One in four U.S. teenage girls has an STD, study finds

Kansas City Star: One in four U.S. teenage girls has an STD, study finds

You may recall my post about STDs from the social indicators series. I identified this as one of the few truly disturbing negative trends. Well...

For too many teenage girls, the numbers released Tuesday hold the threat of infertility and cancer.

For the experienced U.S. health experts who reported them, the data were alarming and disappointing.

More than one in four teenage girls in the U.S. has a sexually transmitted disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

That translates to 3.2 million girls ages 14 to 19 who are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, or trichomoniasis. Among girls with STDs, 15 percent had more than one. ...

Houston, we have a problem.

Comments

[J. K. Gayle]

Thanks for posting this awful news.

The problem is with our teenage boys. And if so, then the problem is with us. And if so, then the problem is within. No time left for stone throwing when your own house needs cleaning.

[Michael W. Kruse]

You're welcome, J.K.

We've created an environment that is toxic for our girls and boys. Time to clean up the environment. That begins with our personal environment and the messages we communicate.

[Ephena]

All of which means that they are having unprotected sex. which also leads to teenage pregnancy, abortion and a cycle of poverty.

[Michael W. Kruse]

Important consequences as well.

[Herpes Reliefs]

This particular affection is a frequent infection. Genital herpes has an effect on men as well as on women, and it is determined in most of the cases by the hepex simplex virus. This family of viruses has an important feature. It can stay in a latency state, there for it produces a persistent infection. more…