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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Georgia Ranks High Among States When It Comes to Reported Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

A CDC report shows Georgia ranked at Nos. 3, 6 and 7 for reported cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, respectively.

The Peach State isn't so peachy when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases — a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the state is among the highest ranked for reported STD cases.  The report, "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2011," presents statistics and trends across the US through 2011. The overview summarizes national surveillance data for 2011 on the three notifiable diseases for which there are federally funded control programs — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Georgia ranked No. 3 for reported cases of syphilis, behind Louisiana at No. 1 and Maryland at No. 2. The state was at No. 6 for reported cases of gonorrhea and No. 7 for chlamydia. 

Marlene Mitchell

4:27 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

It would be interesting to have a break down by age and sex. More men than women? Twenty somethings or over thirty? Bet it would be an eye opener.   more ›

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Super-Gonorrhea? CDC Says Infection has Become Resistant to Antibiotics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding lovers to proceed with caution and practice safe sex.

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Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States — and the CDC says Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, has become resistant to many forms of antibiotics since the 1930s.  According to an ABC News report, the bacteria continues to trouble disease experts as it morphs into strains that scientists call “multidrug-resistant gonorrhea.” Check out the CDC's page dedicated to pregnancy, HIV, viral Hepatitis and STD prevention. 

Charles Schwable

4:10 am on Monday, February 18, 2013

In the last symptom it is mentioned that the color of the skin changes into blue although it does not happen in all the cases, however the change in color is a possibility. And may be because of this particular reason of color change the disease is called as Blue waffle. Another interesting fact over here about this disease is that all the symptoms mentioned here are common to any sexually …   more ›

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