The most startling finding isn't that a significant number didn't know they had an STD. It's that a significant number didn't know they had had sex.Failure to recognize that oral sex, for example, counts as sex - and carries with it the risk of disease - is one sign of how vulnerable and poorly informed sexually active teenagers are.
Local health departments reveal the same statistics.
Officials at the Northern Kentucky Health Department say in the last three yearscases of chlamydia hve doubled and gonorrhea is up by 50 percent.
Cincinnati health officials say high adult chlamydia and gonorrhea infection rates are now being reflected in sharply rising teen rates, and that related diseases, such as human papilloma virus, are also on the increase.
Source: By Pravda.ru
