Pediatria pre prax 4/2017
Sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are infections spread by sexual intercourse. Adolescents initiating sex early, experimenting sexually, and neglecting their health are a risk group. The incidence of STDs has been increasing in the Czech Republic in recent years. Some of these diseases are compulsorily notifiable. Until 2010, syphilis was the most commonly occurring of these diseases, followed by gonorrhoea. Since 2011, there has been in increase in the rates of gonorrhoea infection that have even exceeded those of syphilis infection. The article particularly deals with the compulsorily notifiable STDs.
Keywords: sexually transmitted diseases, genitalia, treatment
