Religions > Atheism > PSA: New Disease Strains Heighten Risks of Unhealthy Homosexual Lifestyle
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"J Young" |
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21 Feb 2006 10:45:05 PM |
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PSA: New Disease Strains Heighten Risks of Unhealthy Homosexual Lifestyle |
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/212006f.asp
By Mary Rettig
February 21, 2006
(AgapePress) - Culture and Family Institute (CFI) director Bob Knight says
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has discovered some new
reasons why homosexual men need to stop their destructive and potentially
deadly lifestyle.
The CDC recently reported that a rare strain of chlamydia called LGV
(lymphogranuloma venereum) in the U.S. have been HIV-infected men who have
sex with other men. was found in several dozen U.S. patients. Public health
officials say this strain of the sexually transmitted disease is extremely
hard to diagnose and poses a serious health threat, as it compromises a
person's immune system and makes the infected person even more susceptible
to other kinds of infections.
This is one reason CDC researchers are particularly concerned about the
rising incidence of LGV, Knight points out. "They're worried because, when
you have an infection like that, it affects your immune system and makes you
more prone to get other diseases such as HIV infection, which can lead to
AIDS," he explains.
According to the pro-family advocate, LGV is just one of those sexually
transmitted diseases prevalent among homosexual men on which CDC
investigators are reporting some alarming data. He notes, "They've also
found other diseases that are concentrated among male homosexuals -- a new
strain of syphilis, and a strain of tuberculosis that is drug resistant."
"Clearly," Knight contends, "the ongoing promiscuity that characterizes the
young homosexual male population is contributing to the spread of
illnesses -- perhaps even strains that we hadn't seen before."
Knight says the homosexual community needs to be concerned about LGV, just
as public health officials are. And homosexual men cannot rely on condom use
to protect them from the disease, he warns, because condoms have proven very
ineffective against the disease.
According to CDC statistics, the majority of patients diagnosed with LGV
proctitis (anal inflammation due to lymphogranuloma venereum infection) in
the U.S. have been HIV-infected men who have sex with other men. Unlike
routine cases of chlamydia, LGV can cause chronic gastrointestinal distress,
including inflammation and bleeding of the rectum and colon.
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| User: "HotelCharlieOne" |
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| Title: Re: PSA: New Disease Strains Heighten Risks of Unhealthy Homosexual Lifestyle |
22 Feb 2006 07:03:46 AM |
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"J Young" <youngopinions@aol.com> wrote in
news:kJWdnaDtMdH4cWbenZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com:
From Agape Press
(AgapePress) - Culture and Family Institute (CFI) director Bob
Knight says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
discovered some new reasons why homosexual men need to stop their
destructive and potentially deadly lifestyle.
The CDC recently reported that a rare strain of chlamydia called LGV
(lymphogranuloma venereum) in the U.S. have been HIV-infected men
who have sex with other men. was found in several dozen U.S.
patients. Public health officials say this strain of the sexually
transmitted disease is extremely hard to diagnose and poses a
serious health threat, as it compromises a person's immune system
and makes the infected person even more susceptible to other kinds
of infections.
From eMedicine.com
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Frequency:
In the US: Sporadic cases occur in North America, Europe, Australia,
and most of Asia. Most cases in the United States involve recent travel
to an endemic area where the patient was sexually active; therefore,
obtaining a travel history is important. Historically, the average
number of LGV cases in the United States has been fewer than 600 per
year.
Internationally: LGV is endemic in East and West Africa, India,
Southeast Asia, South America, and the Caribbean. Recent outbreaks have
occurred in Europe.
Mortality/Morbidity:
Given appropriate treatment, patients usually have complete resolution
of symptoms.
Death can occur from tertiary LGV if complete bowel obstruction from
rectal stricture leads to perforation; this is rare, however
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Yep, that's a major health risk.
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The next time believers tell you that "separation of
church and state" does not appear in our founding document,
tell them to stop using the word "trinity." The word "trinity"
appears nowhere in the bible. Neither does Rapture, or
Second Coming, or Original Sin.
Dan Barker. Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
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| User: "Andrealphus" |
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| Title: Re: New Disease Strains Heighten Risks of Unhealthy Homosexual Lifestyle |
22 Feb 2006 04:42:23 AM |
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In News kJWdnaDtMdH4cWbenZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com,, J Young at
youngopinions@aol.com, typed this:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/212006f.asp
By Mary Rettig
February 21, 2006
(AgapePress) -
"BUT I'M NOT RELIGIOUS!!"
Hahahahahahaaha! You're a joke Young.
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Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if there be
one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of blindfolded
fear. – Thomas Jefferson
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