2 Cases of Rare Sex Disease Are Diagnosed in New York

[HuckleB]

2 Cases of Rare Sex Disease Are Diagnosed in New York

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/nyregion/03disease.html

"A rare sexually transmitted disease never before confirmed in laboratory tests in New York City has been diagnosed in two men, leading health officials to remind the public about practicing safe sex and to encourage doctors to be on the lookout for signs of the disease.

The cases are among the first reported in the United States and match a strain of the disease that only began to surface in Europe in recent years.

The disease, lymphogranuloma venereum, known as LGV, is a rare form of chlamydia that can cause acute illness, lifelong disability and disfigurement as well as fuel the spread of H.I.V./AIDS through open sores. A majority of those infected, both in Europe and the United States, have been gay men who engage in anal intercourse.

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Some of the symptoms may have showed up in doctors' examinations, but they were not connected to the disease until further lab tests were performed by health officials on the federal and local levels. Officials said that the disease is treatable, and that wearing a condom during sex can reduce the risk of transmission.

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[WildClarySage]

1. Oh boy, just can't wait for the religious right

to chime in with their two cents on this.

[HuckleB]

6. Yeah, no condoms for you! --AND-- It's all your fault! Sinner! -eom-

[bunkerbuster1]

9. Remind them that, by their logic

Lesbians are God's Chosen People.

[jdj]

10. who said that?

Is it Molly Ivins? I've heard that quote before.

[bunkerbuster1]

12. Been hearing it for ~20 years.

I sure don't know who coined it. Probably the first person with a brain who ever heard some damn Fundy claming that AIDS was God's punishment for homer-sexuality.

[DainBramaged]

16. You mean chlami in (LOL)

[Bigmack]

2. When I was a boy..

(old man voice)... ya only got the clap or the syph. Shot of pennicillin and yer fine!

Now you young people get them diseases where ya got it ferever!

Nest one of them STD's we hear about... people just explode after sex!

[0007]

3. Is this one of diseases?

[Hand]

4. Gaagh!!!

Jesus, you might at least give a warning... now I have to claw my eyes out. Again...

[Rockholm]

5. It's a disease allright.

Incureable.

[Fleshdancer]

14. CRUEL

I'm blaming you for the nightmares I'll have tonight.

[One_Life_To_Give]

15. W's a Crossdresser?

He better hope nobody tells the fundies:crazy:

[Guns Aximbo]

7. here we go again...

UNCLEAN!! UNCLEAN!!

[ernstbass]

8. Spongebob is behind this!

[jdj]

11. the common denominator isn't gay, it's men, when it comes to

this disease and AIDS. Fundies need to ask themselves if God made men superior then why men get all this skanky stuff...the most dangerous carriers are them, any way, fundies who won't come out of the closet.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. Tin hat time

You know, I really can't help but to think when I see shit like this that perhaps there is a gay "Tuskegee" experiment happening somewhere. I know it is not very logical, but why do these "new" diseases not crop up in the sex-worker trade first?

The worst thing is this will be a new rally cry for the hateful right-wingers. They don't need anymore ammunition, but they will certainly use this!