Sexually Transmitted Diseases
...paper is to discuss sexually transmitted diseases and how they affect men and women of all ages. This is a problem that is multiplying every year and affecting millions of people. Many of whom do not even know that they are at risk and may not know that they could have already encountered a disease. This is an issue that has been a problem for many years and has many negative outcomes for men, women and newborns worldwide. Sexually transmitted diseases has a great deal of relevance to college age students because sexually transmitted diseases are to a large extent infections of the young, mainly because their sexual relations are often unplanned, and typically happen before they have the experience and skills to protect themselves. "US data show that young adults aged 1524 years acquired 48% of all such infections, even though not all young adults this age are sexually active". (Glasier, 2006, p. 1600). College aged students are at risk more than any other age group and it is important that we are aware.
2. Describe how common the problem is.
This problem exists and is unbelievably common worldwide. Glasier (2006) reported that:
An estimated 340 million new cases of four common sexually transmitted bacterial infections are acquired every year, at least a third of which affect people aged fewer than 25. Such infections contribute to the Global problem of infertility, which affects more than 180 million couples in developing countries. Nearly 5 million new HIV infections and 257,000 deaths from cervical cancer every year complete this long and dismal record of sexual and reproductive ill-health. (p.1597)
"Globally, about 20% of women aged under 24 years have a prevalent HPV infection, and more than 25% in populations older than 40 years have been infected with HSV" (Catania, 1999, p.32). Thus, the yearly number of sexually transmitted infections acquired...
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