murray street Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34269315 Highly drug-resistant gonorrhoea is spreading in the north of England with an outbreak centred in Leeds, sexual health doctors have told the BBC. One of the main treatments has become useless against the new strain of the sexually transmitted infection. Twelve cases have been confirmed in Leeds and a further four have been reported in Macclesfield, Oldham and Scunthorpe. However, there are likely to be more undiagnosed cases. The strain in this outbreak is able to shrug off the antibiotic azithromycin, which is normally used alongside another drug, ceftriaxone. 'Highly resistant' Peter Greenhouse, a consultant in sexual health based in Bristol, told the BBC News website: "This azithromycin highly resistant outbreak is the first one that has triggered a national alert. "It doesn't sound like an awful lot of people, but the implication is there's a lot more of this strain out there and we need to stamp it out as quickly as possible. "If this becomes the predominant strain in the UK we're in big trouble, so we have to be really meticulous in making sure each of these individuals has all their contacts traced and treated." The outbreak started in March. The British Association for Sexual Health and HIV says all cases have been in heterosexuals and some have reported sexual partners from across England. Dr Jan Clarke, the organisation's president, told the BBC: "It was sufficiently serious to alert our whole national chain of clinics that there is the possibility that we've got a very resistant strain of gonorrhoea. "We are really skating on thin ice as far as treating gonorrhoea is concerned at the moment." What is gonorrhoea? The disease is caused by the bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The infection is spread by unprotected vaginal, oral and anal sex. Of those infected, about one in 10 heterosexual men and more than three-quarters of women, and men who have sex with men, have no easily recognisable symptoms. But symptoms can include a thick green or yellow discharge from sexual organs, pain when urinating and bleeding between periods. Untreated infection can lead to infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease and can be passed on to a child during pregnancy. Edited September 18, 2015 by murray street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2becks Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 We are Leeds, our clap is 'ardest clap in t'world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Living in Leeds as I have done for many years , I would like to place on record that I am in no way responsible for any part of this 'outbreak' It is however worrying that people are taking avoidable risks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Living in Leeds as I have done for many years , I would like to place on record that I am in no way responsible for any part of this 'outbreak' It is however worrying that people are taking avoidable risks What's worrying is that we have allowed pharma companies to be run for profit which means they all avoid creating new drugs needed to fight all manner of virus and bug out there. That's before we get to the overuse of antibiotics and the fact that people are too stupid to finish the course of drugs they've been given. A drug resistant virus will wipe humans out before long. We're too stupid, greedy and selfish to stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Antibiotics don't work on viruses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray street Posted September 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 What's worrying is that we have allowed pharma companies to be run for profit which means they all avoid creating new drugs needed to fight all manner of virus and bug out there. That's before we get to the overuse of antibiotics and the fact that people are too stupid to finish the course of drugs they've been given. A drug resistant virus will wipe humans out before long. We're too stupid, greedy and selfish to stop it. I would be more worried about cowping some leeds slut with a rotten minge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Didn't HHiBSS stay in Leeds t'other week when we played in Sheffield? Just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 What's worrying is that we have allowed pharma companies to be run for profit which means they all avoid creating new drugs needed to fight all manner of virus and bug out there. That's before we get to the overuse of antibiotics and the fact that people are too stupid to finish the course of drugs they've been given. A drug resistant virus will wipe humans out before long. We're too stupid, greedy and selfish to stop it. There are very few drugs that have any affect on virval infections Tamiflue for example is a complete waste of money. Do you mean drug resistant bacterium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 I would be more worried about cowping some leeds slut with a rotten minge. Yeah but unlikely... In oakey's case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Dirty Leeds...... Cloughie had them pegged! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 There are very few drugs that have any affect on virval infections Which is exactly why I said that a drug resistant virus will wipe us out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Antibiotics don't work on viruses In fairness I didn't say they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Dirty Leeds...... Cloughie had them pegged! When you say pegged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) Which is exactly why I said that a drug resistant virus will wipe us out. Most virus are drug resistant. What would be more dangerous would be if highly pathogenic variants of existing viral infections were to emerge. High Pathology influenza is the current big concern although MERS is also quite concerning Edited September 19, 2015 by insaintee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Zippy Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Maybe Iainscanlon has been...ahem......spreading the word a bit too literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34295481 Hopefully research like this will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Most virus are drug resistant. What would be more dangerous would be if highly pathogenic variants of existing viral infections were to emerge. High Pathology influenza is the current big concern although MERS is also quite concerning Yeah I wouldn't disagree with that tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah you're right again insaintee wouldn't disagree with that tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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