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The World Health Organization warns of the spread of “gonorrhea”: a rise that causes concern

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The World Health Organization has warned of high rates of super gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that is resistant to antibiotics. Experts from the World Health Organization have warned that sexually transmitted infections may not be treatable with antibiotics, due to their overuse.

A spokesman for the World Health Organization said to the newspaper “The Sun”: “The excessive use of antibiotics can cause them to fail to control it later.”

The BBC describes super gonorrhea as a bacterial infection that can live on the penis or vagina, and the disease can also be spread through sex. Doctors fear that the disease will not be treatable due to the high number of cases of “super gonorrhea”, which is a new strain that is resistant to medical drugs and can also resist the usual antibiotics used in the treatment.

The newspaper stated that the drug zithromycin – a common antibiotic for treating respiratory infections – was used in the treatment of Covid-19, which affected the method of treatment available for sexually transmitted diseases, especially super gonorrhea, which means more cases of sexually transmitted infections and the desire of individuals to treat themselves without Take the right drug.

The UK has the highest rate of gonorrhea in Europe – so much so that last September, the Public Health Authority of England urged Britons to practice safe sex (through the use of condoms).

A report published by “The Sun” stated that there were 70,936 new cases of gonorrhea in 2019, the highest rate since the start of records in 1918. Experts indicated, according to the report, that the numbers are alarming, especially since the infection has become resistant to antibiotics, which makes it under control. more difficult.

Symptoms of gonorrhea can include green or yellow secretions from the penis or vagina, pain when urinating, and bleeding in women between periods.

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