Doctors are calling for precautions to be taken as cases of syphilis rise in…

The alarm was sounded at a meeting of the district health council Pinares-Covaleda last time on May 15th. An increase in cases of syphilis, AIDS and gonorrhea among patients reported in cities in the region led to a statement from the center asking it to alert local councils in the area.

Representative of the Junta of Castile and León Carlos Fernandez Carriedoconfirmed the increase in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in the Soria region in Pinares after a meeting of the government council on Thursday, May 23.

City councils have launched an information campaign using Ministry of Health posters about “healthy and responsible sexuality” distributed through social media.

According to the Health Center, an increase in the number of cases has been observed in the area since January, and in municipalities such as Vinuesa, fifteen cases were reported in the first two months of the year.

syphilis It is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. You can become infected through sex without a condom with an infected person, through anal, vaginal or oral sex. Pregnant women can pass the disease to their baby. The infection is more common in men who have sex with men (MSM) and in people with multiple sexual partners who do not take adequate preventive measures.

gonorrhea It is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (or gonococcus). You can get it through sex without a condom with a person who is infected, through anal, vaginal or oral sex. The infection is more common in young people, men who have sex with men (MSM), and people with multiple sex partners who do not use appropriate prevention measures.

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