STD cases set new high record in the U.S last year
CDC released the annual report of Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report, where the cases of Chlamydia the most commonly reported STD has reached more than 1.5 million. Gonorrhea is the second, with nearly 400,000 and Syphilis is nearly 24,000 reported cases. There is a sharper increase in the West compared to the other regions.
The three common STD's are treatable with antibiotics but a lot of cases are undiagnosed which causing infertility and other problems.
Chlamydia is highest among 15-to 24-year-olds, and among blacks. The common STD is disproportionate affects women, the percentage of reported cases among men grew the last year. The rate of reported cases grew by 5.9 percent. Syphilis have increased by 19 percent, and Gonorrhea has also increased by 12.8%.
Gonorrhea and syphilis are most common among gay men but the rates in women are increasing too, which lead to Public Officials to worry that the gonorrhea is becoming immune to the antibiotics that capable of treating it. The cases of gonorrhea have jumped off among whites and other ethnic groups over the last few years.
"We're very concerned about these unprecedented high numbers of cases of STIs in the United States, These new numbers are making it really clear that many Americans are not getting the preventive services they need, " said Gail Bolan, director of the CDC's Division, in a report from The Verge.
Well, the officials of the CDC even contributed to the increase of STD patients where the budgets cut in local and national STD programs. More than 20 health STD clinic closed in just one year, making it more difficult for those who need to be treated promptly, via Nature World News.
CDC said that STD's can be a serious problem and be an economic burden, cost $16 billion annually just for the health centers, and if STD didn't treat right away it can lead to other more health issues and even get higher risk of having HIV
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