Chlamydia and gonorrhea have increased among younger women, study finds

Medical Xpress ^ | 9/22/2020 | Bethany Ao

[Mount Athos]

Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea are increasing among women ages 18 to 30 in the United States, a recent study by Quest Diagnostics suggests.

The study, recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, analyzed more than 17 million laboratory samples taken between 2010 and 2017 from females ages 12 to 30. Researchers found that while there was a decline in cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea among adolescents ages 12 to 17, women of ages 25 to 30 experienced a 50% increase in positive test results. Women 18 to 24 had a 21% increase in positive test results over the period of the study.

Wood, at CHOP, said the increase of chlamydia and gonorrhea in women did not surprise her. She pointed out that CDC data have shown annual increases in chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in the last five years.

[A_Former_Democrat]

VOTE DEMOCRATIC

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yet Dr. Fauci, our nation’s #1 MOST CELEBRATED INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT, says go ahead and hook-up on Tinder.

[PGR88]

America’s culture is decaying.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Now all we need is the Syph and our task is complete.

[EEGator]

Yea, CHOP is just around the way from me.
If they’re getting their numbers from Philly, Chester, Camden, and Wilmington, I know what demographic is mostly responsible.

[EEGator]

"She pointed out that CDC data have shown annual increases in chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in the last five years."

Mission complete...

[AppyPappy]

Trump’s fault

[unixfox]

They didn’t show us the breakdown by race. Like we don’t already know.

[nwrep]

What are the causes for this troubling statistic? The articles does not say.

[M1903A1]

The prevailing theory right now is that, thanks to social media and apps such as Tinder, most women are chasing the same 10-20% group of “top tier” men, thereby amplifying that small group’s ability to be a disease vector.

[Stravinsky]

It’s almost like being a slut has consequences.

[ThinkingBuddha]

They didn’t show us the breakdown by race. Like we don’t already know.

It does not matter the race. The women's liberation movement has ruined the American culture.

[Cinnamontea]

I presume there's an equal rise among young men. Interesting that isn't mentioned.

[mrmeyer]

Whores gonna whore.

[1Old Pro]

Too many Biden BLM riots and all the associated hooking up fun.

[mrmeyer]

Because woman and minorities are hit hardest don’t know know?

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

I used to work in public health more than 20 years ago, STD control specifically. At that time and it's probably still true today, chlamydia screening programs are targeted at females. There is wide spread testing done in public health clinics, OB-GYN clinics, various kinds of institutions, abortion clinics, etc. There is no similar level of wide spread testing in men. Men who been exposed are identified through contact tracing and treated, usually without being tested at all.

Man, I'm glad I switched careers and got into IT.

[trebb]

Hey - they’re just helping us to achieve herd immunity...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Years ago I read the book EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK).

In it there were listed more unknown versions of VD than just the usual three. Weird stuff!