Teenage girls more at risk of contracting Chlamydia than older women
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 14:43:16
Unlike in women the turn was reverse in men – with most men aged 20-24 years susceptible to the infection than the teenaged boys.
The first-year results of Britain’s National Chlamydia Screening Program published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections show that 1 in 10 women and 1 in 8 men under the age of 25 tested positive for Chlamydia.
The schedule is a move of a national initiative to tackle what has been a growing problem among young populate in the United Kingdom.
The researchers said “new lessons are being learnt on the process and outcomes of opportunistic screening and methods for enhancing its implementation in a diverse be of healthcare settings. The National Chlamydia Screening program ordain undoubtedly continue to make inroads into the prevention and control of this infection in the United Kingdom.”
The infection can create pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in women and infertility in both men and women.
Chlamydia is also called a silent epidemic because three quarters of those infected ordain not have any symptoms and they will not seek medical help and may suffer the dire consequences further down the line as well as passing the disease on to any other sexual partners they may have in the meantime.
An important part of the National Chlamydia Screening Program’s bring home the bacon is education. Using condoms is advocated to change magnitude protection against Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases – though this in itself does not offer cent percent guarantee.
Reports say that in western European countries where routine screening has been carried out for much longer particularly Scandinavia. Denmark and the Netherlands. Chlamydia infections have decreased over the last 15 years. In some instances the instruct has cut to near-zero with a corresponding change magnitude in complication rates of pelvic infection and ectopic pregnancies. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.dancewithshadows.com/society/teenage-girls-chlamydia.asp
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