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  1. Untreatable gonorrhoea 'superbug' spreading around world, WHO warns

    World Health Organization tells of ‘very serious situation’ after confirming three known cases where all antibiotics were ineffective

    Friday 7 July 2017 03.00 BST  Last modified on Friday 7 July 2017 23.25 BST 

    Untreatable strains of gonorrhoea are on the rise, the World Health Organization has warned, fuelling fears that last-resort drugs will soon be futile after three confirmed cases in which antibiotics were ineffective.

    Gonorrhoea is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK after chlamydia, with almost 35,000 cases reported in England in 2014. The WHO estimates that 78 million people worldwide contract the disease each year, with most cases affecting young men and women under the age of 25.

    The latest warning is based on findings from two studies, co-authored by WHO researchers, looking at data from 77 countries; in more than 50, first-line antibiotics were ineffective.
     
    “To control gonorrhoea, we need new tools and systems for better prevention, treatment, earlier diagnosis, and more complete tracking and reporting of new infections, antibiotic use, resistance and treatment failures,” said Marc Sprenger, director of antimicrobial resistance at the WHO. “Specifically, we need new antibiotics, as well as rapid, accurate, point-of-care diagnostic tests – ideally, ones that can predict which antibiotics will work on that particular infection – and longer term, a vaccine to prevent gonorrhoea.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/07/untreatable-gonorrhoea-superbug-spreading-around-world-who-warns

  2. Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed

    WHO | News release

    7 July 2017 | GENEVA - Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat.

    "The bacteria that cause gonorrhoea are particularly smart. Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them," said Dr Teodora Wi, Medical Officer, Human Reproduction, at WHO.

    WHO reports widespread resistance to older and cheaper antibiotics. Some countries – particularly high-income ones, where surveillance is best – are finding cases of the infection that are untreatable by all known antibiotics.

    "These cases may just be the tip of the iceberg, since systems to diagnose and report untreatable infections are lacking in lower-income countries where gonorrhoea is actually more common," adds Dr Wi.

    Each year, an estimated 78 million people are infected with gonorrhoea*. Gonorrhoea can infect the genitals, rectum, and throat. Complications of gonorrhoea disproportionally affect women, including pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility, as well as an increased risk of HIV.

    Decreasing condom use, increased urbanization and travel, poor infection detection rates, and inadequate or failed treatment all contribute to this increase.

    http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/Antibiotic-resistant-gonorrhoea/en/

  3. EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!!!

    Doctors remove 13kg of faeces from constipated man in China

    22-year-old diagnosed with Hirschsprung’s disease said he’d been suffering from constipation, stomach pain all his life

    PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 13 June, 2017, 2:55pm
    UPDATED : Tuesday, 13 June, 2017, 2:55pm

    A Chinese man has undergone surgery in Shanghai to remove a section of his colon containing 13kg of impacted faeces, bringing to an end 22 years of pain caused by chronic constipation.

    Zhou Hai, not his real name, visited the 10th People’s Hospital of Shanghai last week after complaining of severe stomach pains and struggling to breathe, news portal Thepaper.cn reported on Thursday.

    Chinese doctors remove live eel from constipated man’s stomach after folk remedy fails him(

    Following a CT scan, doctors diagnosed Zhou as having Hirschsprung’s disease, a rare condition that causes the colon to malfunction and can result in a build-up of faecal matter. It mainly affects babies and young children.

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    Zhou told doctors that he had been suffering from constipation all his life and regularly took laxatives to alleviate the discomfort, though they did not ease the pain, the report said.

    His parents said they were aware of their son’s ailment but had no idea it was symptomatic of a more serious problem.

    During a three-hour operation in Shanghai, surgeon Yin Lu and his team removed a 76cm-long section of Zhou’s colon weighing 13kg, the report said.

    Yin advised all parents to seek medical advice if their children frequently complain of constipation.

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2098096/doctors-remove-13kg-faeces-constipated-man-china

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