PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG ADULT IN UK

Prevalence of Sexual Infections in Young Adult in UK

Prevalence of Sexual Infections in Young Adult in UK

Sexually transmitted diseases are infections often transmitted by sexual contact between individuals. Sexually transmitted diseases most often are transmitted via vaginal intercourse (penetration of the vagina by the penis), anal intercourse (penetration of the anus by the penis), and oral sex (oral-genital contact) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006, 21). Sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted by other means, however, including nonsexual means (e.g., during childbirth or through needle sharing). Other potential modes of transmission include kissing, rubbing of the genitals, and touching of the mouth or genitals. Sexually transmitted diseases include bacterial infections such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis; viral infections such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, and human papillomavirus; and trichomoniasis, which are caused by single-celled protozoa. The consequences of untreated sexually transmitted diseases vary by infection type but can include pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, cervical cancer, increased vulnerability to HIV transmission, and even death(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006, 12).

Sexually transmitted diseases associated with sexual victimization can occur among male and female victims, including children, adolescents, and adults. Sexual victimization most often includes sexual activity obtained by force, threat, or that occurred when an individual was not capable of consenting. The latter can include sexual activity with a child, an individual with limited mental capacity, or an individual who was unconscious or impaired as a result of ingestion of substances. The full spectrum of sexually transmitted diseases has been documented after sexual victimization, including hepatitis B and HIV.

Transmission of sexual infections (STIs) in young adult in UK is increasing day by day and the statistics of these kinds of cases reached till almost half a million in an year. The average age of the women that are suffered from these sexually infected cases are of 19 years on the other hand men are in between 20-23 years (Anita 2007, 45). It has been observed that out of ten as many as at least one young active man and women are exposed and transmitting HIV virus and that's why the total number of infected people is increasing gradually. Infertility is one of the main complication that may cause these kinds of sexually transmitted infection resulted serious complications that are left untreated. The most common STIs are chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes (HSV), human papillomavirus (HPV or genital warts), and trichomoni-asis.

The sign and symptoms of every infected individual are totally different from the other one and that's why its quiet difficult to standardized the main symptoms. According to the report of Health protection agency (HPA), between 2007 &2008 these kinds of issues increases and reached at the high rate of total of 399,738 new cases reported in 2008(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006, 12). The highest rate of confirmed diagnose sexual infections increased by 10% to a total of 28,957 cases. On the other hand genital warts and Chlamydia ...