A
new sexually transmitted super-bug has emerged and according to
experts, may be more deadly that AIDS and could cause an epidemic.
According
to reports, an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea is more
aggressive than the HIV virus, which means the potential to infect the
public will be greater.
This
strain of STD which is resistant to antibiotic, reportedly kills half
of those exposed and infects one in 20 hospital patients thereby raising
the threat of an outbreak to emergency levels.
Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, thinks this new strain has the power to rack up more fatalities than AIDS.
He
said, "Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic
shock and death in a matter of days," adding that it is very dangerous.
Also
speaking, executive director of the National Coalition of STD
Directors, William Smith said, "It’s an emergency situation. As time
moves on, it’s getting more hazardous."
Like
most STDs, gonorrhea is usually transmitted through unprotected sexual
contact and if left untreated, can cause severe medical complications,
such as infertility in women, debilitating pain, sterility in men and
life threatening heart infections.


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