{"id":14394,"date":"2019-10-22T19:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14394"},"modified":"2019-10-22T19:42:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:42:48","slug":"top-three-stds-are-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/top-three-stds-are-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Three STDs Are on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re not in a monogamous relationship, you may worry about STDs\u2014and with good reason. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDS), the three most common sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>STDs by the numbers<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The CDC\u2019s findings, which were published in its annual <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, indicate that chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhea reached a record high last year. So, just how bad is it?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Chlamydia: 1.7 million cases in 2018, up 3% from 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Syphilis: 35,000 cases of primary and secondary stages (the most infectious), up 14% from 2017 (There were also 1,300 cases of syphilis in newborns last year, an increase of 40% compared to 2017. In 2017, 77 newborns died from syphilis, while 94 died from the disease in 2018.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gonorrhea: 580,000 cases in 2018, up 5% from 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reasons for the increase in STDs<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a number of reasons behind the increase in STDs in 2018. The CDC issues a press release citing some of the factors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reduced condom use in young people<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reduce condom use among gay and bisexual men<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Drug use<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Unstable housing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Poverty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The latter three factors are believed to reduce access to STD prevention and care. As the press release states: \u201cIn recent years, more than half of local programs have experienced budget cuts, resulting in clinic closures, reduced screening, staff loss and reduced patient follow-up and linkage to care services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Reducing your risk<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have an STD, ensure that you\u2019re using condoms to halt the spread of the disease. Talk to your doctor about treatment options, including antibiotics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prevention includes wearing condoms, having open discussions with your sexual partners and encouraging your partners to get regular screenings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s important to realize that untreated STDs can lead to infertility and increase your risk of contracting HIV.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re not in a monogamous relationship, you may worry about STDs\u2014and with good reason. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDS), the three most common sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise. STDs by the numbers The CDC\u2019s findings, which were published in its annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report, indicate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[716,1027],"class_list":["post-14394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-sexual-health","tag-stds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}