Gonorrhea Is the Most Prevalent STD in Canada.

Through technology, it is easier to find sex and more so anonymous sex online. It is also possible to be connected to different sexual partners. Furthermore, it has been realized that the gay community is notorious at engaging in condom less sex and thus faces the highest risk to STIs.

“Since the risk to contracting HIV has been reduced by its treatment, people no longer consider using condoms and this has led to increase in cases of gonorrhea cases from 1400 to3295 a major jump from 2012 where they would record 1400 cases yearly. This rise is evident in all side of the country and more increasing cases recorded as at 2018.” said Dr Trevor.

Increases in Chlamydia Reported

Chlamydia cases have been found to increase especially in Nova Scotia since 2007 although not rapid rises like gonorrhea. On the contrary, the syphilis cases have been declining since 2013 after an outbreak among the gays.

Another cause for the increasing rates of STIs in Canada is the engagement of sex with multiple sex partners, especially among the university/college student below 30 years. Halifax also reported that many young boys and girls in Canada have been vaccinated against human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer. Although the screening of such malignancy is being done less often than previously recommended, so is the screening for gonorrhea and Chlamydia less done since it was done same time as the Pap smear.

What Do The Number Say? 

Data reveals that bacterial STIs are ever increasing across the country, e.g. 4763 from 3700 in Alberta in 2017 and 116500 cases of Chlamydia infections (most reported) increasing by 17 percent with two-thirds of the infections being females. Gonorrhea the second most reported case was seen to have a jump of around 65% from 2010 to 19845 in 2015 with the males being infected most. Syphilis cases also increased by almost 86% from 2010 to 2015 at 3321 cases with 94% infection being on the males at age 20-39 and more so among the gays. The reason for the rapid rise is lack of frequent screening for these STIs.

Interventions against these increasing rates of STIs in Canada can be successfully done by using antibiotics to cure them. However, untreated Chlamydia infections and gonorrhea can lead to pelvic inflammatory diseases in females affecting g their fertility. Syphilis if untreated will cause brain, nerves, eyes and cardiovascular system, bone and joints damages. Other times it causes death if extreme.

“Careful diagnosis of the particular bacterium strain in gonorrhea cases should be done since resistance to some antibiotics has been recorded lest treatment be ineffective,” reported Wong. He exclaimed that people be careful to prevent the risk of infection by use of condoms.

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