Worrisome Trend In Atypical Venereal Diseases – Part I

In a majorly overlooked development, there has been a major rise in the cases of sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia and syphilis along with a noted surge in the number of unheard but bothersome venereal diseases.

The augment in the number of such cases have baffled specialists that were anticipating declined numbers due to widespread awareness and concern regarding AIDS. The number of the widely identified venereal diseases like syphilis has crept up subsequent to 5 years of reported drop and the antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoeal strains have been steadily increasing on an annual basis with eight lakh cited cases.

The health care officials are concerned about the increase in the previously rare diseases that are lesser known.  For instance, Chancroid – the bacterial infection that leads to genital sores and swollen lymph nodes, has risen ten times in the course of a decade from a mere some hundred reported yearly to greater than five thousand cases the previous year.

Several other diseases like granuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma venerium have surged from few cited cases yearly to hundreds. As is the case with all venereal diseases, the cited cases are believed to depict a mere part of the actual occurrence hence making it tricky to diagnose.

The health officials consider the actual figures of the diseases still comparatively small, in comparison with a million genital warts cases or a quarter million herpes cases yearly. However, the uncommonness of such conditions is what makes it diagnosis and treatment trickier.

Even distinguishing commonly noted sexually transmitted diseases is not easy for the doctors that are not specialists, as there are a host of diseases and their preliminary symptoms could be quite subtle.

Amongst the lesser recognized diseases are:

• Chancroid – a bacterial infection that leads to ulcers in the genital area and swollen lymph nodes in the groin. Though, there is treatment with antibiotics shots and tablets, however the bacterium has a propensity to become resistant to antibiotics making it quite problematical.
• Granuloma inguinale – a bacterial disease that leads to genital and rectal ulcers. This condition is noted to react favourably to antibiotics course.
• Lymphogranuloma venerium – A condition that could be the reason behind rectal infections, fever, swollen lymph nodes in the groin and inflammation caused due to a strain of the Chlamydia organism. Starting on a course of tetracycline is known to adequately treat the disease.

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