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Race a factor in whether young women tested for STDs
By Brian Alexander
msnbc.com contributor
When young women visit the emergency room complaining of symptoms that mirror those of a sexually transmitted disease, many aren't tested for a possible infection — unless the young woman happens to be African-American, that is, provocative new research shows.
Uninsured young women often rely on emergency rooms as their main source of medical care, and missing an STD diagnosis could have severe consequences for them and their sexual partners, say doctors who conducted two separate studies recently presented at a meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. Untreated conditions such as chlamydia can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility, as well as undermine public health efforts.
However, young African-American women and girls who show up in the ER are far more likely to have their sexual histories taken and to be tested for STDs than young Caucasian women and girls, researchers say. (Researchers did not specifically study rates of STD testing in Hispanic or Asian young women.)
This shyt needs to be its own thread. So white bytches out here running around burning but b/c of discrimination in the health sector they don't get outted while they overreporting blk females. Fukking America I swear.
My cousin said CACs had the face b/c the estimates for STDs were redone and were far greater than previous estimates. She said burning white chicks have flown under the radar until health complications forced her hospital to change policy.
And this surprises you why?