

new treatments have already gone to clinical trials that have proven effective against all known strains of gonorrhea, including the antibiotic resistant ones.don’t assume you know better than your doctor. assuming you’re cured early and stopping your medication is literally why this is happening. KEEP TAKING YOUR ANTIBIOTICS AFTER THIS POINT UNTIL YOU ARE PRESCRIBED TO STOP TAKING THEM. not having symptoms anymore doesn’t mean the bacteria are completely gone, it just means there aren’t enough to make you symptomatic.the purpose of the CDC document was not to cause panic or scare you out of having sex, it was actually aimed at calling attention to the fact that the reason this is happening is because there is an unprecedented number of people that use their antibiotics wrong and only kill the weakest of the bacteria that are infecting them, leaving the strongest and most resistant to treatment specimens alive to reproduce.the resistant variety is still treatable by conventional means, it just requires doctor and patient to both pay closer attention and adjust dosages and times more carefully.The cluster of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea cases was a small group in Hawai’i, and they have all since been treated and have a clean bill of health.More information on this after having read the CDC report: Reblogging cause sexual health is important Reblogging because I tell my patients this all the time and we talk about this at work all the time ☝🏼️☝🏼☝🏼 I’ve never been so happy to not have sex. Reblogging this because ~this is important~ It’s the first time this superbug has been found in the U.S. On Wednesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a cluster of gonorrhea infections that shows both decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and very high-level resistance to azithromycin. But the superbug is here, much faster than previously anticipated. Health officials have been warning us about the threat of “super gonorrhea“-a strain of the sexually transmitted disease that is resistant to all known antibiotics-for over a year. When you do not take all of your meds you may notĪctually clear up your infection. Even if you feel a bit better, or a sore heals If you get antibiotics to treat an STD YOU REALLY GOTTA TAKE ALL OF THEM AS DIRECTED. OK people, we have a really important thing
