Casual Sex: Know the Risks
By
Gabe Mirkin, M.D.If you have unprotected sex with
a person who is having sex with someone else, you are at
extraordinarily high risk for getting venereal diseases,
that can make you sick and even kill you. A report from
Johns Hopkins shows that 25 percent of girls between 12
and 19 who show up at school-based sexually transmitted
disease clinics are infected with chlamydia, a venereal
disease that causes infertility, pelvic infections,
miserable urinary symptoms, joint pains, a sore throat,
a cough, heart attacks and even death. Previous studies
show that 50 percent of young people with more than
three sexual partners a year have sexually transmissible
diseases and 40 percent of sexually active adolescent
females in one large American city have the venereal
diseases, chlamydia or gonorrhea.
The most common causes of burning on urination and
discomfort when the bladder is full are venereal
diseases. If you feel that you have to urinate all the
time, have discomfort when your bladder is full, get up
in the middle of the night to urinate, have spotting
between periods, feel like there is a hair in your
urinary tube or have unexplained pelvic pain, you may
have a venereal disease that may be curable with
antibiotics. You should get urine and vaginal cultures
and tests for venereal diseases. If none is found but
you are sexually active and you have symptoms, both you
and your partner still should be treated with the newer
erythromycins or tetracyclines for several weeks. If you
still have symptoms, you need a thorough evaluation by a
physician trained in evaluating urinary tract
infections.
Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for
25 years and practicing physician for more than 40
years; he is board certified in four specialties,
including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of
his fitness and health reports at
http://www.DrMirkin.com
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