VD - Every 30 Seconds (1971)

[Music] you've seen kids like us before we're healthy and having fun and there are a lot of kids like us we all have some Hang-Ups but nothing serious enough to to destroy our mental or physical health it takes pep and energy to enjoy life and we like that warm feeling that's why it's so important to take care of your health but the chances for life and happiness can be destroyed by some diseases that are spreading rapidly every 30 seconds someone contracts one of these crippling [Music] diseases this is something you should have gotten in with some 3 weeks earlier now we're going to take one more test before we treat you this is something that could affect you the rest of your life Karen it's unfortunate that so many young people like you don't take this more seriously yeah you have a disease that untreated could prevent you from ever having children the kind of disease we're talking about is VD venial disease diseases transmitted from one person to another by intimate sexual contact there are several veneral diseases but gonorrhea and syphilis are the most frequent veneral diseases are communicable diseases just as are small poox measles or typhoid fever they are usually passed unknowingly from person to person BD is epidemic and out of control furthermore there is no way to tell if an infected person may have veneria Disease by outward appearances because VD is so serious you should understand the facts about it and you should understand the necessity for getting to a doctor immediately even though you only suspect you may be infected the reason for this serious concern is because on the average someone contracts a case of VD every 30 seconds more people are Contracting and infecting others with cus and ganara than all other communicable diseases put together the VD rate is highest in the 15 to 24 year old age group in fact in just one year in some areas as many as one out of every 10 young people were infected with a new case of veneral disease and untreated venial disease may damage the body permanently of the two venial diseases syphilis and gonorrhea syphilis is the more deadly I want to take a look at your eyes so just look right at my nose when syphilis damages the body the damage is permanent untreated syphilis May attack and per permanently damage brain tissue causing insanity this patient has neuros syphilis he will never recover because he ignored the beginning stages of syphilis until it was too late how how do you feel this morning Sai I feel fine you feel fine then can you tell me your name then name is you and name is you how old are you I I was 16 16 and can you tell me where you are I I don't know you don't know okay thank you syphilis May attack the central nervous system causing partial paralysis syphilis may cause blindness it may damage the heart and shorten life syphilis may cause a baby to be born dead or or crippled for [Music] life this is a Spyro as seen through a microscope it is the organism that causes syphilis it is passed from one person to another by sexual contact it nearly always enters the body by way of the moist warm mucous membranes such as those that line the penis vagina mouth and throat and anus 10 to 90 days after infection a small soar called a Shanker appears in the female the Shanker is usually deep inside where it can neither be seen nor felt because of this she may not know that she has syphilis in the male the Shanker usually appears on the penis shankersinh may appear on any warm moist mucus membrane or they may appear on other parts of the body but since a Shanker develops at the point of first Contact it usually develops on the sex organs without treatment the shankersinh by now millions of spyit carried by the bloodstream begin swarming throughout the body then without treatment 4 to 8 weeks after the shankersinh may break up out the body in a few weeks even these skin conditions may disappear but not the disease without treatment by a doctor syphilis remains with the patient for as long as he may live over the years it continues to attack the organs of the body the nervous system the kidneys the liver the heart the eyes even the brain itself fortunately however syphilis can be cured quickly and easily if it is treated in time by a [Music] doctor the other serious veneral disease is Gara Gara is epidemic mic and out of control in the early stages ganara affects the moist mucous membranes of the penis the vagina the throat the anus and even the eyes this is how the ghac cacus the bacterium of garia looks through a microscope 2 to 8 days after contact with a diseased person the male feels a painful burning sensation when he urinat there is also a thick milky discharge without treatment the disease can spread through the urinary system to the testes here scar tissue forms which stops the passage of sperm when this happens the male is sterile he can never become a [Music] father ganaria that has gone too long without treatment may also cause the male difficulty urinating the rest of his life the male usually knows when he has gara the female is not that fortunate it is estimated that 80% of the women infected with gonorrhea do not know it the female may not know she's been infected because there is little discharge and the infection develops deep in her body where she cannot feel pain she can unknowingly pass goria to countless other sex partners who may in turn help spread the disease if the female is infected she can pass the disease onto her baby at birth for this reason drops are placed in a baby's eyes at Birth to prevent blindness in case the mother had Gara if the female does not know that she has gonorrhea the disease May progress weeks later to the ovaries Scar Tissue may form in the Fallopian tubes this blocks the passage of eggs from the ovies to the womb when that happens the female can never become pregnant and have [Music] children [Music] so you thought it could never happened to you but it did and it happens to lots of kids all the time no wonder because there is so much of it around if you have any symptoms of a veneral disease don't take a chance it's important to get to a doctor right away don't try some medicine recommended by a friend because only a doctor can cure syphus or ghea putting off medical treatment can mean the difference between a cure or permanent damage to your body so where do you go if you have V D or even think you might have well for one thing you can go to your family doctor in Most states the doctor doesn't have to notify the parents of teenagers this makes it a lot easier for a young person to get medical help you can also go to your local Health Department or clinic treatment here is usually free wherever you go tell the doctor where you caught VD this is important so that the other person could get prompt treatment it's the only decent thing to do because you know that untreated VD can cause a lot of misery also this helps stop the spread of the disease many times a girl won't even know that she has been infected I didn't know that that's why it's so important for us to get in touch with her the health department contacts the other person privately by law they can't tell where they got their information no names are mentioned one more thing we haven't talked about getting VD from toilet seats that's because there's nothing to say you can't the germs that cause VD die when they're exposed to air they can't survive without warm human tissue on the average every 30 seconds someone contracts a case of VD the tremendous increase in the number of reported cases of venial disease annually in the United States have alarmed Public Health officials everywhere many people do not realize that even after adequate treatment you can catch both syphus and ganara again you can even be infected with both of them at the same time fortunately both syphilis and Gara can be treated and cured easily in the early stages but even more importantly they can be prevented preventing VD is just as important as the treatment you can get information about prevention from your doctor or local Health Department if you become infected or even think you might be see a doctor don't take the chance of infecting others don't take a chance with the crippling effect of untreated venial [Music] disease know the symtoms of VD treat it early and it's easily cured untreated VD may affect you the rest of your [Music] life was 16