Statistics With Adolescence And Stds

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HIV/STD Risk Reduction Interventions for African American and Latino Adolescent Girls at an Adolescent Medicine Clinic

The researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial, with 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-ups, to determine the efficacy of a skill-based HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention in reducing self-reported unprotected sexual intercourse among... Read more »

Illinois: Health Department Seeks to Educate Adolescents About STDs

Health officials are working to combat STDs in west-central Illinois through a variety of outreaches, including education, screening, and testing. Jacquie Barringer, communicable-disease coordinator at the Morgan County Health Department, said a... Read more »

Florida: Teens Have 70 Percent of STDs Locally, Statistics Show

More than 70 percent of STD cases in the Tampa Bay area were among people ages 15-19, affecting about 3 percent of all teens in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in 2007, according to state Department of Health data. That is more than double the... Read more »

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Question #1: Statistics on Teens Living with AIDSQuestion #2: Female to Male?

Please tell me the current percentage or number of teens in the U.S. who are living with HIV/AIDS. What is the percentage of teens who were infected with HIV through hetersexual sex, homosexual sex and IV drug use. Any information would be helpful....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your questions. The statistics you are both looking forare available here on the Internet. Go to the following website:http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hasrlink.htmThis will take you to the CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance... Read more »

Which STDs are you most likely to get?

QUESTION #1: I find your response regarding more than one STD rather interesting. Along that same line---in a similar situation--Say the female had the full package of STD's. Are certain STD's more infectious than others? For...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your questions. If a person has one STD, they may be exposed to other STDs at the same time. Some STDs are easier to get than others, but there is no absolute or simple hierarchy (ordered list) as to which STDs you will get and which... Read more »

STDs--The Hidden Epidemic

Hi, Rick. I've been reading quite a few of the frequently asked questions and I've noticed people are mainly concerned about AIDS apparently regardless of the presence of some other nasty (perhaps nastier than AIDS) STDs.I would like to...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your comments. The issue of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is one that people often do not talk about, and this issue is often ignored. The public is well aware of the AIDS epidemic, but many people are unaware of the STD... Read more »

Have symptoms. Some STDs detected. I'm I higher risk?

DoctorI had sex with a working girl and condome broke. I did not find it out till I took it out. 3-5 days after I began to feel fever and fatique, thore throat. Went to STD clinic and they found infectious mono and gave me pills. Fever stoped,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,First, a little spelling lesson: it's condom, not condome; fatigue, not fatique; sore, not thore; chlamydia, not clamidia; disease, not desease; tongue, not tounge and advise, not advice. Next, a science lesson: infectious mono is NOT... Read more »

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Were your tests for STDs, AIDS, TB and hepatitis?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Were your tests for STDs, AIDS, TB and hepatitis?...

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STDs in Insertive Oral Sex

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi,

I had an unprotected Insertive Oral Sex for a while. I want to know what STDs can transmit in this way.

I have been told that SALIVA does not transmit HIV. But can it transmit other STD...What are they and how dangerous they can be.

I have sore... Read more »

stds are more likely than hiv? correct me plz

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

my dr told me this, yet i didn't believe him you have a 80-100% chance of getting an std. from a female as opposed to hiv. wow that kinda makes a person feel better. as i haven't had an std. in the archives i found that, men that have sex only... Read more »

stds

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I'm surprised that being mycoplasma a very common std and being it included on the list of std's at least here in my country, there isn't much info on the web and few people know about it. At last I found a page in English (there are many in... Read more »

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