Gonorrhoea and antibiotics

Antibiotics

Gonorrhoea

STD

caused by bacteria

Sexually Transmitted Disease

Passed on by unprotected sex

a person with Gonorrhoea with get pains while urinating

A symptom is yellow or green discharge from the penis or vagina

Treated with the antibiotic penicillin but Gonorrhoea can overcome the effects of penicillin

to prevent the spread of Gonorrhoea people should have contraception while having sex

if you already have it then use antibiotics

different antibiotics kill different bacteria

Antibiotics can kill viruses

antibiotics have greatly reduces the number of deaths via communicable diseases caused by bacteria

Bacteria can mutate / change to become resistant to an antibiotic.

if you have an infection some bacteria might become resistant to antibiotics

if u try to treat it only the non resistant strands of bacteria will be killed

the resistant bacteria will stay alive and reproduce causing more resistant bacteria to exist

this could cause a serious infection that can't be treated by antibiotics

MRSA (Meticillin Staphylococcus Aureus) causes serious wound infections and is resistant to the very power full antibiotic Meticillin

to slow down the rate of development of the resistant strains, its important for doctors to avoid over prescribing acntibiotics

Actually kill (or prevent the growth of) the bacteria causing the problem without killing your own body cells

wont got them for a sore thought only for something serious

its important to finish your course of prescribed antibiotics