Social networking sites, Facebook, considered to have contributed to the increase in one case sexually transmitted diseases, syphilis.
According to health experts, Peter Kelly, the number of patients suffering from sexually transmitted diseases due to this virus increased 4-fold in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside, three areas in England where quite popular Facebook.
Research shows young people in the three areas above have a tendency to access the Facebook 25 percent larger than other regions in England, as quoted from the Telegraph website.
Kelly saw a connection between the spread of sexually transmitted diseases with facebook, because someone is easy to find sex partners with new people whom he knew through this networking site. These data obtained through the recognition of Kelly patients who said they met the couple 'casual sex' on facebook.
"Sipilis is a dangerous disease. Every man who had sex without protection of high risk. Currently, cases of syphilis have increased fourfold, and sufferers are mostly young women," Kelly explained.
Responding to this case, a spokesman for Facebook said Facebook users need to be careful when meeting new friends virtual world in the real world.
Source : http://id.news.yahoo.com/
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