Abstain from sex. That's 'the only way to completely avoid STIs,' is what we hear from public health bodies. Do not have any vaginal, anal or oral sex. It makes for sobering advice. But it also makes perfect sense when you read the latest data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on the spread of gonorrhea, a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI), and antimicrobial resistance (AMR.
The ECDC said in a report published June 10, 2024, that the total number of confirmed cases of gonorrhea in 28 EU/EEA countries in 2022 rose to 70,881 a jump of 48% compared to the year before.
AMR is one reason why antibiotics across the board whether it's for STIs or an earache are failing public health efforts. Either we use them too much, or we don't bother to take all the pills, with the result that bacteria are able to build up a resistance to many of our 'go-to' drugs of the past 100 years.
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