Health officials in Ireland say the country is currently experiencing a gonorrhea outbreak and are warning that it could have serious consequences for frisky revelers this holiday season.
Officials caution that a combination of yuletide cheer, free flowing booze, and perhaps a little holiday loneliness can lead to risky behavior between the sheets.
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Dr. Dominic Rowley from the St. James’s Hospital in Dublin says they usually see the greatest increase in STI detections between the months of January and March.
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“There is currently an outbreak of gonorrhea both in Ireland and worldwide, with 78 million people infected every year,” he says.
Rowley believes that apps like Grindr and Tinder have definitely contributed to the problem since users will often use them to connect after a night out when their judgement may not be the sharpest.
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“If the proper precautions are not taken, and if you don’t seek treatment after risky behavior, the consequences can be serious,” Rowley says.
“Chlamydia and gonorrhoea can cause infertility if left untreated and diseases like HPV can lead to painful genital warts that can be slow to cure.”
Talk about a holiday buzz kill!
Play safe this season, folks.
Jaxton
Gonorrhea can easily be treated with antibiotics.
Kangol
Not if it’s drug resistant it can’t.
1898
It’s not easy at all if you’re allergic to antibiotics in the penicillin family, which many people are…
Clay83
So in essence you are advocating that people just sleep around without protection as it doesn’t matter that you catch a disease.
CastleSF
Those individuals who continue to engage in risky sexual behaviors tend to have to learn the lesson the hard way. It may be too late once they get the untreatable antibiotic resistant STIs. They may be spared of HIV but they will get some other bugs just as bad as HIV.
Geeker
Just wrap it up people…Jeez!