European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 2. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 sex can be hazardous to your health Hether you Are single married or divorced homosexual heterosexual or bisexual a prostitute a Playboy or a prude making love can be hazardous to your health. Infections passed by sexual Contact have been around since the beginning of recorded history the ancient greeks complained about genital warts but today they pose a health threat on a colossal scale. Consequences Range irom itch pain and embarrassment to infant brain damage cancer and death and millions of people around the world Are infected. What used to be blushing by referred to As venereal or social diseases the kind Nice people Don t get Are now being talked about openly As sexually transmitted orstes. The most frightening std is also the newest the epidemic aids which has killed about 6,000 people in the United states and spread throughout the world since it was first identified in 1981. But it is Only one of about 25 contagious diseases classified As std. Others include herpes chlamydia genital warts hepatitis b. Gonorrhoea and syphilis. All can Lead to serious complications especially in babies born to infected women. While major surveillance campaigns in the 1970s have reduced the prevalence of gonorrhoea and syphilis in the Western world the newer std Are spreading at an alarming rate according to specialists in the Field. The new world of std is chlamydia and aids and herpes and human papilloma virus genital warts and the Long term consequences of Pelvic infection ectopic pregnancy infertility and cervical cancer said or. Ward Gates director of the std division of the . Government s Center Lor disease control in Atlanta. Cates was one of several experts interviewed at the recent meeting of the International society for std research in the Southern coastal resort of Brighton England. About 600 doctors and researchers irom 40 countries attended the conference. With about 12,000 reported cases of aids in the United states and 940 cases in Europe and with those numbers doubling every nine months the killer disease dominated the first Day of the conference. Fourteen papers were presented on the prevalence and treatment of aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome which destroys the body s natural immunity to infection. But none of the scientists suggested any breakthroughs in the frenzied worldwide search or a cure prevention or even treatment of aids. Evidence from Central Africa where aids May have originated shows that it can be transmitted heterosexually. In the United states and Western Europe 73 percent of the Vic tires have been homosexual or bisexual males but in Central Africa As Many women As men have contracted the disease. Peter Piot. A microbiologist at the Institute of tropical Medicine in Antwerp Belgium said in an interview that his findings indicate that heterosexual Contact is the main Way aids is being spread in Central Africa. But he said the phenomenon might be linked to the use of infected Needles at hospitals. William Harris the conference chairman and a consultant venere Logist at St. Mary s Hospital in London said that ii aids is a heterosexual disease it could be quickly spread by businessmen who visit brothels and Massage Parlours in their global travels. Erma Bombeck although aids poses the greatest danger to the Public because there is no drug or vaccine for it. The disease pates in comparison with other sexually transmitted diseases in terms of the number of people infected. Chlamydia. Which is transmitted bacterially. Produces no overt symptoms in women. Infection of the fallopian tubes can come on very quickly or the first indication of the disease is that the marriage is said or. David Oriel a genitourinary physician at University College Hospital in London. If untreated chlamydia can cause blindness infertility and severe Eye and Chest infections in newborns. About 200 million people worldwide Are thought to carry the viral infection hepatitis a which can Lead to Clr Rhos s and liver cancer and is a leading cause of death among men in parts of Africa and Asia. The disease is mainly spread non sexually by infected blood but it in considered an std because of a High incidence among mete homosexuals. George Antal program manager of std for the world health organization in Geneva said there were no reliable figures on the worldwide incidence of std some of the std Are not yet listed As reportable communicable diseases Iri the West and gonorrhoea and syphilis Are vastly under reported in the third world he said. Antal said the Best indicator of the spread of std was a British Survey showing an Overall Rise of 37 percent in the number of new cases Scon by National health service clinics Over the past decade. Irom 347.000 in 1973 to 547.000 in 1983. Gate Laid the Rise in sexually transmitted diseases in the United states is due mainly to increased 5exu.il activity advances in detecting the diseases and the use of birth control pills instead of Barrier contraceptives that has facilitated the spread of the contagious microorganisms. While gone Hea and syphilis have been declining in the West both diseases Are still widespread in the world and most of those countries cannot afford u e drugs needed to treat strains of gonorrhoea thai Are resistant to penicillin. Std in the third world is an incredible said Harris. In a City like Nairobi there is Only one std migration from Rural areas to big Urban has contributed to the problem but it also has a political dimension the third world is densely populated and sexually transmitted diseases can cause sterility. It it s something that is sterilizing people it s hard to gel governments to change their Harris said. Doctor an researching Caret for sexually transmitted dicta ii. New York Tom it photo i did t Start out to be a fashion just years ago when i knew How to Threada sewing machine. I used to boy material by the Bolt. With the same material i d make shirts for the boys a dress for my daughter bathrobes for the family Shower curtains throw pillows Lor the living room a Tablecloth bedspreads and Matching valances for the bedroom. Sometimes the kids had to smile before i knew they were in a room. Now i see where big name designers Are using Home furnishing fabrics for Coats and dresses for the fall. I never throw anything away. If dresses made out of lined water stained draperies Ever come Back i be got two 90-Inch panels just waiting. If to shirts made out of faded Beach towels with a picture of the Partridge family Are Ever resurrected i be got the towels for it. One time i did the entire House in Early Perceale. My husband called it the Sheet experience. I use sheets to Slipcover the Sola throw Over a table fashion a head Board for the bed cover Coo books and i even stuck one to the Kitchen Wall in lieu of wallpaper. There is a reason for this. I was sired by two de pression babies. Depression babies never throw any thing away. My earliest memories of my Mother were you re not going to throw away the tops of those radishes Are you she saved lids from ars that had broken warranties for appliances that were buried in the Back Yard and wine corks with holes in them. I followed her example. I saved earrings that matched nothing rubber bands on every Doorknob and for 15 years i had a pair of rubber fishing waders by the Back door with a Hole in the toe. Every item of clothes that was discarded first was stripped of snaps buttons zippers and elastic. They were then classified and filed As paint actually this was responsible Lor a career move by my Hus band who taught school in the Winter and needed a summer Job. Why Don t you paint houses i asked. You be got the rags for i Don t think i la Ever forget the sight of him on a ladder with my Bra wrapped around his Waist and the cups filled with caulking Iii live to be too. No doubt about it. This fall. I m going to be the Best dressed woman on my Block. I la make a Vest out of that throw Rug on the Back porch Wilh Welcome running across my Chest. The old slipcovers irom the Wicker porch furniture will make ? great shirt. And the Rosebud Shower curtains will make a terrific windbreaker. Remember Scarlett o Hara when she had nothing to Wear to meet Rhett her Mother was a depression baby. C lot anal i Tomei sort Dicarl
