AGE GROUPS; RISK GROUPS; MAJOR STDS IN AUSTRALIA

Posted by admin on March 12, 2009 under Men's Health-Erectile Dysfunction | Be the First to Comment

In Western society most patients with STD are in the 15 to 30 year age group. There has been increased recognition of sexual abuse of children, and practitioners should be alert to the existence and significance of STD particularly in young children.

People with multiple sexual partners (including prostitutes) are at higher risk of STDs than are members of the general community. AIDS has had a considerable impact on the sexual behaviour of homosexual men among whom STDs had been common.

In Australia, the most important STDs are chlamydial infection, gonorrhoea, genital herpes, HIV infection, human papilloma virus infection, syphilis and hepatitis B. Penicillin resistant gonococcal infection is an increasing problem.

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