There is alarm for the diffusion of a very resistant version of the already existing drugs gonorrhea. In the UK, public health authorities have reported three cases of this infection “super gonorrhea” caused by a more aggressive form of the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae than putting at risk the health of those who get sick and who do not heal with specific antibiotics.
“In 2016 the case of a British man with a gonorrhea infection resistant to all the antibiotics used up to then caused a sensation”, explains to the Corriere della Sera Alessandra Latini, Head of the Sexually Transmissible Diseases Unit of the Hospital Physiotherapeutic Institutes (Ifo) – San Gallicano Institute (Isg) in Rome. “At that time the term super gonorrhea or super gonococcus was coined to indicate an infectious disease or a bacterium no longer sensitive and no longer curable by the antibiotics generally used”. In practice, it becomes increasingly difficult to avoid the spread of gonorrhea from one person to another. “A danger that grows with each new version of super gonorrhea”.
In fact, the cases of “super gonorrhea” are increasing throughout Europa. “It is the consequence of an abuse of antibiotic treatments”, continues Latini. “There pandemic of Covid it made matters worse: many infectious disease wards have suspended or curtailed activities for months, so many cases of sexually transmitted infections were not diagnosed correctly and, as a result, more people were forced to self-medicate. A situation that can fuel the emergence of both resistance to treatment and super gonorrhea “.
So watch out for these symptoms. “In womenheartburn and difficulty urinating, secretions greenish-yellow, ache during or after sexual intercourse, itch vaginal. In men, the disease manifests itself with abundant, thick, greenish-yellow secretions, heartburn and difficulty urinating. If transmitted through oral intercourse, it can infect the gola and provoke a pharyngitis in both sexes. And they should never be neglected bleeding or anal itching “.
Infection if left untreated can have serious consequencesin addition to pain, burning, chronic inflammation of the genitals: pelvic inflammatory disease for women, early miscarriagesectopic pregnancy e infertility in males and females. Furthermore, gonorrhea can facilitate the transmission of other sexual diseases such as syphilis andHiv.
To avoid infection it is enough use condoms in all casual sexual intercourse, with any new partner and with those whose state of health is unknown. Gonorrhea, in fact, is transmitted through any type of sexual intercourse (vaginal, anal and oral) and through the maternal-fetal way.