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 Post subject: One In Four Girls Has An STD-Says the CDC
PostPosted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:32 pm 
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In a new recent test the CDC took 838 teen girls of different ethnic backgrounds and check them for different STD's. After testing the numbers where astonishing and frightful. One quarter of the different teenage girls were infected with one of the many different STD's.
On top of that the teens were only tested for four of the STD's, HPV, (which affected 18%) Trichomoniasis, (which affected 2.5%) Herpes,(which was only 2%) and Chlamydia (which came to 4%).
As you know these diseases can be detrimental to these young girls lives especially as there still developing. HPV is the virus that causes cervical cancer which is a horrible but if caught early treatable illness. Herpes is a life long infection with much discomfort, and Chlamydia can do plenty of damage to a young girls reproductive system.
With these new numbers out it hopefully will make everyone realize how important it is to use condoms and be responsible. There are plenty of fish in the sea but we all don't have to be with all of them...

Anybody have any ideas on ways to curb this trend or reasons why this is happening please lets here it.


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