The number of new gonorrhea cases in Alaska increased by 51 percent in 2017 compared to the year before, a statistic that's concerning to public health officials, the state health department said.
"This is kind of alarming," said Susan Jones, HIV and STD program manager for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. "Alaskans need to know what's going on to protect themselves."
According to preliminary data, Alaska had the second highest rate of gonorrhea in the country last year, behind Mississippi. In 2016, Alaska ranked fourth for the sexually transmitted disease.
If left untreated, gonorrhea can result in serious health problems, including pregnancy complications and pelvic inflammatory disease, a painful infection of a female's reproductive organs. It can also lead to infertility in both men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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5 comments:
Not a lot of options up there, IMHO.
man, you can grit chlamydia from going in the wicomico river, man that's true too my cousin did and her boyfriend got scurvy
8:29 for the win! Holy moly only on the shore!
8:29 who wants to "grit chlamydia"? What the hell does that even mean? The rest of what you were saying is a flat out lie.
Alaska's a leader in STD's, alcoholism, drug abuse, chronic depression and God knows what else.
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