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Medical problems of the homosexual adolescent.

J Adolesc Health Care. 1985 Jul;6(4):278-85. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85234089
Owen WF Jr

Abstract: Physicians treating adolescents should take a complete sexual history, including sexual orientation and practices, to determine whether their patients are homosexually active. Lesbians are at very low risk for sexually transmitted diseases, but they do have other health concerns. Four general groups of conditions may be encountered in homosexually active men: classical sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhea, infections with Chlamydia trachomatis, syphilis, herpes simplex infections, genital warts, pubic lice, scabies); enteric diseases (infections with Shigella species, Campylobacter jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis non-A, non-B, and cytomegalovirus); trauma (fecal incontinence, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, foreign bodies, rectosigmoid tears, allergic proctitis, penile edema, chemical sinusitis, inhaled nitrite burns, and sexual assault of the male patient); and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Clinicians can assist homosexual teenagers by understanding their special health needs, by counseling them about safe sexual practices, and by accepting their relationships nonjudgmentally.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Adolescence *Adolescent Behavior Anus Female Fissure in Ano/ETIOLOGY Foreign Bodies Gonorrhea/ETIOLOGY Hepatitis/ETIOLOGY Herpes Simplex/ETIOLOGY *Homosexuality Human Intestinal Diseases/ETIOLOGY Lymphogranuloma Venereum/ETIOLOGY Male Medical History Taking Rectum Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ETIOLOGY Syphilis/ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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