims here are the wives and girlfriends who will be infected by bisexual men who don't tell their spouses about the promiscuity. Too bad political correctness requires all public health concerns to be swept under the rug.
And on the horizon....anal cancer. Much akin to cervical cancer but occurring with frequency in the gay population. A few years ago a San Francisco newspaper had an article titled 'Just Like Mom, Get Your Pap Smears, Boys!'. You probably won't be reading much about this NEW gay problem in the NYT, the WaPo or the Boston Globe either.
""We are really concerned about this," says Dr. Catherine McLean of CDC's HIV and STD prevention program.
So, no doubt they'll handle it like AIDS and make it illegal to identify or discriminate against anyone who carries it."
Ain't that the truth! That one thing has done more to encourage the spread of AIDS than just about anything....except promiscuity, especially between men.
Hmmmm... "spreading among gay and bisexual men" -what pray tell could be causing this among "gay and bisexual" men?
I was lurking in a homo dg one day, the subject was the 'worrisome spread of HIV". From the tone of their conversation I got the idea that there was a disconnect between the 'acts' and the 'consequences." So I posted a question asking how they happened to 'catch' HIV? The responses were mind-boggling. They essentially boiled down to: "HIV is caught like one catches mumps."
I have seen several female patients with gonorrhea of the throat.
ping-a-ding-ding
Its called denial. Before psychologists, doctors and other leftist influenced professionals became politically correct it was much harder for a homosexual to deny homosexuality was a disorder or that homosexual activity was a health hazard...
Yes: but they probably got it from a male.
I read the other day that San Francisco was the leading city for Cholera. Thinking about this one and how they get it can make your head sore too.
The libs believe it is. They do all they can to abort it.
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