Gonorrhea Becomes Resistant To All Antibiotics

Antibiotics will not treat gonorrhea.

Researchers were concerned because gonorrhea could become resistant to antibiotics and it seems that they were right. There are only two pills that are able to cure this disease and they are less efficient. Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already found a case in Hawaii where the virus showed resistance to one of the drugs. There will not be much time before the second antibiotic will not be able to treat this disease.

Scientists are not trying to use the two drugs in combination, hoping they will find a way to treat the bacteria. However, things are not looking so good. Researchers will have to find another treatment in the future because those who we already have do not seem to be efficient. Since 2005, there were more cases of people who got gonorrhea and they were not able to cure. This case, found in Hawaii, is the first one discovered in the United States. We do now what will happen, but a new treatment has to be found if we want to have a chance against this disease.

Dr. Jonathan Mermic, director of CDC’s National Center for STD, said that if the treatment will fail, 800 000 Americans will be in danger every year. There were six men and a woman who got infected with gonorrhea in Hawaii and they were all cured, but it took a big effort to do that because the antibiotics did not seem to work.

Researchers are trying to find a better treatment, but there will be years before we will be able to use it. For now, our only hope is the combination of those two drugs. If that will not work, we will be in danger.

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease than can infect men and women, especially those between 15 and 24 years-old. Every person who is sexually active can be infected with this disease. It affects our genitals and throat and is can be really dangerous if it is not treated. The best way to prevent this disease it to use condoms every time you have sex and also make sure your partner has been tested for STD.

Doctors will test your urine to see if you are infected and if the test is positive, they will start the treatment. We are hoping another treatment will be on the market in a few years because gonorrhea becomes resistant to antibiotics.

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