Incurable gonorrhea hits North America
First Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Detected in North America
The fears of major health organizations have come true: Gonorrhea
that is immune to the last remaining effective oral antibiotic has been
detected in at least nine North American patients, meaning the era of
"incurable" gonorrhea could be close.
In a study released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, a group of scientists led by Vanessa Allen of Public Health
Ontario, found that 6.7 percent of patients with gonorrhea at a Toronto
clinic still had the disease after a round of cephalosporins, the last
effective oral antibiotic used to treat the disease. Of 133 patients who
returned for a "test of cure" visit, nine remained gonorrhea-positive.
This is the first time cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea has been found
in humans in North America. (continue at USNews)
The article/study notes "clinicians
now face the emergence of cephalosporin-resistant
[gonorrhea] without well-studied, effective backup treatment options."
... nine patients in Canada were cured with the injectable antibiotic
known
as ceftriaxone, Allen warns that there's been "a parallel increase" in
resistance to that antibiotic.
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If I have learned anything at all during my 63 years upon this Earth, it is that you pay for the sin that you do-- and then you CONTINUE TO PAY AND PAY AND PAY!!!
I tend to think that problems with sex began with the sexual revolution of the 60's-- NOT SO!!! This passage from Matthew shows that it has always been a problem!!!!
Matthew, Chapter 19
1 When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. 3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
4 He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’ 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
7 They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
11 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
4 He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’ 6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
7 They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
11 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
Jesus held marriage in high regard; so should we!!! Any physical relationship outside the bonds of that blessed commitment is wrong!!! As the article from the blog mentions, people can carry diseases and you may or may not be able to recover from them. So, BE SAFE; find someone to love and marry;commit your life to THEM!!! Just one of the many benefits of being a Christian!!!!