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Morbidity 100 thousand. The population index in Lithuania in 2019 was 8.9 cases of chlamydia, 4.2 cases of syphilis, and 2 cases of gonorrhea. All recent indicators in 2018 were slightly higher, according to a report released by ULAC.
According to the latest data on the incidence of STIs, last year gonorrhea was diagnosed in 56 people, syphilis in 117 people and chlamydia in 248 people. By gender, one and a half times more STIs were found among men than among women, 254 and 167, respectively.
By counties, the highest incidence of syphilis in 2019. registered in Vilnius and Šiauliai, the incidence of gonorrhea in Tauragė, and the incidence of chlamydia in Vilnius and Kaunas counties.
According to age groups, more than half (51%) of those infected with STIs were young, that is, people between 14 and 29 years old, of which four were minors. Last year, young people represented a smaller proportion of those infected (41.8%). Among those infected last year were 15 schoolchildren and 27 students.
Most of the men infected with gonorrhea cited a known or random person as a suspected source of infection. More than half of the women with gonorrhea and chlamydia reported that the gonorrhea could have been contracted by a spouse / partner or an acquaintance.
Six people infected with STIs reported having sex with those who provided paid sexual services.
Most STI patients do not use condoms or rarely use condoms, reducing the risk of STIs.
Chlamydia
Additional Information
Sexually transmitted infections are most often contracted during sexual intercourse (vaginal, oral, or anal). STIs are not transmitted by domestic routes, especially in accordance with hygiene requirements.
Most STIs (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc.) are curable. Viral infections (HIV infection, herpes, etc.) are chronic and incurable, but their course can be controlled.
When you have an STI, symptoms of the disease don’t always appear right away. Sometimes they occur after a week, a month or more, and sometimes there are no symptoms at all.
The main symptoms of STIs are:
• secretions from the urinary and genital organs (for women they increase), their color varies from greenish-yellow to transparent;
• painful or burning sensation when urinating;
• white plaque on the penis, vagina, or mouth;
• genital rash;
• enlarged lymph nodes in the groin;
• pain in the scrotum, lower abdomen;
• appearance of blood after intercourse.
Some STIs can be asymptomatic, so they can only be accurately diagnosed by special tests. STIs are treated by dermatovenerologists, who can be consulted without the referral of a family doctor.
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