Government Health Officials said on Monday that sexually spread diseases are on a constant rise and a new record has been set in 2008 by Chlamydia.
 
1.2 million cases of Chlamydia were recorded last year. Chlamydia is a symptom-less infection that can lead to infertility in women. This was the maximum number that has been reported since 2007.
 
Dr. John M. Douglas Jr. of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that better screening is the most likely reason.
 
Syphilis has also increased lately which was almost about to be eliminated about 10 years ago in the United States. Syphilis cases have increased both in gay men and in heterosexuals.
 
If not treated then syphilis can kill but Chlamydia is not fatal nor is gonorrhea. The number of gonorrhea cases has reduced.
 
The largest reported number of Chlamydia and gonorrhea cases included girls between the age group of 15-19 years which comes to one out of every four of those cases.
 
The reason could be that they are often screened more than other people because of the federal recommendations which stress testing for sexually active women age 25 and under.
 
As per the estimates of the government there are about 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted disease annually. The most commonly detected is human papillomavirus, HPV, which can lead to genital warts, cervical cancer and other cancers.