Cases of sexually transmitted infections have tripled in a decade, according to new figures.
Increases were recorded in genital herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and HIV across Scotland between 1999 and 2009.
The sharpest rise was in cases of genital chlamydia which can lead to infertility. Reported diagnoses increased from 5,676 to 18,277, according to Scottish Government figures.
The Conservative party, which obtained the details, said the increases paint a "hugely worrying picture" of sexual health.
Diagnoses of genital herpes increased from 933 to 2,627 over the decade, while cases of gonorrhoea increased from 538 to 1,021. Figures for infectious syphilis were not available for 1999 but showed an increase from four cases in 2000 to 189 in 2009.
The number of HIV-infected people increased from 156 in 1999 to 360 in 2010. For the decade from 1999, the total number for all five infections went from 7,303 to 22,540.
Conservative public health spokeswoman Nanette Milne MSP said: "It is clear the approach adopted by successive governments in Scotland has not reversed the trend and that is why we need to focus much more on educating younger people about the consequences and symptoms of these diseases.
"Only by knowing what they are letting themselves in for can we hope to avert the problem."
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "We are committed to driving down the number of sexually transmitted infections and have invested significantly in recent years in our sexual health strategy, Respect And Responsibility.
"These figures follow improvements to services, which have led to an increase in testing and, in turn, an increase in detections. We will shortly be publishing our new sexual health and blood borne virus framework, and one of its high level outcomes will be fewer sexually transmitted infections."
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