title: Adolescents and sexually transmitted disease.
abstract: A disproportionately high percentage of adolescents are contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Factors that predispose teenagers to these diseases include the "sexual revolution," the psychosocial development of the adolescent and physiologic factors such as the vulnerability of the female cervical epithelium to infection. Long-term complications of sexually transmitted diseases include chronic abdominal pain and infertility.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000166:cytology; D004848:Epithelium; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012306:Risk; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology