Attn: Doctors: LGV, lymphogranuloma, new to gay society

[jack]

Per BP forum, the Associated Press, San Francisco, reported 4 new patients in SF were recently diagnosed with LGV, a form of cholamylia, causing scarring of the genitals and colon while causing lymph glands near the groin to swell and hurt.

 

Though rarely seen outside poor tropical nations, the Netherlands came up with 92 cases in a seventeen month period ending in September -- not a poor or tropical nation.

 

Somneone said you can get this by kissing and it is easily treatable upon early detection.

 

Would the Doctors in the house give us to low down on this critter. (What a way to start of the New Year).x(

[OneFinger]

I'm not a doctor although I play one when hiring escorts. ;-)

 

I did a Google search and found the following info in an area discussing genital warts:

 

"LGV is a chronic disease that has a variety of acute and late manifestations, starting with a small painless blister or sore where the infection entered the body, that might go unnoticed. In the second phase, inflamed and swollen lymph glands may appear in the groin (inguinal syndrome) and/or acute hemorrhagic proctitis (anorectal syndrome). If left untreated, the symptoms can become more severe and cause lasting damage to health."

 

http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hiv_and_sti/LGV/lgv.htm

 

Another site states:

 

"The most common sites of infection for men include the coronal sulcus, prepuce, glans, and scrotum. Rarely, symptoms of urethritis occur.

 

Causes: The L1, L2, and L3 serovars of C trachomatis cause LGV. Risk factors include residing in or visiting endemic areas, practicing anal-receptive intercourse, eschewing condoms, and working in the commercial sex trade.

 

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1356.htm

 

Don't know if LGV can be specifically transmitted by kissing but I think oral sex could be problematic. But, it seems to me that any place there is an open sore, bleeding gums, or bodily fluid exchange there is a potential portal for the infection entering the body.

[Muscle Lover]

If yopu cultured the San Francisco area, you could probably get a positive culture for most of the infectious organisms known to exist.