Essay On STDs In Queensland: Causes, Impact, And Health Responses.

Sexually Transmitted Disease or STD is mainly the infection that is transmitted from one person to person by sexual contact. The main causes of the sexually transmitted disease are the viruses, parasites, bacteria, and yeast. There are many types of STD and the most common are the HIV/AIDS, HPV, Genital herpes, etc. Sexually transmitted disease are rising in Sunshine Coast and the number of diagnosed cases are double than the last five years. In Queensland, the number of diagnosed sexually transmitted diseases cases increases to 150% in five years. The most common sexually transmitted disease in Queensland is gonorrhea and Chlamydia (Satterwhite, 2013). This type of disease rise in the human due to the practice of the unsafe sexual contact.  This disease also occurs due to the maximum number of sexual partner. Gonorrhea can occur in both the women and men and Chlamydia is the infection that occurs in cervix, urethra, throat or anus.  This paper is on the sexually transmitted disease which is increasing rapidly in Queensland. The paper discusses the disease and the impact of the disease on the common people. A detail discussion will be provided in this paper regarding the disease and the response of the health response in the disease.

The sexually transmitted disease normally does not have any symptoms and for that most of the time is gone unnoticed. Sexually transmitted disease is the serious problem in Queensland as this cannot be noticed in the early stage and it is growing rapidly in that area. The main causes of the sexually transmitted disease are the bacteria, viruses and the parasites (Workowski, and Bolan, 2015). The disease caused by the bacteria is the Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. The diseases caused by the viruses are the HIV/AIDS, and genital herpes. The disease caused by the parasites is the trichomoniasis. The disease is distributed normally by the sexual contact but this disease can be transmitted to the child from mother also. This disease spread because of the unprotected sexual contact and due to the unaware of the disease.  This disease is also spread by having sexual contact with more than one partner. The STD is the most common disease in Queensland and it is spreading like the fire in the jungle.  This gets spread because of the unawareness of the people about the disease (Mathews, 2016). The people get intimate with the more than one person is again the big reason for spreading the disease.

Sexually transmitted disease is considered to be the worst disease that could happen to a person by the social perception of the disease. If anyone has this disease is treated as the neglected person by the society. There is a believer in the society that if anyone has this disease then that person is not good or that person has sexual contact with multiple partners. People think that this disease is generated from sexual contact only and for that if someone in the society has this disease that person is still treated as the worthless for the society (Farrar, 2013). This is the main reason for the patient not to seek help and for that; the disease is spreading like fire. Females are the one who gets the social stigma very much as females are considered to be the good category of the society so if any women have this disease then that women have to face many issues. Social judgment and the social stigma is the main reason that the patient does not open up to their doctor and also they do not seek for the medication (Centers for Disease Control, 2015). Sexually transmitted disease in Queensland is spreading and to control it the social perception of the disease need to be changed because then only people will be able to feel free to talk about their disease to anyone. As this disease do not have any specific symptoms so it is very much important for the people to take measures on the disease.

Social Perception and Construction

Socially the impact is on the people who are suffering from the disease because in most of the cases these persons are not accepted by the family members or the society. Here the social perception works as the reason for the social impact on the patients. The economic impact of the condition is that within five years the disease increase to 140% and if it is not controlled then it will keep on increasing. For the increase of the disease, the cost of the medicine and the doctors are creating the great impact on the economy of Queensland. The cultural impact of this disease is that the people were not accepted if they have sexually transmitted disease by the society (Li, and McDermott, 2015). The perception of the society is that if they accept this person then there is a maximum chance of disease as they think this disease as the airborne disease. The impact of this disease on the locality and the individual is very high because this disease does not cure immediately and also if anyone has this disease that person is literally abandoned from the society.  Queensland is in Australia and it is the developed country then also the social perception and the impact of the disease is same for the entire world. People are not able to accept the person with this disease (Hethcote, and Yorke, 2014). The governments of the country need to take immediate action to control the disease or it may become the epidemic in Queensland.

The response to the sexually transmitted disease in the Queensland is fast but complex. The responsibility to control the expansion of the sexually transmitted disease in the southeast of Queensland is on the government and the people of the nation. There are many health responses to control the sexually transmitted disease but these needs to be implemented to get the result of the sexually transmitted disease (Fagan, 2014). World Health Organization states that people especially the sex worker need to do their routine check up for the sexually transmitted infection. This routine checkup will help the people to know about their condition and also it will keep the disease under control. In the routine checkup if anyone is caught with the infection then that person will be provided treatment and that will be confidential so that the person does not get humiliation from the society (Newman, 2015). The disease has become out of control in just five years the disease spread up to 140% which need to be controlled immediately. Health responses spread information regarding the disease and also gave sex education to make the people aware of the disease and also to improve the perception of the society about the disease (Gottlieb, 2014).  To fight this disease the society need to understand the disease and the consequence of the disease. World Health Organization provided that this disease is not airborne and it also did not spread from just simple touch. This disease is spread due to the sexual contact or by receiving blood from the infected person.

Social, Individual and Economic Impact

In Queensland the most frequently noticed disease is the Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea. In the year 2016, the diagnosed pollution with the disease of Chlamydia is almost 120500 people and that of Gonorrhoea is 100000 populations. This disease is spreading vigorously as people are not so much aware of the disease and also they are not using the exact protection to prevent the disease. Mostly the adults are the one getting more affected by the disease (Fuchs, and Brockmeyer, 2014). This disease also gets transmitted if the infected person donates blood to anyone. One more reason that the disease spread is due to the bite of the mosquito. The unsafe sex with multiple partners is also one of the reasons for the transmission of the disease. The common symptoms of the disease are different for men and women. For the women, the most common symptoms are the abnormal bleeding from the genital part and for the men, the testicles are swollen. The patients have to understand the symptoms and immediately consider to the doctor for the treatment. World Health organization has made it compulsory for the pregnant women to check the STD so that the infant do not carry the infection. It is important to maintain a routine checkup so that this disease can be controlled (Rogstad, and Tunbridge, 2015). The awareness about the disease is also very important for the people to understand the disease and fight the disease. The sex education is the most important thing to spread the awareness about the disease.

Sexually transmitted disease can be controlled by some prevention that the government and the public need to take in response to make the society free from this disease. The government has included the vaccination process to the infected person so that their infection can be controlled and eventually it can be destroyed. The using of the protection at the time of the sexual contact will help to reduce the chance of getting a sexually transmitted infection (Patiño-Barbosa, 2015). World Health Organization to control the sexually transmitted disease invented the latex protection for the male and also they order the medication team to invent the female protection. It is widely spread by the World Health Organization that the use of the protection reduces the chance of getting the disease to 85 to 90 percent. People should understand the use of the protection and should perform safe sexual contact to prevent the sexually transmitted disease. The government and the health response are trying their best to control the disease and now the people have to understand the impact of the disease and they have to maintain the process to control it. The main issue is for the sex worker and for them the world Health organization always advises them to use the protection for the safe sexual contact (Robertson, 2014). The most of the sexually transmitted disease is spread from the sex workers and for that, they have to maintain it perfectly.

The health response and the doctors can also get infected by this disease and for that, they also have to maintain the procedure for the prevention of the disease. World Health Organization and the Health Response have started the sex education in their organization to make the people aware of the disease and also to control the disease from spreading. The education is the most important thing to spread the awareness about a disease and to make the people understand the impact of the disease. This is the harmful disease and for that people need to know the impact and also need to understand the cause of the disease and also the symptoms of the disease (Johnson, and Mehta, 2014). Health responses in their organization have started the routine checkup of the employees so that the employees can stay in good health and also the disease stay in control. World Health Organization advices all the organization to perform a routine checks up on their employees to keep the employees fit and free from this disease. If anyone is considered with this disease then that person can get the immediate medical help and also this will kept as confidential between the doctors and the patients (Jones, 2014). The country and the health responses are the ones who are able to make the people understand about the disease and also have the ability to control the disease.   

Description and Analysis of the Health Response

The most common disease due to the sexually transmitted infection is the Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, and HIV/AIDS. These are the common and the dangerous disease that occurs due to the sexually transmitted infection. The most deadly disease is the HIV/AIDS and this occurs due to the virus. Health response always provides the education about the disease to create the awareness about the disease. The issues are mainly with the adults that do obey the awareness or care for the society to maintain the awareness. On 1^st December, the protection for sexual contact is almost distributed free to the people as this day is considered as the AIDS day (Adams, 2013). The society and the public need to understand the problem and also they need to take the step as per the health response to maintain the growth of the disease in the country. The health response started the program of providing free sexually transmitted disease checkup for the pregnant woman so that the infant does not get this disease. They also perform the test of sexually transmitted disease before allowing the person to donate their blood. As this disease is highly spread due to the donation of the blood as this is spread in the form of the virus this is able to infect the person (Kidan, and Azeze, 2017). The precaution is very much needed for the people to prevent the disease to spread so that this does not become an epidemic in the country.

Conclusion

The issues and the challenges that occur to control the sexually transmitted disease should not be overlooked as this will help the health response to fight and provide the right solution for the disease. This paper concludes that the disease is mainly occurring from the unsafe sexual contact and it also transmitted due to the same reason. In Queensland, the number of diagnosed sexually transmitted diseases cases increases to 150% in five years. This number will keep on increasing if the disease is not controlled immediately and this can be done by the help of the government and the people of Queensland.

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