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Global Trauma of Adultery and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Chandigarh, May 07, 2008
Gurmeet Singh

Adultery is considered a sexual sin in all religions because it betrays the marriage vows. Religions and sane societies normally forbid all forms of premarital and extramarital sex. Committing adultery with a person other than one’s marriage partner plays a major role in destroying his or her personal, familial and societal life. Infidelity is always destructive, and often fatal, to a marriage.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs - also known as Sexually Transmitted Infections STIs) have long been associated with both heterosexual and homosexual promiscuity. A sexually transmitted disease is an infection or disease that has a significant probability of transmission from person to person by means of sexual contact including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex.

STDs are severe medical and psychological consequences for millions of men, women and children over the globe. Sexually transmitted diseases are a major global cause of acute illness, infertility, long term disability and death. These diseases are a big threat to society and one of the most serious health problems that has ever faced the world. It is n irony of fate that the United States has the highest rates of STDs in the industrialized world.
Study on Sexually Transmitted Diseases in US

Recent studies on STDs in United States by Center for Disease Control show that 25% white girls, and around 50% African-American girls between the ages of 14-19 years are suffering from STDs or STIs. These diseases have become a major health problem throughout the world. The situation is more serious in developing countries like Africa and Southeast Asia. Although people are people and skin colour should not matter but many alarmed people suggest that this is in part due to the attitudes of a culture towards poverty, homosexuality, heterosexuality, pre-marital and extramarital relationships. The studies show that these diseases cost the taxpayer over two billion dollars a year in US.

In spite of the various attempts by the health care people in United States to reduce prevalence rate of the disease and mortality of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), more than 19 million persons among all age groups acquire STDs each year. The estimated total number of people living in the US with STD is over 65 million. 2/3 of all STD cases accrue in teenagers from the age of 14 to 19 years.

Adultery causes gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia and hepatitis B etc. As a result of adultery, 1 in 4 Americans have genital herpes, 80% of those with herpes are unaware they have it. 15% of all infertile American women are infertile because of tubal damage caused by untreated STD. 12% of all infertile American men are infertile because of inflammation of the testicles and sterility caused by untreated STD.


Causes of Sexually Transmitted Diseases?

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections have been well known for hundreds of years in the history of mankind. The causes of the increase in STDs are many, but it is mostly believed that alterations in family structures, turning away of youth from religious values, lax in teens’ morality, adultery, devastating sexual behaviour, drug and alcohol addiction, wars, mobilization of armies and movement of populations are the main ones.

How the Disease Spreads?

It is important to remember that deviant humans and sex addicts can get and pass many of these diseases through different forms of sex (vaginal, anal, and oral). STDs can be transmitted by either sexual intercourse or very close intimate contact. An infected person may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease. It is believed that some STDs and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can also be transmitted via hugging, hand shaking, kissing, or use of intervenous needle after its use by an infected person, as well as through childbirth or breastfeeding. Many STIs are more easily transmitted through the mucous membranes of the penis, vulva, and less often by the mouth. Studies show that eight percent of single men in US have had five or more sexual partners in the past years. This means that when having sex with a person, you are having sex with all previous partners as far as STDs are concerned.

However, the trouble is, though, many innocent persons become unjustly infected, such as an innocent virgin who marries an infected husband, or an innocent wife who becomes infected from an unfaithful husband or vice versa.
Most Common STDs and Their Symptoms

Sexually transmitted diseases have been troubling human beings for thousands of years. They can cause cervical cancer and other cancers, liver disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, pregnancy problems, and other complications. Some STDs may increase your risk of getting HIV/AIDS. In the past it was mainly Syphilis and Gonorrhoea. The Herpes virus began terrorising people in 1976. Chlamydia began making headlines in the early 80s and is now one of the most common STDs. Over 75 percent of both men and women had no symptoms of Chlamydia infection but could readily pass it on to others. Gonorrhoea is increasing at an alarming rate, and along with Chlamydia, it causes chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), the second most common cause of hospital admission for women during the reproductive age of life. Then came the HPV virus causing genital warts, which is now spreading faster than the others. Surveys show that about 40 percent of single sexually active Americans have been infected with HPV, the human papilloma virus, which causes venereal warts, pre-cancerous changes and cancer to the vulva, vagina and cervix, and cancer of the penis in men. Finally, there comes the brutal plague of AIDS which epidemic is fatal and incurable so far.
Prevention and Treatment of STDs and STIs

Sexual intercourse especially by the teenagers is alarmingly high in the world. This behaviour is constantly increasing and ‘date rape’ is becoming a major issue. The stigma of these diseases is unbelievable on the human race. Once you catch the disease, you never get rid of it. Each succeeding disease seems worse than the last. The best prevention against these diseases is maintaining one partner for a lifetime and staying away from alcohol, drugs and promiscuous sex. It is advisable never to cross boundaries of the marriage. Lust for another’s beauty can be immoral and destructive. Education, therapeutic methods (counseling), countering peer pressure and understanding of the risks of STDs are very essential factors in prevention and control. The parents should be careful to discharge their duty towards their children. The contaminated persons must abstain from infecting others. Physicians need to recognize the manifestations of STDSs and start the treatment as early as possible. At the same time, it must be understand that prevention is better than cure. This truism needs to be spread in all the communities by their respective social activists and opinion makers. Dr. John M. Douglas Jr., who directs the centers' division of S.T.D. prevention in US says, 'High S.T.D. infection rates among young women, (particularly young African-American women), are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk in all of our communities, world over''


 

 

 

 

Author of This Article

Dr. Raghbir Singh Bains O.B.C
M.A. LL.B. Ph.D