Posted on 02/02/2005 11:50:58 PM PST by nickcarraway
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New Yorkers have been diagnosed with a rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe, the city health commissioner says.
The disease, known as LGV or Lymphogranuloma venereum, is caused by specific strains of chlamydia and is often marked by painful, bloody rectal infection and genital ulcers.
"LGV is a serious condition and its emergence in New York City reflects continuing high levels of unsafe sexual activity among men who have sex with men," Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden told a news conference on Wednesday.
"Unprotected anal intercourse, in particular, is extremely risky in terms of the spread of LGV as well as HIV," he added.
The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has confirmed six recent cases in the United States, including three cases in San Francisco and one in Atlanta.
Among the cases identified thus far, most have also had HIV/AIDS infection, Frieden said.
The Netherlands has reported 92 cases of LGV dating back to 2003 and Belgium, France, Sweden and Britain have also reported infections.
Most people infected report having multiple sex partners and engaging in unprotected anal intercourse and other high-risk practices, officials said.
LGV can be cured by a three-week course of antibiotics if identified early. Untreated, it can cause swelling and scarring of the genitals and permanent damage to the bowels.
Here we go again.... oh but hey.. what they do in their own homes is their business, right?
You play, you pay.
God has a special way of dealing with the freaks !
Shows to go ya', the anus is our friend when used appropriately.
One must use it for what it's made for, sitting on a porcelain ring (padded if desired) only.
It's meant to be an exit only, not an entrance.
painful, bloody rectal infection and genital ulcers. -----as opposed to....?
You can't swim in scheist and come out smelling like a rose. Why are some continually surprised that diseases are created/spread by dipping wicks in effluent?
It's scheist. Don't rub it in/on/over/under/through/or near your body parts! And please don't eat it.
Your photoshop is her dream! IMO, I don't see those type of tats on a Pelosi.
....or ... legalizing homosexual marriage (/sarcasm)
LGV is a HETEROSEXUAL DISEASE!
(for male heterosexuals who engage in anal sex with one another)
It's not my creation. Another Freeper posted it. I am taking the honor of passing it on.
The first time I saw it.......it scared me so bad I almost fell out of my chair.
Okay Thomas, so there is "safe sex" between men?
I can just imagine the horrors of when there is a pregnancy and the "significant other" starts tossing pickle and chocolate sandwiches at his significant one in a pregnant rage.
Actually, LGV is indeed a primarily heterosexual disease that's endemic through much of Africa, South/East Asia, and Latin America. However, it's obviously followed much the same homosexual vector as did HIV in getting to Europe & the US - the difference being HIV came to the US first via Asia whereas LGV appears to have gone to Europe first via West Africa.
>>>Actually, LGV is indeed a primarily heterosexual disease that's endemic through much of Africa, South/East Asia, and Latin America. However, it's obviously followed much the same homosexual vector as did HIV in getting to Europe & the US - the difference being HIV came to the US first via Asia whereas LGV appears to have gone to Europe first via West Africa.
Actually, the virus I was talking about is the Lusty Gay Virus (LGV). Sorry for the confusion. </stupidjoke>
BTTT
The more interesting question (as such things go) is whether this one will cross over into the European and American heterosexual population, considering Chlamydia (LGV is a strain of it) doesn't spread through blood as HIV does (e.g., IV drug needles).
One hopes not..
enough!
Liberalism?
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