[dieselcruiserhead]

Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls - New York Times

The New York Times
March 12, 2008
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN

The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.

Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study — human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis, a common parasite.

The 50 percent figure compared with 20 percent of white teenagers, health officials and researchers said at a news conference at a scientific meeting in Chicago.

The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.’s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Each disease can be serious in its own way. HPV, for example, can cause cancer and genital warts.

Among the infected women, 15 percent had more than one of the diseases.

Women may be unaware they are infected. But the diseases, which are infections caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites, can produce acute symptoms like irritating vaginal discharge, painful pelvic inflammatory disease and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy. The infections can also lead to longterm ailments like infertility and cervical cancer.

The survey tested for specific HPV strains linked to genital warts and cervical cancer.

Officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the findings underscored the need to strengthen screening, vaccination and other prevention measures for the diseases, which are among the highest public health priorities.

About 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year among all age groups in the United States.

“High S.T.D. infection rates among young women, particularly young African-American women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk,” said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., who directs the centers’ division of S.T.D. prevention.

The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Cecile Richards, said the new findings “emphasize the need for real comprehensive sex education.”

“The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure,” Ms. Richards said, “and teenage girls are paying the real price.”

Although earlier annual surveys have tested for a single sexually transmitted disease in a specified population, this is the first time the national study has collected data on all the most common sexual diseases in adolescent women at the same time. It is also the first time the study measured human papillomavirus.

Dr. Douglas said that because the new survey was based on direct testing, it was more reliable than analyses derived from data that doctors and clinics sent to the diseases center through state and local health departments.

“What we found is alarming,” said Dr. Sara Forhan, a researcher at the centers and the lead author of the study.

Dr. Forhan added that the study showed “how fast the S.T.D. prevalence appears.”

“Far too many young women are at risk for the serious health effects of untreated S.T.D.’s, ” she said.

The centers conducts the annual study, which asks a representative sample of the household population a wide range of health questions. The analysis was based on information collected in the 2003-4 survey.

Extrapolating from the findings, Dr. Forhan said 3.2 million teenage women were infected with at least one of the four diseases.

The 838 participants in the study were chosen at random with standard statistical techniques. Of the women asked, 96 percent agreed to submit vaginal swabs for testing.

The findings and specific treatment recommendations were available to the participants calling a password-protected telephone line. Three reminders were sent to participants who did not call.

Health officials recommend treatment for all sex partners of individuals diagnosed with curable sexually transmitted diseases. One promising approach to reach that goal is for doctors who treat infected women to provide or prescribe the same treatment for their partners, Dr. Douglas said. The goal is to encourage men who may not have a physician or who have no symptoms and may be reluctant to seek care to be treated without a doctor’s visit.

He also urged infected women to be retested three months after treatment to detect possible reinfection and to treat it.

Dr. Forhan said she did not know how many participants received their test results.

Federal health officials recommend annual screening tests to detect chlamydia for sexually active women younger than 25. The disease agency also recommends that women ages 11 to 26 be fully vaccinated against HPV.

The Food and Drug Administration has said in a report that latex condoms are “highly effective” at preventing infection by chlamydia, trichomoniasis, H.I.V., gonorrhea and hepatitis B.

The agency noted that condoms seemed less effective against genital herpes and syphilis. Protection against human papillomavirus “is partial at best,” the report said.

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[yzftaco]

Debbie Downer....


(I didn't read it, too long)

[tntoyota]

shat, I got a cramp in my roller finger just to get to the bottom.....owy, owy, owy,

[koop]

Originally Posted by dieselcruiserhead

Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls - New York Times


Skanks

Fixed it for you

[reconranger]

hmmm, I wonder where these "gifts" came from?

[nuclearlemon]

so what about the guys? it takes two to tango.

[tntoyota]

all that porn I.... its no wonder..............whoops



this article doesn't break it down to demographics.....well not so many....well teens in general

Comcast.net News - Study Finds 1 in 4 US Teens Has a STD



edit, duh huh, the title is a little miss leading, and I thought I couldn't write...

[D'Animal]

Carriers?

Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

so what about the guys? it takes two to tango.

[tntoyota]

Originally Posted by D'Animal

Carriers?

now thats when you think about it.....

[jts560]

I saw that in the paper today, wow. Skeezers.

[calphi27]

These kids are not educated enough about it. They only test for certain things, and people think, "oh I got tested and I am completely clean." Some people don't even show signs of STDs, so they think they are clean, and they just go one spreading the stuff. I am surprised it is not higher, but then again, they only tested for 4 stds. wrap that shit up youngins!

[MR.SIGINT]

Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

so what about the guys? it takes two to tango.

That is the title of another article

Sex infections found in half of U.S. Teenagers.

[Darwood]

I think all kids should get married at age 14. I believe my plan will ensure abstinence among todays youth.

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by nuclearlemon

so what about the guys? it takes two to tango.

Unfortunately for girls,they are more prone to infection. I forget the exact ratio but they are something
2 X more likely to contract an STD after having sex with an infected partner.

[tntoyota]

Originally Posted by calphi27

These kids are not educated enough about it. They only test for certain things, and people think, "oh I got tested and I am completely clean." Some people don't even show signs of STDs, so they think they are clean, and they just go one spreading the stuff. I am surprised it is not higher, but then again, they only tested for 4 stds. wrap that **** up youngins!

VanderBuilt announced more extencive mandatory STD testing to all incoming, its part of a nationwide "test"

Just like any company that over extends its products THEN all of a sudden comes out with a more "economical" version to avoid bankruptcy..........






After the fact


thanks for the thought!

[tntoyota]

sounds like washing your coochie should be mandatory sex ed......



IIRC "washing" greatly reduces the chance of infection then passing, not to be confused with safer sex practices but better than the alternative...

[crholliday]

At least somebody is gettin laid.

[tntoyota]

I remember in sex ed the teacher saying non circumcised males that do not clean [under that portion] where more prone to getting cancer there.....

[Darwood]

Originally Posted by crholliday

At least somebody is gettin laid.

See my plan above. It can't fail.

[Mace]

Men can easily carry HPV. But it basically does not show up and IIRC there is no real test for it.

Almost all Adult women have HPV.

It is amazingly common..

[Zack1978]

Originally Posted by Mace

Men can easily carry HPV. But it basically does not show up and IIRC there is no real test for it.

Almost all Adult women have HPV.

It is amazingly common..

I don't know if it's "almost all", but you are correct that it is many! I basically dumped a girl because she had HPV and had an irregular pap. I know she had been with " a lot" of guys, and she said she thinks she knows where she got the HPV from, one time without the condom with some guy (not me). And since there is no HPV carrier test for men, I hope I don't carry that shit! But I ALWAYS was wrapped with her! Oh and I was number 13 at age 27 for her?


Zack

[Darwood]

Originally Posted by Zack1978

I don't know if it's "almost all", but you are correct that it is many! I basically dumped a girl because she had HPV and had an irregular pap. I know she had been with " a lot" of guys, and she said she thinks she knows where she got the HPV from, one time without the condom with some guy (not me). And since there is no HPV carrier test for men, I hope I don't carry that shit! But I ALWAYS was wrapped with her! Oh and I was number 13 at age 27 for her?


Zack

13 at 27 is not "a lot" of guys. I like my women well seasoned... I'm talking Wilt Chamberlain seasoned.

[RockDoc]

Originally Posted by Zack1978

I don't know if it's "almost all", but you are correct that it is many! I basically dumped a girl because she had HPV and had an irregular pap. I know she had been with " a lot" of guys, and she said she thinks she knows where she got the HPV from, one time without the condom with some guy (not me). And since there is no HPV carrier test for men, I hope I don't carry that shit! But I ALWAYS was wrapped with her! Oh and I was number 13 at age 27 for her?


Zack

And just yesterday I was thinking to myself "I wish I knew more about the sexual histories of my fellow mudders".

Nice to see tntoyota finally got his star. * Edit* (Hmmm. didn't realize what it meant when I posted this..., sorta fits still)

[Zack1978]

Originally Posted by Darwood

13 at 27 is not "a lot" of guys. I like my women well seasoned... I'm talking Wilt Chamberlain seasoned.

That = dirty girl areas!


Zack

[photogod]

Originally Posted by Darwood

13 at 27 is not "a lot" of guys. I like my women well seasoned... I'm talking Wilt Chamberlain seasoned.

That's not "well seasoned", that's way past the "freshness date".

[Mace]

so just over one per year is way past the freshness date??

Interesting.

Seems pretty easy to me.


I am curious tho.. What if a man had 13 girls bythe time he was 27?

[dieselcruiserhead]

According to the article it is about 20% of white girls and about 50% of black girls unfortunately.. A lot of guys do carry it and not know it, I have friends of both genders who have admitted carrying it... In college it was well known that at least 1/4 carried it or genital herpes, neither of which there is a cure for...

This is the best line of the article IMO:
“The national policy of promoting abstinence-only programs is a $1.5 billion failure,” Ms. Richards said, “and teenage girls are paying the real price.”

[fjdemon]

Originally Posted by Zack1978

I don't know if it's "almost all", but you are correct that it is many! I basically dumped a girl because she had HPV and had an irregular pap. I know she had been with " a lot" of guys, and she said she thinks she knows where she got the HPV from, one time without the condom with some guy (not me). And since there is no HPV carrier test for men, I hope I don't carry that shit! But I ALWAYS was wrapped with her! Oh and I was number 13 at age 27 for her?


Zack

There are over 100 HPV types.

About 30 of these types are sexually transmitted and cause genital HPV.

Genital HPV is spread through skin-to-skin contact, not through an exchange of bodily fluid.

Genital HPV cannot be entirely prevented by condom use.

This virus is often asymptomatic -- people usually don't know they have it.

About 5.5 million new genital HPV cases occur each year -- this is about 1/3 of all new STD infections.

About 20 million people -- men and women -- are thought to have an active HPV infection at any given time.

Nearly three out of four Americans between the ages of 15 and 49 have been infected with genital HPV in their lifetime.

HPV can be contracted from one partner, remain dormant, and then later be unknowingly transmitted to another sexual partner, including a spouse.

Though usually harmless, some types cause cervical cancer if not detected in time.

About 14,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in the United States each year.

Over 5,000 women each year die of cervical cancer in the United States.

The best way to screen for cervical cancer is a Pap test, which may be done alone or in combination with an HPV DNA test.

[cary]

Originally Posted by Zack1978

I know she had been with " a lot" of guys, and she said she thinks she knows where she got the HPV from, one time without the condom with some guy (not me). Oh and I was number 13 at age 27 for her?


Zack

You know the worst part? With girls you have to use the rule of 3, they divide the true number by 3. That means she really slept with 39 men. I bet she gave good head, and probably swallowed. That effectively means that every time you kissed her, you would in effect, sucking 39 dudes dicks!!!!!











Sorry I couldn't resist. I bet you will be up all night now.

[lingo]

Originally Posted by cary

... That effectively means that every time you kissed her, you would in effect, sucking 39 dudes dicks!!!!!

"Try not to suck any dicks on the way through the parking lot"