Stress-free measures against sexually transmitted diseases (syphilis information)

Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise.Last time, I showed that the number of reports of genital chlamydia infection in Japan as a whole is on the decline, but only middle-aged and older men are increasing.This time, I will show the numbers that syphilis is increasing not only in young women but also in middle-aged and elderly men.

《Syphilis is most common among middle-aged and elderly men》

Educational activities for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases tend to target young women, as shown in the campaign posters of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.However, in reality, it is middle-aged and elderly men who need to be really careful, like the genital chlamydia infection shown in the first part.Syphilis figures are included here to show that chlamydia is no exception.

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Sex	period	Number of syphilis reports and changes by age
		24 and under	25 ~ 39 old	Over 40 years old
Male	1999-2003 year	244	736	1,197
	2016-2020 year	2,323	7,775	9,901
	Increase/decrease in the above period	9.5	11	8.3
Female	1999-2003 year	170	318	514
	2016-2020 year	3,928	3,898	2,091
	Increase/decrease in the above period	23	12	4.1

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Looking at the timescale of 20 years, the rate of increase is certainly highest among young women.However, this is only due to the fact that syphilis infection rates among young women were significantly lower 20 years ago, resulting in a higher rate of increase.Looking at the absolute number of syphilis cases reported in the last five years,24 women under the age of 3,928was40 for men aged 9,901 and over, more than doubleAnd in recent years, middle-aged and elderly men are the most common.

Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases is important for healthy papa-katsu, so it seems that everyone involved in papa-katsu should be aware that middle-aged and older men account for the largest number of syphilis-infected people.

Some people may think that there are many people over the age of 40 because the age range is wide, but by age, women in their 20s and men in their 40s had almost the same number of infected people.

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〇 Reported cases of syphilis infection among men aged 40-44 (2016-2020) 2,768

〇 Reported cases of syphilis infection among men aged 45-49 (2016-2020) 2,419

〇 Reported cases of syphilis infection among women aged 20-24 (2016-2020) 3,093

〇 Reported cases of syphilis infection among women aged 25-29 (2016-2020) 2,067

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《Middle-aged and elderly people should be careful about genital herpes》

Next is genital herpes. While the number of reported cases among young people has visibly declined over the past 20 years, it is on the rise among middle-aged and older people.

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Sex	period	Number of genital herpes reports and increase/decrease by age
		24 and under	25 ~ 39 old	Over 40 years old
Male	1999-2003 year	2,715	8,320	7,953
	2016-2020 year	1,964	6,964	8,815
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.72	0.84	1.11
Female	1999-2003 year	7,176	10,900	7,260
	2016-2020 year	5,245	11,485	11,552
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.73	1.05	1.59

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《Gonorrhea is calming down》

Gonorrhea, which was mainstream 20 years ago, has calmed down recently.The number of middle-aged and elderly women has increased only because the original number is low, but the absolute number is small, so there is no problem in terms of level.Judging from the number, it is the only good information related to sexually transmitted diseases, but it is important to be vigilant because things that are ineffective against antibiotics are spreading quietly.

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Sex	period	Number of reports of gonococcal infections by age and changes
		24 and under	25 ~ 39 old	Over 40 years old
Male	1999-2003 year	23,238	39,969	12,070
	2016-2020 year	8,316	15,516	8,844
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.36	0.39	0.73
Female	1999-2003 year	9,152	6,519	1,105
	2016-2020 year	4,175	3,134	1,224
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.46	0.48	1.11

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《Middle-aged and elderly men should also be wary of condyloma》

Condyloma acuminata follows the same trend as genital herpes, and while the number of reported cases among the younger generation has visibly decreased over the past 20 years, it is on the rise among the middle-aged and older generations.Middle-aged and older men in particular need to be vigilant, as both the rate of increase over the past 20 years and the number of reports in recent years are clearly higher than those of other generations.

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Sex	period	Number of condyloma acuminata reported and increase/decrease by age
		24 and under	25 ~ 39 old	Over 40 years old
Male	1999-2003 year	3,858	6,705	2,925
	2016-2020 year	2,304	8,540	7,488
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.60	1.27	2.56
Female	1999-2003 year	6,399	4,188	800
	2016-2020 year	3,504	4,991	1,901
	Increase/decrease in the above period	0.55	1.19	2,38

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《On-site prophecy is true》

I'm sorry that there are so many numbers.The key points to understand are the rate of change and the absolute number.Like gonorrhea in middle-aged and older women, even if the rate of change is increasing, it is not a problem if the absolute number over 20 years is clearly lower than that of other generations.Conversely, if the absolute number of cases over 20 years is outstandingly high, as in the case of syphilis in middle-aged and elderly men, even if the rate of increase or decrease is small, the negative impact will be large.

For chlamydia, syphilis, genital herpes, gonorrhea, and condyloma acuminata, when comparing the rate of increase/decrease in men and women/generation by age group and the number of reported cases, measures against sexually transmitted diseases among middle-aged and older men are very important for father activities. I know there is.

Chlamydia and syphilis are often covered by major media, but while there is little mention of the infection status of genital herpes and condyloma, I found a post that predicts the spread of infection among middle-aged and elderly people.In 2010, Dr. Sawamura's venereal disease encyclopedia at Shinjuku Sakura Clinic states, "The author is currently focusing on condyloma acuminata and genital herpes."Doctors who are active in the field have a keen eye for observation.

 

Prevention of sexually transmitted diseases is essential for the establishment of healthy dad activities, but the mass media only covers young women, so this time I introduced the current situation of middle-aged and older men in figures.In the next installment, we will consider the normalcy bias of "I'm fine on my own", which is easy to fall into when working as a dad, and explore ways to deal with sexually transmitted diseases with less stress.