The World Health Organization has said that overuse of antibiotics for the treatment of the coronavirus – sometimes useless – has led to the sexually transmitted disease finding a new way to succeed, reports The Sun.
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The World Health Organization clearly states that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may be even more stable than recommended treatments such as azithromycin, which is commonly used for breast and sinus infections. Azithromycin has seen an increase in use throughout the pandemic.
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“Such a situation can lead to gonorrhea including gonorrhea superbug (super gonorrhea) or gonorrhea with high resistance to conventional antibiotics recommended for treatment,” a WHO spokesman said. to British media group The Sun.
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The so-called ‘Super Gonorrhea’ does not correspond to the usual first-line treatments, making it particularly dangerous and uncomfortable for the accused.
Doctors and medical experts have long warned that antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” may become more common, and this is one example of such a thing happening.
One reason the new strain is exploding is because most people don’t go to the hospital unless they come down with COVID-19 symptoms. Instead they are self-medicating, meaning, a WHO spokesman told the Sun, that doctors do not catch this disease in time. And to make matters worse, “super gonorrhea” is strongly opposed to antibiotics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the incidence of gonorrhea, caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, has risen 63 percent since 2014. The U.S. agency has also warned that this “facilitates the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).” Not only this, it can also cause eye diseases.
Europe has the highest rate of gonorrhea in the UK and is likely to have more than 420,000 new cases each year by 2030.
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