Thursday, January 10, 2013

There’s a new drug resistant sexually transmitted disease and it’s spreading like crazy

If you are sexually active, have had multiple sexual
partners (including "oral interaction") or if you just
care about your health, then you need to get tested
for STDs, pronto. Everyone should know by now that
sleeping with multiple or high risk partners puts you
at risk of catching an STD, but what you may not
know is that scientists have recently discovered a
strain of a commonly known (and quite downplayed)
STD that is not yet curable. Doctors have yet to
produce an antibiotic that can counteract this mutant
strain of a highly prevalent STD, which is troubling to
most because it is incredibly common.
Recently scientists discovered a strain of gonorrhea
in North America that is not yet curable. The Center
for Disease Control is quite concerned, not only
because they cannot cure this illness, but also
because it shows that the bacteria has become
immune to antibiotics that treat gonorrhea. This
clearly indicates that the disease is getting stronger.
Gonorrhea in the past has been quite curable, which
has been fortunate for us because it is the second
most common STD in the world.
Cephalosporins is an antibiotic used to treat
gonorrhea. In fact, it is the last line of defense
against the infection. In one clinic in Toronto,
researchers discovered that 6.7 percent of people
who finished a treatment of cephalosporins were still
infected by the disease a week later. The research
shows that one in 15 people in the study are infected
with the mutated form of the disease. Generally, if
you are suffering from gonorrhea you will experience
itchiness, infertility, abdominal pain, problems
urinating and, if you're a woman, infertility. Almost
700,000 Americans become infected with gonorrhea
every year.
It is recommended that you go to the doctor to get a
complete panel of tests for STDs, and not just get
tested for HIV. Also, it is recommended that you be
selective about sex partners, always use protection
even with long-term partners and try to see a copy of
recent test results before sleeping with anyone. This
goes for kissing, oral and all the other ways that
human beings love to spend their quality time. It's
no longer a game out here, so please be careful.

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