An increase in contaminations of donovanosis, an STI (sexually transmitted infection) nicknamed “flesh-eating” worries British doctors.
The disease causes nodules
According to data from Public Health England (PHE), reported by the magazine Feminine, about thirty cases of donovanose were recorded in 2019 while this figure was 19 in 2016 at UK.
This sexually transmitted disease is nicknamed “flesh eater“, since it causes nodules. These small, abnormal, round-shaped lumps particularly affect the penis, lips, anus, mouth, but also the walls of the vagina and the cervix. ‘they burst, they leave open wounds oozing and odorous.
Prevention and treatment
The magazine notes that theSTI “flesh-eater” appears 10 to 40 days after the contagion. Doctors, however, assured that this disease can be easily treated with antibiotic treatment for three weeks.
The obstetrician and gynecologist Shree Data insisted, in an article of Sun, on the fact that the condom is the best protection against this IS.
Declining screening
Since the different periods of confinement, screening forIS like chlamydia, gonococcal infections or even syphilis have fallen sharply by 58% between February and April 2020.
According to the site vih.org, cited by the magazine, this decline is more marked in men than in women, especially screening for syphilis.
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