First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported

[56harrisond]

First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the U.S.

The fungal infection has been increasingly found in Europe, mostly among men who have sex with men.

 

First case of rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm reported in the U.S.

WWW.NBCNEWS.COM

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The fungal infection has been increasingly found in Europe, mostly among men who have sex with men.

 

Edited June 7, 2024 by 56harrisond

[BuffaloKyle]

The new case involves a New York City man in his 30s who reported having sex with multiple men during a trip to England, Greece and California.

How do we find out the details on this part of the story! 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

The image in the op makes me want creme brulee

[Luv2play]

From reading the article it seems having sex in saunas may be implicated. Fungus loves to spread in warm moist environments. 

[Thomas_Belgium]

7 hours ago, Luv2play said:

From reading the article it seems having sex in saunas may be implicated...

 

Never been to a gay sauna & I have no desire to go to one but I always thought having sex in hot spaces is unhealthy.

[Monarchy79]

19 minutes ago, Thomas_Belgium said:

 

Never been to a gay sauna & I have no desire to go to one but I always thought having sex in hot spaces is unhealthy.

When people have sex at the gay sauna, that doesn’t always literally mean that they are having sex IN a sauna. 
 

In Europe, they call all bathhouses “Saunas”,  and most of them do have saunas in them. But just like with bathhouses in the US, most of the sex occurs in rooms, play areas and not in actual saunas. 
 

[Monarchy79]

10 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Fungus loves to spread in warm moist environments. 

True, but to encounter a warm, moist area doesn’t require being in a sauna. 
 

most can encounter that the moment a man pulls down his briefs after one of these long hot summer days…

stay safe!!! 

[Luv2play]

I don’t go to saunas at my age anymore but back in the day a lot of sex was going on in the actual saunas. 

[Luv2play]

It was pretty steamy pun intended 

[Luv2play]

First time I got fucked in a sauna was in Munich in the 1970s

[Luv2play]

Pushed up against the tile wall with steam all around could hardly make out who was doing me

[Luv2play]

From his guttural muttering I took him to be German lol

Likd sweet nuthins in my ear

Edited June 8, 2024 by Luv2play

[Luv2play]

The steam room in St Marks in New York in those days was a large well lit tiled room with ranges of tiered sitting around the sides. The sex was going on like in a Roman baccanalia

[Luv2play]

They shut it down when AIDs struck

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

3 hours ago, Luv2play said:

First time I got fucked in a sauna was in Munich in the 1970s

Back in those days, they had a team of men shoveling coal into the boilers to create the steam.

[SirBillybob]

5 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Pushed up against the tile wall with steam all around could hardly make out who was doing me

Überraschung!

[+ purplekow]

Lead me to the team of coal shovellers

 

[+ Lucky]

@Luv2play did you really need 7 different posts to say what you had to say?

[Luv2play]

1 hour ago, Lucky said:

@Luv2play did you really need 7 different posts to say what you had to say?

Well some years ago you said my individual posts were too long. Especially my paragraphs were too long. I’ve tried to make each post more digestible since then. Sometimes shorter paragraphs and sometimes shorter posts. Sorry if you find my composition still lacking.

[Jim_n_NYC]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:13 PM, Luv2play said:

First time I got fucked in a sauna was in Munich in the 1970s

Thanks for this post.  Been feeling my age lately (mostly from weird health issues cropping up)...but I was still living at home before college in the 70's....HA!

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 6/8/2024 at 7:19 AM, Thomas_Belgium said:

...I always thought having sex in hot spaces is unhealthy.

I've had sex outdoors in Las Vegas many times, but now you have me rethinking this!

[+ Lucky]

What about Bangkok?

[SirBillybob]

TMVII was reported as worthy of surveillance for MSM because its very rare incidence in France in 2022 and USA in 2024 was associated with that subgroup, in the context of reduced condom use, and was assumed to be transmitted skin-to-skin as opposed to fomite (non-organic surfaces). It was flagged because it was resistant to standard anti fungal treatment in some cases. In the event its occurrence were to have spread meaningfully it would have been important to treat aggressively based on visual presentation even if lab confirmation had been pending or inaccessible, as well as public service alerts due to the impact of awareness in mitigating incidence.

Other similar fungal genotypes are actually more prevalent and can be difficult to treat but lack the distinction of incidence blips within sexually circumscribed subgroups such as actively sexual gay men. While an epidemiological anomaly, TMVII did not take off epidemiologically. 

Edited June 12 by SirBillybob

[marylander1940]

On 6/8/2024 at 10:19 AM, Thomas_Belgium said:

 

Never been to a gay sauna & I have no desire to go to one but I always thought having sex in hot spaces is unhealthy.

not only a hot place but the "foot traffic" literally. Is not unusual for folks who go there to catch skin infections. 

[+ purplekow]

Ringworm is spread by contact skin to skin.  You see it frequently in sexually transmitted situations of all kinds  Wrestlers frequently need to be checked to prevent it becoming spread during matches.  Young children who roughhouse also will transmit it one to another.   Usually ringworm can be treated with topical medication.  This particular strain of trichophyton in this patient required prolonged oral medication with a trial of three different medications.  The issue here is the resistance, not the manner of transmission,.