Tiny blisters on woman's hand turn out to be sign of gonorrhoea
"Blood cultures grew gram-negative diplococi that were identified as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which confirmed the diagnosis.Three months later, at a follow up appointment, the woman told doctors she was feeling well and had suffered no further rashes or joint pains.More than 44,500 Brits were diagnosed with the infection in 2017, while 78million are infected globally every year, according to the World Health Organisation.
While it's easily treated, if it goes undetected gonorrhoea can spread to affect other parts of the body.Rashes and joint point, like that affecting the Texas patient, are known signs of DGI, according to MedScape.pericarditis and endocarditis - both infections of the heart.Symptoms of gonorrhoea tend to develop within two weeks, but can sometimes appear months later.
However, around one in ten men, and one in five women won't have any obvious symptoms, which means the STI can go untreated for some time.an unusual vaginal discharge that's thin or watery and green or yellow in colourbleeding between periods, heavier periods and bleeding after sex, though that's less common.
If you think you could have gonorrhoea it's important to seek medical advice at your local sexual health clinic.One of the women became the first in the UK to catch the drug resistant strain on British soil. Doctors have warned the emergence of this drug-resistant strain, dubbed "super gonorrhoea" because it's so hard to treat, is just the
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