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GONORRHOEA, A COMMON sexually-transmitted infection could become an untreatable disease, BBC News reports today.
Health editor James Gallagher reports on a letter – seen by the broadcaster – warning all GPs and pharmacists in England about the rise of ‘super-gonorrhoea’.
‘Super-gonorrhoea’ is the term being used for a strain of the infection which is growing resistance to antibiotics. It is spread by unprotected vaginal, oral and anal sex.
In the note, the country’s chief medical officer Sally Davies asked all doctors and pharmacists to ensure they are prescribing the correct drugs as treatment for the STI.
She is worried that some patients who contracted super-gonorrhoea during an outbreak in Leeds earlier this year were not give the two antibiotics they needed to clear the infection.
“Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance,” she said.
Gonorrhoea has rapidly acquired resistance to new antibiotics, leaving few alternatives to the current recommendations. It is therefore extremely important that suboptimal treatment does not occur.
Earlier this year, a BBC investigation found that some online pharmacy outlets were dispensing just one oral antibiotic which is less effective.
March outbreak
The super-resistant strain was first spotted in the north of England in March. Cases were treated in Leeds and then in Oldham, Macclesfield and Scunthorpe.
According to the Independent, all the cases reported have been transmitted through heterosexual intercourse.
About 30,000 people were diagnosed with gonorrhoea in 2013 in England. In the same year in Ireland, there were 1,077 cases reported. The worst affected areas were Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare.
Gonorrhoea can lead to infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease and other health problems. Its symptoms include thick green or yellow discharge, urinating and bleeding between periods for women. However, there are often no symptoms.
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There’s nothing super about super gonorrhea
A bit like DOB
It has a cape.
‘Super gonorrhoea’ is a thing in England…Journalism at its best!
An Award for this journalist, immediately!
Marvel are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one
Leo must ban these hen parties coming over from England for the health of our poor men folk.
Because it’s filthy women that are passing it around. Don’t sleep with them then!!
BSE,foot and mouth,super gonorrhea,why is England always the origin of these diseases in Europe? DURTY ANIMALS.
Get on your knees and say a Hail Mary with your Rosary Beads.
Then what?
Keep it in your pants and you’ll be alright.
I was wondering what that burning sensation was.
Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia rates are on the increase.But ion the bright side it’ll give Dubliners new ideas for names to give their kids for 2016.
In fairness they still sound better than Warren, Leon, Nikita etc.
Well Billy Bob and Billy Ray, you may feel your sister and you were meant to be together because God put you in the same family. But, you’ve been warned, if she works or studies in the big schmoke, then…can you really be sure what you’re letting yourselves in for next time you go for a tumble in the hay with her?!?
@Cowboy Ted …think your living in the 80s there lad ..try Dylan ..Braxton and Mia
The whole European region is at crisis levels with STDS.
Over 13 million adults are living with hepatitis B and 15 million with hepatitis C in the WHO European Region – indicating a huge burden of treatment and care. New estimates published in an article on 30 May 2013 by WHO/Europe, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Public Health England suggest that almost one in fifty adults is infected with hepatitis B and a similar proportion of people have chronic hepatitis C.
Dirt birds
the people of Leeds are a dirty bunch
If you look in a certain way at the molecular picture at the top of the article, it looks like a happy Santa.
So that’s nice.
Doctors say when going south and something smells fishy, do a u’ie and get the fcuk out of there.
“Hair today…. Gonorrhoea tomorrow…”
If it smells like chicken, get lickin. If it smells like trout, get the f**k out!
Michael Barrymore having more pool parties
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