New STD cases hit record high in US, CDC says
- “In 2016, Americans were infected with more than 2 million new cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia, the highest number of these sexually transmitted diseases ever reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday”
- “Only those three STDs are required by law to be reported to the CDC by physicians. When you include HIV, herpes and more of the dozens of diseases which can be transmitted sexually but which are not tracked, the CDC estimates there are more than 20 million new cases of STDs in the United States each year. At least half occur in young people ages 15 to 24. ”
- syphilis, a long-forgotten disease (like rickets) increased 19% in one year (2015-2016)
- "For the first time in many years, we are now seeing more cases of babies born with congenital syphilis than babies born with HIV,”
Vitamin D Life
Dark Skin
- Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D
- Half of the US will be people of color – wonder how many will be vitamin D deficient
- Survey finds that Non-Caucasians do not feel that people need sun exposure – July 2012
They actually need more sunshine, but actually get less sunshine - Bibliography of Black-White health disparities linked to vitamin D - Dr. Grant March 2017
Pregnancy
- Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016
- Vitamin D deficiency diseases in dark skinned people living far from equator – Meta-analysis Oct 2013
- Dark skin births are much riskier due to lack of vitamin D
Pregnacies decrease Vitamin D levels unless supplement/get enough sunshine
Diabetes
- Diabetic blacks – 80 percent had low vitamin D (less than 20 ng) a decade before – Sept 2017
- Diabetics with darker skin were more vitamin D deficient – May 2012
HIV
- Overview HIV and vitamin D
- 8 times less bacteria in blood of HIV patients if Vitamin D levels greater than 30 ng – April 2016
- TB lowers vitamin D, then HIV lowers it even more - 2014
- Those with HIV who doubled their vitamin D levels reduced their chance of death by 47 percent – Oct 2013
- Blacks with HIV were 3.5X more likely to be vitamin D deficient than whites – May 2012
Herpes
- Herpes (Cytomegalovirus) downregulates the vitamin D receptor by 8X – Jan 2017
- Herpes virus infection while pregnant increases Autism risk by 2 X (Vitamin D not mentioned) – Feb 2017
Women
Other
Hepatitis B viral load is inversely associated with vitamin D – 2016
Warts (due to HPV) removed by vitamin D injection, with 90 percent success – April 2017
Other groups at high risk of having low vitamin D levels include:
Obese
Colon Cancer
Breast Cancer
Wear excessive clothes
avoid sun a lot
Work night shift
See also web
- The possible roles of vitamin D and curcumin in treating gonorrhea 2013
- WARNING: Gonorrhea, Syphilis & Chlamydia Are Becoming ‘Untreatable’ Black Doctor Aug 2016
- STD Wikipedia
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