Gonorrhoea: the return
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A study looking into the causes of the rise in cases of gonorrhoea found the patients had often been involved in casual unprotected sexual activity. Due to the casual nature of the sexual activity finding the partners was often very difficult. The majority of the patients in the study were heterosexual. Many people cited the use of alcohol in making them unconcerned about having unprotected sex. Gonorrhoea can be spread through anal, oral or vaginal sex. Often women do not have any symptoms but suffer long term damage to their fallopian tubes. Cases of gonorrhea increased by 5% in the UK, during 1997.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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Gonorrhoea: symptoms and treatment
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Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease which effects both sexes and is found predominantly in homosexual young men or people from ethnic minorities. There were about 4,000 women and 8,000 men who reported to sexual health clinics with symptoms of gonorrhoea in the UK in 1997. Women can be left infertile or risk problems with deliveries after having gonorrhoea, while men can suffer from problems of the urethra or with fertility. Antibiotics are the best form of treatment, followed by regular screening to ensure the disease has not returned.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Gonorrhoea
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Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae or gonococcus. Diagnosis tests use to treat Gonorrhea are discussed which includes treating the disease with a single dose of oral antibiotics or injections.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2005
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