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Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - Elsacat - Mar 13 2025
https://www.sciencealert.com/common-infection-may-in-fact-be-worlds-most-prevalent-sti
The infection is bacterial vaginosis. I've thought for YEARS that BV had to be sexually transmitted in at least some, if not most, cases. I never understood why there wasn't more of a push to treat women's male partners and make men aware of their own possibility of being infected and spreading infection.
RE: Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - Clover - Mar 13 2025
Quote:In the past, scientists have argued that BV doesn't meet the requirements of an STI because the bacteria come from within. But that may not be true in all cases.Sick of all the fuckin systemic medical misogyny.
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Previous studies have found that men also harbor bacterial species associated with bacterial vaginosis in the distal urethra and the penis, and the risk of BV recurrence in women doubles if they have a regular sexual partner.
A new randomized trial from Australia suggests we need a revolution in how BV is treated. The findings reveal that regular male partners can re-seed BV infections during sexual activity if they are not treated as well.
"Our trial has shown that reinfection from partners is causing a lot of the BV recurrence women experience, and provides evidence that BV is in fact an STI," says clinician scientist Catriona Bradshaw from Monash University.
RE: Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - komorebi - Mar 13 2025
Color me *shocked* that men's nasty-ass dicks could give us infections. The real surprise is that people are so resistant to this idea when everyone knows that men are fucking gross and don't clean themselves properly.
Tangentially related: My partner has told me that when we visit my home country and he goes to the restroom, he's noticed that none of the men wash their hands after peeing. 🤢 Just fucking nasty.
RE: Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - magdalyn - Mar 19 2025
I'd never given this much thought, but I agree completely. Buncha Typhoid Mikes out there going undetected, because women's reproductive systems are assumed to be at fault. ://///
RE: Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - Sunny - Mar 19 2025
Further proof that men are degenerates. It explains why I had so many issues while with my exhusband, though. Gonna vomit now
RE: Common Infection May in Fact Be World's Most Prevalent STI - Possum - Mar 19 2025
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of yeast infections and UTIs come from men as well. So many of them have terrible hygiene.