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There is no such thing as “Blue Waffle”. It is a myth in cyberspace. Because it does not refer to any actual medical issue, it does not have an extensive examination of causes and treatment. Any information saying otherwise is probably untrue or just shock tactics.
One may assume that if you went through junior high or middle school, you must have heard about whispers and rumors related to blue waffle disease — an undisclosed horrible sexually transmitted disease assumed to be very common but only affects women (according to seventh graders within your vicinity anyway).
Recently, the CDC revealed that as many as one out of every five Americans (20% of the population) has a sexually transmitted infection on any given day¹.
Supported by statistics, most new STIs occur among young people experimenting with new sexual partners who are aged 15-24.
Starting as a prank in September of 2008, the purpose of creating the website called “bluewaffle.net” was posting one single image – a heavily photoshopped vagina heavily infected with something that made it appear blue/purple. Below the photo, there was also a text description which said: “This here is Blue Waffle Disease”. However, having only this site would not attract much attention to the practical joke. Consequently, they started luring people into searching online for blue waffles by showing them images of normal waffles painted blue and bearing the caption “Bet you can’t find me on Google image search!” .
Different websites offer different definitions of this incorrect condition on the web.
While there are countless reliable sources available on the internet about sex and reproductive health; however, myths surrounding blue waffle persist.
This also shows that many readers do not comprehend how STIs are caused or spread between individuals. The CDC Trusted Source urges everyone who is sexually active to undergo tests for STIs and offers advice about how to prevent them.