Are homosexuals more at risk for STI and HIV ?

[GutenbergPrintPress1454]

Please pick one of the 3 options.

STI is Sexually Transmitted Infection.
HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

 

[Fenny the Fox]

Medically (and statistically) speaking, yes. Homosexuals (gay men, at least) are at a higher risk of certain STDs and HIV infections.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Not really because those things are transfer through the blood and sexual activity, thus anyone who does so without having the person tested is at risk.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Not really because those things are transfer through the blood and sexual activity, thus anyone who does so without having the person tested is at risk.

And herein lies the misinformation.

Anal copulation is unsanitary and the risk for diseases in addition to HIV is higher.

When a person has more than one sex partner, the risk goes up substantially.

It all has to do with being in a place that wasn't designed for sex, but for expelling waste from the body.


Jim

 

[Genersis]

Only by extension of anal sex having a higher risk, of which homosexual males are more likely to participate in.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

What's the point of putting something up for a vote thst is correctly answered by looking at the data? Makes about as much sense as posting a poll to find out the integral of tangent.

 

[Sumwear]

gay men may be more likely to contract hiv but gay women are the least likely even when comparing heterosexuals.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

gay men may be more likely to contract hiv but gay women are the least likely even when comparing heterosexuals.

True.

It all hast to do with the mechanics of the sexual act.



Jim

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

And if you want to look at the data (if you are only interested in men in the US, in this case, you'd have to go to other sources for global data and data for women), there is this:
Comparative prevalence rates of sexually tran... [Am J Epidemiol. 1980] - PubMed - NCBI

 

[AMDG]

According to the statistical data, the answer is "yes". According to government data and science magazines AIDS is mostly spread through homosexual sex, unclean needles, and bodily fluids--like blood transfusions (it's why EMT now all wear those medical examination gloves, when that was never part of a First Aid kit before.)

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

According to the statistical data, the answer is "yes". According to government data and science magazines AIDS is mostly spread through homosexual sex, unclean needles, and bodily fluids--like blood transfusions (it's why EMT now all wear those medical examination gloves, when that was never part of a First Aid kit before.)

I just posted the data....can you point to where you found that?
Understand, there's not just one question being asked here.

 

[Colin]

What's the point of putting something up for a vote thst is correctly answered by looking at the data? Makes about as much sense as posting a poll to find out the integral of tangent.

This must be the daftest poll that has been on OBOB .

Totally useless .

Just another excuse for a thread on homosexuals .

Are we now going to have a poll "Are heterosexuals more at risk for earache and piles ? "

 

[AMDG]

I just posted the data....can you point to where you found that?
Understand, there's not just one question being asked here.

Science Magazine--the AIDS Epidemic (believe it was published in the 80s) and it visually explained the role of T-cells in the role of the spread.) It was one of the reasons that led to blood transfusions being screened for the HIV virus--and the resulting stoppage of the spread of AIDS via blood transfusions (when it wasn't being screened there were patients who ended up with AIDS from a blood transfusion!) It's also the reason for the fact that laboratories destroy the needles used to draw blood--often right in front of the patient--and any "clean needle" programs.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

Science Magazine--the AIDS Epidemic (believe it was published in the 80s) and it visually explained the role of T-cells in the role of the spread.) It was one of the reasons that led to blood transfusions being screened for the HIV virus--and the resulting stoppage of the spread of AIDS via blood transfusions (when it wasn't being screened there were patients who ended up with AIDS from a blood transfusion!) It's also the reason for the fact that laboratories destroy the needles used to draw blood--often right in front of the patient--and any "clean needle" programs.

Of course, but the question is are homosexuals more at risk for STI and HIV, and you are talking about AIDS and men. I'm not saying you are wrong if you limit your response to ...are gay men in the US more likely to get AIDS than straight men? The data supports that. However, the question was more general than that. Are homosexual women in the US more likely to get syphilis than straight women? Is a straight man in Indonesia more likely to contract chlamydia than a homosexual woman from the same country? There are a lot of individual questions buried in this silly poll, each one answerable by looking at the appropriate data.

 

[Maynard Keenan]

Depends. Are we talking about all homosexuals, specifically male homosexuals, specifically female homosexuals? Women who have sex with women have the lowest rates of HIV and STD transmission. Men who have sex with men have the highest.

 

[AMDG]

Of course, but the question is are homosexuals more at risk for STI and HIV, and you are talking about AIDS and men. I'm not saying you are wrong if you limit your response to ...are gay men in the US more likely to get AIDS than straight men? The data supports that. However, the question was more general than that. Are homosexual women in the US more likely to get syphilis than straight women? Is a straight man in Indonesia more likely to contract chlamydia than a homosexual woman from the same country? There are a lot of individual questions buried in this silly poll, each one answerable by looking at the appropriate data.

Well, like the homosexual men, homosexual women don't normally limit themselves to one partner and the more partners the greater the risk of VD (social disease, sexual disease, STIs).

As for the males and the HIV virus (which leads to AIDS) it has to do with the way... the anal cavity isn't the organ God intended (so is not as strong) so, according to the article, there's more risk of tiny tears (not saying that tears aren't possible in the "normal way") which allows a bodily fluid which contains the virus (if a bodily fluid contains the virus.)

Seems that I remember reading an insurance actuary that showed that homosexual males also have a shorter lifespan compared with "straight". Don't think the report even mentioned homosexual females.

 

[Michie]

Is there something we are supposed to discuss here? Because I'm not sure what it is exactly.

 

[TheOtherHockeyMom]

Well, like the homosexual men, homosexual women don't normally limit themselves to one partner and the more partners the greater the risk of VD (social disease, sexual disease, STIs).

As for the males and the HIV virus (which leads to AIDS) it has to do with the way... the anal cavity isn't the organ God intended (so is not as strong) so, according to the article, there's more risk of tiny tears (not saying that tears aren't possible in the "normal way") which allows a bodily fluid which contains the virus (if a bodily fluid contains the virus.)

Seems that I remember reading an insurance actuary that showed that homosexual males also have a shorter lifespan compared with "straight". Don't think the report even mentioned homosexual females.

Two problems I see with that argument...one, you haven't provided any evidence that homosexual men or women are any more promiscuous than heterosexual men or women. Two, in many countries, AIDS is much more prevalent among heterosexuals....and I'd also point out that anal sex isn't limited to homosexuals.

 

[Michie]

Exit only.

 

[AMDG]

AIDS is much more prevalent among heterosexuals

Snipped to phrase being addressed.

According to the article, the HIV virus (that leads to AIDS) is passed by homosexual sex (yes the anal way is the only way for them). dirty needles (that is needles that are shared) and blood (bodily fluids).

That blood thing is why blood for transfusions in the U.S. are screened so no one can get the virus from a transfusion. It is why EMTs now wear medical gloves when treating patients. (No transfer of blood.) It is why a dentist in my state (who wasn't too careful and got blood of an HIV patient on another of his patients) is up on charges. It is why there are clean needle programs and every single lab that has drawn blood from me (and all patients that need it) destroy the needles. It is why law enforcement goes ballistic when they find dirty needles thrown away on a beach where any child could come across them and get stuck. It is why a baby that goes through its mother's birth canal could very well end up with HIV if the mother has the virus, so doctors will advise a C-Section so the baby isn't infected. (Can't help it if other countries don't do that.) It is why some want programs for free condoms for folks that have been infected with HIV. (No one thinks that they are to prevent pregnancy in this case. Oh BTW they are only 80% effective on the prevention of pregnancy and the HIV virus is how much smaller than sperm?)

It is known that one doesn't even need to be tested for the HIV virus if one doesn't participate with certain behaviors that lead to the spread of the virus (multiple sexual partners, blood transfusion before the blood was regularly screened, use of shared needles, contact with blood from an infected person.) Hospitals in the U.S. normally inform new mothers of this (at least they did with my daughter.)