wear a condom : Super gonorrhea is infecting people worldwide and ‘could become incurable’
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warns that cases of ‘extensively drug resistant’ gonorrhea are on the rise, with three new cases reported.
Australia’s government also reported two new cases – with at least one victim thought to have been infected in southeast Asia.
Experts have warned that there’s a danger that the antibiotic-resistant strains ‘could become untreatable’, IFLScience warned.
Gonorrhoea is usually treated with a combination of the antibiotics azithromycin and ceftriaxone, but the unnamed man had a strain which was resistant to these drugs.
It was eventually treated with a different antibiotic.
Health services in the UK have recommended GPs refer all suspected cases of gonorrhoea to national health services so they can be managed appropriately.
They are recommending that anyone who contracts the disease be carefully monitored to ensure prompt diagnosis, effective treatment, partner notification and a full screen for sexually transmitted diseases.
the symptoms include ;
Unusually thick, green or yellow discharge from the penis or vagina
Inflammation of the penis or vagina
Pain when urinating
Bleeding between periods
Symptoms usually develop within about two weeks of being infected, although they sometimes don’t appear until many months later.
Worryingly, around 1 in 10 infected men and almost half of infected women don’t experience any symptoms.
If you have any of the symptoms of gonorrhoea, or you’re worried you may have an STI, you should visit your local genitourinary medicine (GUM) or sexual health clinic for a sexual health test.
Gonorrhoea can be easily diagnosed by testing a sample of discharge picked up using a swab. Testing a sample of urine can also be used to diagnose the condition in men.
source - metro
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