A new sexually
transmitted super-bug has emerged and according to experts, may be more
deadly that AIDS and could cause an epidemic.
According to
reports, an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea is more aggressive
than the HIV virus, which means the potential to infect the public will
be greater.
This strain of
STD which is resistant to antibiotic, reportedly kills half of those
exposed and infects one in 20 hospital patients thereby raising the
threat of an outbreak to emergency levels.
Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, thinks this new strain has the power to rack up more fatalities than AIDS.
He said,
“Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock
and death in a matter of days,” adding that it is very dangerous.
Also speaking,
executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, William
Smith said, “It’s an emergency situation. As time moves on, it’s getting
more hazardous.”
Like most STDs,
gonorrhea is usually transmitted through unprotected s*xual contact and
if left untreated, can cause severe medical complications, such as
infertility in women, debilitating pain, sterility in men and life
threatening heart infections. posted by Emanto Ngaloru Jan 25, 2014.
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