Wife Sues Estranged Husband Over STD

NF Reporter · 11-21-2006, 03:53 AM

In what could be a precedent-setting case in California, a woman is suing her estranged husband for allegedly infecting her with a sexually transmitted disease.

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waltky · 07-08-2008, 09:48 PM

Never too old to contract an STD...

More Midlife (and Older) STDs
Wednesday, Jul. 02, 2008 - Sex and older generations: it's not a topic that gets discussed much, not even in the doctor's office. But some physicians say that needs to change, because older patients are leading active sex lives — and their rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) may be on the rise.

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Whatever the cause — Viagra, midlife divorce, online dating or simple ignorance — studies suggest that STDs are no longer just an affliction of the young. A study published online last week by the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections adds to that growing body of evidence. Researchers at England's West Midlands Health Protection Agency found that in less than a decade, STD rates had more than doubled among people ages 45 and older. And Dr. Babatunde Olowokure, an author of the study, thinks that figure may be low. "These observations are based on a small proportion of people who actually attend clinics," he says. While that proportion of the population has increased overall over the past decade, Olowokure points out that middle-aged and older people tend to delay visiting a doctor for treatment of an STD, or they avoid it altogether, in large part due to the stigma associated with sexually transmitted infections.

In their study, Olowokure and his team counted 4,445 infections (excluding HIV) reported to 19 clinics in the region. From 1996 to 2003, total cases of chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis and genital warts among people over 45 increased 127%, from 344 cases in 1996 to 780 in 2003. Rates of STDs increased in patients under age 45 as well, by 97%, during the same time period. In the U.S. the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures — which include prevalence of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea — reflect relatively stable rates of infection in people ages 55 and older, but that data relies on self-reporting, and in many parts of the country it is out of step with what physicians are seeing. "Our rates of syphilis and chlamydia are up across all ages," says Dr. Sharon Lee, a Kansas City, Mo., family physician and medical director of HIV Wisdom for Older Women. According to a 2000 study of Washington State residents, one of the only comprehensive analyses of STD infection among the middle-aged and older, cases of gonorrhea increased 18.2% between 1997 and 1998 among people ages 45 and older; in younger people, that increase was 17.3%.

Researchers point to myriad factors contributing to the rise in STD instances, among them a high midlife divorce rate and the ease of finding dates online. "What we have in this age group is a lot of people who are separated or divorced and seeking relationships. Sometimes they obtain them via the Internet, where they don't know the person and they don't know their sexual history," says Olowokure. But perhaps the most critical reason is older generations' lack of sex ed. Many older adults may have an outdated view of safe sex, believing that condoms are unnecessary after menopause or with partners they already know. Lee points out that "as people get older, they don't worry about pregnancy as much," and without education about STDs, many believe an inability to get pregnant negates the necessity for protection.

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Eagle One · 07-09-2008, 01:31 AM

About 30-40 HPV types are typically transmitted through sexual contact and infect the anogenital region. Some sexually transmitted HPVs may cause genital warts. However, other HPV types which may infect the genitals do not cause any noticeable signs of infection.

Sounds like the fun-loving hubby might have a good defense if he sticks with the ignorance plea.

waltky · 01-14-2009, 10:08 AM

Granny says don't be doin' the nasty with someone ya don't know...

Rates of chlamydia, syphilis on the rise in US
January 14, 2009 - Chlamydia infections now top 1.1 million, more than ever recorded. Syphilis cases are up for the 7th year in a row. And gonorrhea is not declining as hoped.

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Rates of the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia are climbing in the U.S., and rates of syphilis -- once on the verge of elimination -- rose for the seventh consecutive year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in its annual report on STDs. Gonorrhea rates did not increase, but they ceased falling a few years ago, frustrating goals set by public health leaders.

Chlamydia infections in the United States now top 1.1 million, the most since record-keeping for the disease began and the most for any STD that doctors are required to report, according to 2007 data, the latest available. Cases of gonorrhea, which peaked in the 1970s at about 1 million and then dropped for years, remain flat at 355,991, according to the CDC report. The disease is the second-most common STD for which data are collected by law.

Women bear the brunt of both chlamydia and gonorrhea, especially their long-term consequences, CDC officials said. Untreated, both can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease -- an infection of the uterus and fallopian tubes that can cause chronic pain, infertility and life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, or pregnancy outside the uterus. Chlamydia and gonorrhea "lead to tremendous problems in our female population, with fertility leading the list," said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention.

Infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis can cause a discharge from the vagina or penis and a burning sensation when urinating, but often does not. Although the consequences are most severe for women, in men, an untreated infection can spread to the epididymis -- the tube that carries sperm from the testes -- causing pain, fever and, rarely, sterility.

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waltky · 01-15-2009, 04:18 AM

Yea well, they brought us AIDS too...

Homosexual Men Account for 65 Percent of Syphilis Cases, CDC Study Finds
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says homosexual men accounted for 65 percent of the nearly 12,000 cases of syphilis in the United States in 2007, making them the “primary driver” of increased syphilis rates overall.

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In a report on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) issued Tuesday, the government said syphilis, a disease that was almost eliminated as a public health threat less than 10 years ago, is on the rise -- with cases increasing each year since 2000. It remained a serious health threat in the United States in 2007, the latest year for which statistics are available, largely because of increased transmission among “men who have sex with men” (MSM) in the United States, according to the CDC.

Dr. Gary Rose, president of the Texas-based Medical Institute for Sexual Health, told CNSNews.com that there are several factors behind the rise. “One of the problems for men who have sex with men is that their sexual encounters are frequently anonymous,” Rose said. “The more partners you have, the higher the risk of transmission for any sexually transmitted infections.”

Rose said the government has spent a lot of time and money promoting condoms among men who have sex with men. “Condoms are 85 percent effective against HIV in vaginal intercourse,” he said, “but there really have been no good studies on their use in anal intercourse.” But even among heterosexuals when condoms are used 100 percent of the time, the amount of risk-reduction is only 50 percent.

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NotNegativeNews · 03-06-2009, 06:22 AM

Do you know what? I think this is fair enough. She didn't know he was cheating, therefore him sleeping with her while she doesn't know about it, was very wrong and irresponsible.

waltky · 07-14-2011, 01:20 AM

The mad Mrs. Becker...

... picked up a knife...

... an' cut off her hubby's pecker.

Arraignment postponed in severed-penis case
Jul 13, 2011 - A Los Angeles-area woman appeared in court today on charges of cutting off her husband's penis and flushing it down the garbage disposal.

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Update at 5:39 p.m. ET: Arraignment was postponed this afternoon for Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, of Garden Grove, Calif. She will return to Orange County Superior Court in Westminster on July 22 for a bail hearing, the Associated Press says. Judge Debra Carrillo ordered her held without bail until then.

Kieu, a real estate broker, faces two felony charges for allegedly drugging her 60-year-old husband and severing his penis after an argument Monday night about friends staying at their apartment, according to prosecutors.

In court documents, her husband is referred to only as "John Doe." Earlier reports put his age at 51. The Los Angeles Times has details of the attack.

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