Chlamydia Cases Rise Up Among Aussies

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With the recent figures saying that Chlamydia cases are running at an all time high among Aussies, could this mean they're being way more sexually active compared to the rest of the world?

Yahoo Australia reports that it was in 2012 when such cases took a spike to new cases that reached around 500,000. David Wilson, an associate professor who will be the presenter of the most recent statistics in Darwin mentioned that upon compilation of the stats, he found out that only 82,000 were registered and the rest undiagnosed, at least for last year.

This could be because the sexually transmitted disease is known for not showing any kind of symptoms at all especially for women. The key to this according to Professor Wilson is by being transparent with your sexual partner and have themselves tested before they even begin getting involved with a new person again.

The Medical Observer site meanwhile reports that the other sexually transmitted diseases in the land of Down Under are also soaring high like viral hepatitis in the forms of hepatitis B and C. The rest of the STD diagnosis for last year include the following as submitted by the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society:

Hepatitis B - 6702
Hepatitis C - 10,114
Chlamydia - 82,707
Gonorrhoea - 13,649
Syphilis - 1534

If there is good news to it all is that it is with the cases of genital warts that had a big drop in numbers.

Medicalxpress.com write that most of the HIV cases in the country happen to men who had intercourse with other men too. However, as reiterated again, the real challenge lies in how to simply at least get to diagnose first those who may still be unaware that they have Chlamydia or any other sexually transmitted disease to further prevent its fast spread.