Posted on 06/12/2007 7:33:29 PM PDT by monomaniac
New STD Infection Rates “4 times higher among those who used condoms during their last vaginal intercourse”: M. Genitalium Surpasses Gonorrhea among Young Adults Reports Health Journal
By Peter J. Smith
SEATTLE, Washington, June 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study reveals that a relatively new sexually transmitted disease (STD) has surpassed gonorrhea in prevalence among sexually active young adults in the United States.
The disease, Mycoplasma genitalium, was first identified back in the 1980s as the smallest known bacterium in existence. Now researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle found that 1.0 percent of the several thousand participants in their study were infected with M. genitalium, whereas gonorrhea was found in a comparaitively small 0.4 percent. Chlamydia infection rates were 4.2 percent.
The researchers also found that M. genitalium’s prevalence of infection, according to the study abstract, is “11 times higher among respondents who reported living with a sexual partner" and "7 times higher among Blacks.”
Notably, the study also found that infection rates were “4 times higher among those who used condoms during their last vaginal intercourse.”
The findings published in the American Journal of Public Health were based on tests of 1714 women and 1218 men between the ages of 18 and 27 years participating in Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
The disease can cause inflammation of the urethra in men, and inflammation of the cervix and uterine lining in women, which can lead to infertility. Many of the cases, however, are asymptomatic, like Chlamydia infections. Other studies have shown M. genitalium to be associated with or a possible cause of cases of epididymoorchitis (inflammation of the testis and epididymis), neonatal disease and reactive arthritis.
“This shows demonstrably that comprehensive sex-education is anything but comprehensive,” Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues for Concerned Women for America told LifeSiteNews.com. “The evidence would indicate it is contributing to sexually transmitted diseases.” Instead, he pointed out, after 40 years of sex-education in the US, sexual promiscuity has skyrocketed, leaving approximately 1 in every 4 Americans currently with an STD.
The study, Barber noted, also underscored the fact that condoms are far from the “divine answer” dreamed by the left to solve problems associated with sexual promiscuity.
“By pressing upon children that condom is a fail proof safety net … they are encouraging kids to walk a paper thin latex light rope,” said Barber. “The only way we know to guarantee that you’re not going to catch all these kinds of diseases is by abstinence.”
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
HPV Condom Study Shows The Failure of Condom Education http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06063009.html
Study: Even with 100 % Condom Use 30% Still Contract Potentially Deadly HPV Virus http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06062701.html
Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06062304.html
Actually, monogamy works pretty well, too!
Promiscuity is not just morally wrong but deadly for mankind. These organisms always seem to find a host to harbor them then be transmitted. In other words free love ain’t free.
Unless the condoms were laced with the bacteria, this is BS.
Not necessarily. What is the manufacturing location of condoms these days? Are they made in China? Given all the quality problems with food, electronics and medicines coming from China, the chances that if a condom was made there and having a defect seems pretty high.
“Unless the condoms were laced with the bacteria, this is BS.”
It could be that the majority of those who did not report using condoms are in monogamous relationships, while the majority - or even a significant minority - of those that do use condoms are not in monogamous relationships. This would at least partially explain the phenomenon.
"The disease, Mycoplasma genitalium, was first identified back in the 1980s as the smallest known bacterium in existence. Now researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle found that 1.0 percent of the several thousand participants in their study were infected with M. genitalium, whereas gonorrhea was found in a comparaitively small 0.4 percent. Chlamydia infection rates were 4.2 percent.
The researchers also found that M. genitalium’s prevalence of infection, according to the study abstract, is “11 times higher among respondents who reported living with a sexual partner" and "7 times higher among Blacks.”
Notably, the study also found that infection rates were “4 times higher among those who used condoms during their last vaginal intercourse.”"
This also mentions that 1 in 4 now have STDs.
Does all this disease get passed on to babies as they are born?
I’m not sure about that. I would hope it doesn’t for the sake of the babies. I couldn’t find that out. Maybe someone here that knows more about medicine and science could answer that.
Yep. Folks who screw around a lot are probably more likely to contract diseases, with or without condoms. It just so happens that they are also more likely to use condoms.
But many married couples use condoms too.
Mycoplasma infections are linked to miscarriage.
Mrs VS
Cheers!
An elderly nun muttered to her self “Thank God, I’m so so sick of that chable”.
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How sad.
Chable?
Sorry, I just don’t get it.
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