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By the time people are over the age of 50, Park says “about 1 in 5 of us has herpes type 2,” which causes genital herpes. “And then when we talk about herpes type 1, which causes oral herpes ...
Cases of the sexually transmitted infection jumped a jaw-dropping 128% in women from 2019 to 2022, with a nine-fold increase in syphilis transmitted to babies during pregnancy.
Rates of syphilis in 2000–2005 among low-risk groups such as women without children and unmarried people were about 0.3–0.6% while rates among high-risk groups such as drug users and MSM were about 7–15%. [11] Rates are greatest among men who have sex with men and sex workers. [10]
Syphilis has five stages: the primary stage involves sores in various areas of the body; the secondary stage includes swollen lymph glands, patchy hair loss and fever; the latent stage is when no ...
[7] 20-24-year-old women had the highest increase in reported cases of gonorrhea among women, and the 15-19 year old age group had the second highest rate of increase. [ 7 ] While cases of primary and secondary syphilis is much rarer than gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes , the reported cases had increased for both males and females. [ 7 ]
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A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 — an 80% increase since 2018. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years — CDC sounds alarm over ‘unacceptable’ crisis
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