STI: Three 'must-know' complications of sexually transmitted infections – expert
TWO of the most common sexually transmitted infections for women in the UK are chlamydia and gonorrhoea, closely followed by herpes. Sometimes symptomless, if left untreated, health complications can occur. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
STD symptoms: Pain going to the toilet may indicate a bacterial infection - signs
GONORRHOEA can have a number of signs, but the NHS says almost half of infected women do not experience any symptoms, and around one in 10 infected men do not. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
STI: White, yellow or green discharge could be indicative of gonorrhoea – signs
GONORRHOEA is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the UK. Would you realise if you are infected? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meningitis vaccine can protect against super gonnorhoea, Lancet studies claim
Three studies, carried out by experts in the UK, US and Australia, suggest the meningitis jab could reduce cases of gonorrhoea, the UK's second most common STI. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quack doctors on YouTube are recommending children with behavioural problems take gonorrhoea pills
EXCLUSIVE: One video, filmed by a Mumbai-based 'doctor', advocated giving medorrhinum to children who have symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
STI: The colours of discharge that warn of an infection with gonorrhoea
GONORRHOEA is a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae or gonococcus. Commonly referred to as "the clap", genital discharge can be a sign of the infection. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gonorrhoea symptoms: The four signs to spot in your eyes warning of your risk
GONORRHOEA is on the rise in the UK and can affect all ages. Surprisingly the eyes may be affected by the disease giving rise to any of these four signs to spot. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Super-gonorrhoea is back: Health chiefs spot another three cases of antibiotic-resistant STI
In one case from London, an unidentified woman in her 20s was found to be infected with a strain resistant to ceftriaxone - the main antibiotic used to treat the disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gonorrhoea symptoms: Two telltale signs of the ‘very common’ STI to spot in your feet
GONORRHOEA, also dubbed ‘the clap', infects more than 100 million people a year around the world. But cases could be on the rise after routine testing was deferred during the pandemic. Occasionally, people infected with gonorrhoea may experience two complications in the feet. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: It's Time to Take Decisive Action on Antimicrobial Resistance
[allAfrica] The age of antimicrobial discovery has been overshadowed by the emerging threat of resistance, For too long clinicians like myself have witnessed the impact of antimicrobial resistance -- more commonly referred to as AMR. As a result of this growing health threat, a wide range of infections -- such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, bloodstream infections and gonorrhoea -- have become harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat as more and more antibiotics fail to cure patients. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
STD symptoms: Early signs of the sexually transmitted disease found in your eyes
STD symptoms: The rate of STIs in 2019 was 832 cases per 100,000 population, that is an increase from the preceding four years. Annual cases of gonorrhoea, syphilis, and herpes have been increasing since 2010. Surprisingly, the disease is known to affect a person's eyes with any of these three symptoms being a warning. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poorer nations still lack access to world ’s key antibiotics
Only 54 of 166 assessed treatments have policies aiding use by low-income countries, says non-profit groupThe world ’s biggest drugs makers have pressed on in the fight against superbugs despite the pandemic, but millions of people in poorer countries, where the risk of drug-resistant infections is highest, are still missing out on key antibiotics.A report from the Access to Medicine Foundation, an Amsterdam-based non-profit group, shows that only 54 of 166 medicines and vaccines assessed are covered by an access strategy to make them available to low- and middle-income countries.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Julia Kollewe Tags: Pharmaceuticals industry Vaccines and immunisation Tuberculosis E coli Gonorrhoea World Health Organization Business Drug resistance Drugs Drugs policy Medical research Global development Science Netherlands World news Source Type: news
Girl, 11, catches gonorrhoea from bathing in hot springs thermal pool while on holiday in Italy
A young girl on holiday in Italy caught gonorrhoea from sharing a thermal pool with an infected stranger. Experts say holidaymakers need to be aware regarding the risks of using these hot spots (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Consideration of antimicrobial resistance and contextual factors in infectious disease guidelines: a systematic survey
Survey of 74 TB, gonorrhoea and respiratory tract infection guidelines found relatively few considered resistance at local level, and many did not consider contextual factors necessary for appropriate antimicrobial use. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid: trial to study effect of immune system on reinfection
Oxford scientists will track whether participants are reinfected when re-exposed to coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe immune response needed to protect people against reinfection with the coronavirus will be explored in a new human challenge trial, researchers have revealed.Human challenge trials involve deliberately exposing healthy people to a disease-causing organism in a carefully controlled manner, and have proved valuable in understanding and tackling myriad conditions from malaria to tuberculosis and gonorrhoea.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 19, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Coronavirus Infectious diseases Microbiology Science University of Oxford UK news Source Type: news
