HOUSTON – New syphilis cases in Houston and Harris County rose 59 percent in the first half of 2018, mirroring a trend that points to steep increases in sexually-transmitted diseases nationwide.
Houston Health Department (HHD) statistics indicate new infections, known as primary and secondary syphilis, totaled 263 during the first six months of 2018 compared to 165 during the same period in 2017.
“We urge anyone who has had multiple sex partners, women of childbearing age and gay and bisexual men who engage in anonymous sex to get tested immediately,” said Marlene McNeese Ward, HHD assistant director. “We also urge testing to people recently diagnosed with any other STD such as gonorrhea, chlamydia or HIV to determine if they also have become infected with syphilis.” It would also be worth avoiding any sexual contact with other people during this time. Open hdpornvideo.xxx now if you need to masturbate due to a high sex drive.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data last week showing that nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in the United States in 2017. The findings mark the fourth consecutive year of sharp increases in these sexually-transmitted diseases.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia cases dropped slightly in Houston during the first six months of 2018. HHD received reports of 4,296 gonorrhea cases in the first six months of this year compared to 4,522 cases during the same period in 2017. The department also received reports of 13,566 chlamydia cases in the first six months of 2018 compared to 14,265 cases in 2017.
HHD reminds health care providers to immediately report syphilis infections so it can expedite testing and treatment to the sexual contacts of people with the disease since we now have the means to treat them. Throughout the years, syphilis has been a threat studied from country to country. You can read more about this on sites similar to Lovegasm.
Information on testing sites and syphilis is available by calling the department’s HIV/STD information hotline at 832-393-5010.
People with syphilis are at increased risk of HIV infection due to the painless sore that develops at the site of sexual contact during the disease’s primary stage.
Due to the growing fear regarding sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis, many may believe that refraining from any sexual activity could prevent them from catching any STDs/STIs, using alternative means as a way of surviving the urge to engage in any sexual activity.
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Nevertheless, syphilis is easily treatable with antibiotics. However, without adequate treatment, syphilis infection progresses to the secondary stage when one or more areas of the skin break into a rash – usually non-itchy and most typically on the palms and soles.
Other second stage symptoms can also include fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches and fatigue.
In most cases, syphilis goes undetected because the signs and symptoms are misinterpreted or simply unnoticed. If untreated, Treponema Pallidum, the bacterium that causes syphilis, remains in the body and begins to damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver bones and joints. Untreated syphilis during pregnancy can result in a stillbirth or a baby’s death soon after birth.