Sexual diseases attack young people
Having just undergone the method of burning genital warts after being diagnosed by a doctor with genital warts - a disease transmitted through unsafe sex - a young female patient, living in Ho Chi Minh City, feels regretful. Regret your previous unsafe sex behavior.
According to the family, the patient had previously gone to school and returned home on time, so the family thought their daughter was fine. However, only when abnormalities in the genitals were discovered through the patient's sharing with his biological mother, did the family rush to take their child to the doctor and be diagnosed with genital warts.
There is another young male patient who went to Ho Chi Minh City to study and work. During the age of physiological development , the issue of sexual relations is of concern to patients. Once when a friend invited her to a massage, the patient had oral sex because she thought that this would not transmit the disease. However, just a week later, the patient began to show symptoms of discharge in the genitals. At Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital, the patient was diagnosed with urethritis.
More dangerous is the group of patients who have same-sex relationships in children. Recently, Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital has continuously received these cases. For example, a young patient living in Ho Chi Minh City has a tendency to have homosexual sex. Once invited to a party by friends, the patient had sex with many men. After a while, the patient noticed large warts appearing on his genitals, so he was very worried and went to the doctor. At the hospital, the patient was diagnosed with genital warts and has now been cured.
Sexual diseases in children under 18 years old are at an alarming rate
At Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital alone, the number of children under 18 years old with sexual diseases is recorded to increase rapidly every year. In 2022, there will be 1,500 cases and by 2023 it will increase to 2,500 cases, an increase of 59% from 2021 to 2023 in children under 18 years old with sexual diseases.
According to Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Tho - Deputy Head of Clinical Department 2, Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital, the above data shows that the incidence of sexual diseases in children under 18 years old is at an alarming level. The incidence of the disease in male and female children is almost equal. However, some diseases such as syphilis occur more often in women, while genital warts occur more often in men. In general, the incidence of sexual diseases is generally similar.
At the hospital, most children under 18 years old come for examination and are diagnosed with diseases such as syphilis, genital warts, chlamydia, gonorrhea... Children often have symptoms such as painful urination and rashes on their genitals. genital...
Also according to doctor Thanh Tho, for adolescents who do not understand clearly about sexual relations as well as reproduction and menstrual cycles, they often do not use safe methods when having sex, so it is easy to get pregnant outside the home. wish. If abortion occurs, female children are at risk of infertility or ovarian obstruction. Male children may have blocked vas deferens and become infertile later.
Doctors recommend that to ensure safety, adolescents should use condoms when having sex and be faithful to one partner. If you have a new partner, you should understand your partner clearly and take them to be tested for some sexually transmitted diseases, HPV testing, hepatitis B vaccination, and people at high risk should use PrEP to reduce the risk. risk of infection.
“The treatment regimen for children depends on their age. For older children who are sexually active, the treatment regimen is similar to that of adults, such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia... usually treated with antibiotics. For patients with genital warts, which are caused by viruses, the treatment process is longer. Schools should organize training sessions and chat with doctors to equip children with physiological knowledge and pregnancy prevention measures, avoid imposing and help children equip themselves with knowledge" - Dr. Thanh Tho emphasized. strong.
