Media probably spreading it about to scare the excrement out of party goers to reduce the cost subtended on GUM clinics after Christmas.
Gonorrhea is easily detected under the microscope with a smear of pus from sufferer's old man stained with methylene blue. They can be seen in twos [gonococcus are diploid by nature] inside leucocytes. A course of broad spectrum antibiotics and a retest to ensure elimination being the standard treatment. If the course of antibiotics is interrupted or too short then the infection occurs again but masked in its early form proceeds to cause the effects seen with untreated cases; infertility, opthalmia, stricture, proctitus etc.
It is this later stage that is notable; 'drug resistance' meaning longer treatments with stronger doses but also more complicated tests involving specialised diagnostic media to prove a reoccurrence.
Gonorrhea can be transmitted outside the body due to contact with infected fluid/tissue/dressings - this includes vaginal/anal contact outside the sheath [something to think about there].
There's the cost NHS would avoid if more persons weren't being cavalier with their sexual health at certain times during the year.
Information available in Frobisher and Fuerst's 'Microbiology in Health and Disease,' an excellent volume I purchased for use during my professional training.
" Gonorrhea can be transmitted outside the body due to contact with infected fluid/tissue/dressings - this includes vaginal/anal contact outside the sheath [something to think about there]. "
I can't get my head round this statement, grateful for more explanation, anyone? Condom smeared with gonrrehea fluid, where is the transmission - to a hand? How can that lead to infection?
Baffled here
