Antibiotics are not effective in treating the STD, which is becoming more and more common in patients.
Furthermore, with 85,223 illnesses reported in England last year, the overall number of infections is at its highest level since statistics have been kept in 1918.
The NHS website lists a thick green or yellow discharge from the penis or vagina as one of the symptoms.
Infertility may result if treatment is not received.
Although gonorrhea is usually treatable, research from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) indicates that some strains of the disease are become more resistant to drugs.
Ceftriaxone, an antibiotic, is the first-line treatment in England.
Between June 2022 and May 2024, the number of ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhoea infections reported in England increased from nine in 2015 to fifteen.
Five of those were categorized as “extensively drug-resistant,” which means that additional antibiotics and first- and second-line treatments did not work on them.
Most heterosexual individuals in their 20s who have drug resistance were acquired overseas.
