Due to the pandemic, the world may face supergonorrhea

02 January 2021, 18:55 | Health 
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Antibiotic abuse is reported in many countries around the world during coronavirus pandemic. According to the World Health Organization, this may contribute to an increase in the incidence of incurable gonorrhea..

At first glance, it's hard to see how COVID-19 might be linked to sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea.. But in reality everything is very simple. Today, millions of people are actively using antibiotics, self-medicating.. They are convinced that these drugs will protect them from infection with coronavirus or help to quickly defeat the disease.. But the uncontrolled use of antibiotics leads to the spread of diseases resistant to these drugs, one of which is the so-called supergonorrhea..

World Health Organization spokesman said in an interview with The Sun newspaper that the use of common drugs in attempts to self-treat the coronavirus induces resistance in sexually transmitted diseases.. We are talking about the abuse of antibiotics, and especially azithromycin, which is used to fight respiratory infections. During the first wave of COVID-19, this particular drug was most often used for therapy..

But the pandemic has led not only to the abuse of antibiotics, but also to the disruption of the usual provision of primary health care for patients with STDs.. Many clinics stopped treating them because they were closed, and this was especially true of special departments in hospitals. As a result, a huge number of STD cases were not diagnosed in time, which means that their victims were self-medicating.. These two factors create a "

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