Thousands of teenagers in Jakarta suffering from venereal disease allegedly due to the rampant prostitution, changes in social patterns and lack of sex education.
The surprising data disclosed by the Head of Controlling Health Problems Jakarta Health Office, Ida Bagus Nyoman Banjar, Friday, October 15, 2010.
Overall, he said, the number of people with venereal diseases in Jakarta, totaling 9060 people, with details of 5051 people are women and the rest men. Of the total number of such patients, 3.007 of whom are aged between 14 and 24 years.
Type of venereal diseases they suffered, among others, herpes, fungal infections, syphilis, vaginitis, genital ulcers, or HPV, genital lice, ticks under the skin, and AIDS.
Number of patients penyalit sex in teenagers, according to Nyoman Banjar, because of the rampant practice of prostitution and the changing patterns of association. "Most of these venereal diseases arising from sexual patterns are wrong, so if you do not watch out it will be potentially on HIV / AIDS."
Nyoman Banjar expected number of people with venereal disease in Jakarta more than 9060 people, since there are many people who shy undergoing treatment to hospital or to the health center.
According to Danang Triwahyudi, a specialist in skin and venereal Dharmais and Metropolitan Hospital Medical Center, the increasing venereal disease is due to a lack of sex education. "And it happened not only in Jakarta but in Indonesia. Try which ever sex education in schools, especially at home, "said Dana, Friday, October 15, 2010.
He added that the frequent and often there is a prohibition, not sex education. "A lot happens is, is not it should not. When they should be, if you want to see, must see, if you want it, need it. "
The importance of safe and healthy sex should be notified since the beginning, not just the prohibition. "It's hard when everything taboo without any notice of how the truth," said Dana. Become increasingly a dilemma when a notification about sex is right even considered advocate. "And that's two different things," he said.
Psychologist who is also Director of N Consultant, Rinny Soegiyoharto, saying similar things. Teenagers are now more affected by venereal diseases because they have not or do not have a good understanding and truthful about reproductive health, related behaviors in treating genital net.
If understanding is right and good about clean and healthy behaviors in treating the means of reproduction or sex they have, they certainly will also understand that indiscriminate sexual behavior can destroy itself and the means of reproduction
Basically, said Rinny, encouragement and sexual stimulation is in every human being, even since the age of the children. Thus, without proper guidance about that, for example, that the genitals should be treated with a healthy and responsible also that the sex drive should be interpreted as a positive thing to be channeled in a positive activity, teens will easily fall into promiscuity. Indonesia Today
