The estimated total number of people living in the US with STD is over sixty-five million. Every year, there are approximately fifteen million new STD cases.

• 65 million of people living in the US with STD
• 15 million of new STD cases each year
• 2/3 of all STD's occurs in people 25 yrs of age or younger
• one in four new STD cases occur in teenagers
• cervical cancer in women is linked to HPV
• doctors are required to report newly diagnosed STD cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia
• hepatitis B to state health departments and the CDC
• one in four Americans have genital herpes, 80% of those with herpes are unaware they have it
• at least one in four Americans will contract an STD at some point in their lives
• 15% of all infertile American women are infertile because of tubal damage caused by untreated STD
• 12% of all infertile American men are infertile because of inflammation of the testicles and sterility caused by untreated STD

STD treatment: Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Chancroid, Trichomoniasis, Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), and Genital Herpes

STD treatment is indicated for sex partners if the last sexual encounter was within 60 days. STD treatment of Chlamydia is indicated for patients being treated for Gonorrhea, and vice versa. (It is common to have these two STD infections together)

If STD diagnosis is not confirmed, then empiric triple antibiotic std treatment is advocated for the most common STDs - Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis. Triple STD antibiotic regimen: Doxycycline 100 mg twice a day / 10 days; Cipro® XR 500mg or 1000mg one single dose (or Levaquin®, or Tequin®); and Metronidazole 500 mg twice a day for 10 days.

References:

STD-GOV.org - std

STD-GOV.org - std

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