Tuesday, 30 November 2010

  • Alaska's Gonorrhea Rate Climbs 69% from 2008 to 2009

    Alaska's gonorrhea rate is about 144 reported cases per 100,000 people.

    That's right. According to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, those sexually active Alaskans are trading gonorrhea like Pokemon cards.

    Awkward.

    For men, symptoms appear between two to five days after infection and include a burning sensation when urinating, or a white, yellow, or green discharge from the peen.

    For ladies, there are often no signs, which makes it pretty hazardous. When they do show, symptoms include a painful or burning sensation when urinating, increased vaginal discharge, or vaginal bleeding between periods. 

    Untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men. Also, you can catch it in the anus. Yowza.

    Luckily for our fabulous nation as a whole, the rate of gonorrhea has declined for the last three years.

    Now Alaskan teens can order free condoms or ask questions about STDs on a website run by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which apparently gets two or three orders a week.

    Unfortunately for our northern friends, Alaska not only ranks ninth in the nation for its rate of gonorrhea, but it also is second in regards to chlamydia.

    Wrap it up, people, wrap it up.

    You can read more here. And, if you are morbidly curious about gonorrhea, here

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