The number of people with infectious diseases such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or Urinary Disease and Syphilis, 2017, touched a record high in America, said the official of the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Not yet known the exact cause of the surge in the number of people with the disease. However, the CDC revealed based on previous research: poverty, community stigma, discrimination, and the use of a number of drugs are said to be able to encourage the transmission of infectious diseases.
Nearly 2.3 million cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea or Urine and Syphilis were diagnosed in America throughout 2017. "That number exceeded the 2016 record. The number increased by more than 200 thousand cases from that year," the CDC said in a written statement.
Between 2013 and 2017, the number of Syphilis sufferers increased 76% from 17,375 cases to 30,644 cases. The majority of sufferers, namely as many as 70%, are men.
In the same period, Gonorrhea cases also jumped 67%, from 333,004 to 555,608 cases. However, the most diagnosis is in Chlamydia. The number exceeds 1.7 million cases throughout 2017. Almost half (45%) sufferers are women aged 15 to 24 years.
Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis itself, can be cured with antibiotics. Even so, the infection is often unknown to the sufferer. As a result, the disease can cause infertility, babies who die in the womb, up to the chance of HIV infection.
CDC officials are also concerned about the emergence of types of Gonorrhea that are resistant to antibiotics. In America, Cetriazone is the only antibiotic that is still effective in treating gonorrhea.