Horrific Medical Experiment Uncovered

Nearly six decades after the medical experiment began, shocking results have been found. The U.S. just released a formal apology for purposely infecting hundreds of unwilling Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea between 1946 and 1948.

The medical experiment was conducted to report the effects of the diseases and how it affects humans. In total 696 men and women were affected through intercourse with prostitutes where the disease was put on their arms, face and penises. Guatemalan prisoners, mental health patients and soldiers were used in the experiment. Questions arise to how many people knew they were being conducted in a study of these two diseases.

If you aren't aware of these diseases here is a quick overview of what can happen if left untreated. After becoming infected by syphilis there is a period of between 9 to 90 days where there aren't any symptoms. Then the primary stage occurs where you get a canker sore on various parts of your genital areas. If left untreated it may move into a rash where you feel weak and tired. During the final stage it begins to infect the organs which may include non healing skin ulcers, bone pain, liver disease and anemia.

And not only were these Guatemalans infected with a very harmful disease, but were purposely infected with another disease that is formally known as gonorrhea. The incubation period where gonorrhea starts affecting a person is one to 14 days. The health effects of gonorrhea occur differently in men and women. In women if left untreated can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, ectopic pregnancy and pelvic pain. In men it can cause painful inflammation of the testicles which may result in infertility.

Its wrong that these scientists and doctors got away with this for so long. To treat a race of people like lab rats is utterly and morbidly wrong to say the least. Guatemalans during that time were looked at to be at the lower end of the race scale as being closer to animals than humans. To be purposely infected with two very dangerous diseases is inhumane. If you are a part of something that involves potentially harming someones health or harming them in general think for a second if that were to be done to you or someone in your family.