Emerging Naughty Naughty Disease "Could Be Next Super Bug" Make people infertile
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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44777938
A little known sexually transmitted infection could become the next
superbug unless people become more vigilant, experts are warning.
"It can lead to an infection of the reproductive organs in women that can cause infertility."
Thank you bug, thank you.
I really hope that this is deal with appropriately, I'm tired of the media over-exaggerating the hell out of things
'I tested positive for MG'
John - not his real name - contacted the BBC to tell of his experience of having the infection.
"I was diagnosed with MG last year after meeting my new partner.
"We both sensibly got tested and declared clean at the start of the relationship but GUM [genitourinary medicine] clinics don't test for MG, unless you have symptoms.
"So about a month into the relationship I developed the male symptoms - a sharp burning pain while urinating and a pus-like dishcharge from my urethra - but I had no idea what was wrong.
"After a few weeks I tested positive, while my partner was negative, which didn't make sense. She then got tested again and was positive.
"We were put on antibiotics for two weeks but had no sexual contact for five, to make sure we were clean. After further tests we both tested negative but I still had some small amount of leakage which I was told would go away. It eventually cleared.
"Then out of the blue I got a UTI and symptoms were exactly like MG.
"I am now certain it has returned and I am awaiting further test results.
"The GUM clinic refused to retest my partner as she hasn't shown any symptoms.
"I think clinics should test for MG as part of their sexual health screening process, as this would have been picked up at the start for me."
This shit though is wild
What exactly is the over-exaggeration and what then would be an "appropriate" response?
This can seem like a real asshole post at a glance but its really more of a necessary evil than anything. The planet is overpopulated and overpopulation is only going to get worse
Except it's actually not. Some places like China and India are, there's too many people in too small an area. Overall though the Earth is estimated to be able to support around ten billion people comfortably. A full 20-25% more than we currently have.
I was thinking about how bullshit US media is, so I guess it's not really relevant to have said that.
BBC is pretty straight about what they say.
If you think UTI infertility is going to have any meaningful impact on global overpopulation you're seriously wrong. The individual grief though? Potentially very great.
All you have to suffer to make that comment and not be a hypocrite is a swollen urethra that makes urination painful. HAVE FUN!
Typically, prosperity leads to less procreation. As the world is getting more stable, birth rates are naturally declining.
You might wanna gaze around somewhere at the socioeconomic status of your fellow dudes because 'can support' and 'can live like an actual human being' are two very very different things.
What hellish lab did this escape from?
For fucks sake, did Children of Men predict this correctly too?
I'm really not surprised with how the "hookup culture" took over.
There's a reason you wear a condom and not treat the world as an orgy.
Because otherwise one day yer balls will feel funny just before your dick spontaneously falls off.
That's not really what hookup culture is outside of what boomers view it as. If you want to talk about treating the world as an orgy, look back to the 70s.
Children of Men here we come.
I look forward to living my life out as a series of extended one-take shots.
Your life is the most extended one take shot you can have
What's with the thread title? Is 'sex' too strong a word?
But ooft. Not nice.
Aparntly our generation is have less sex though
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/why-young-americans-having-less-sex-216953
"Overpopulation" is actually a distribution problem. The poor only suffer because the rich hoard wealth. Some nations lack food because other nations over-consume and waste food. Etc
Obviously an oversimplification but the point is overpopulation isn't the problem, unethical and wasteful societies are. And so long as that's the problem, we'll have problems with the distribution of wealth and resources regardless of whether we have one billion or ten billion humans on the planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
Most STIs, if left untreated, cause infertility, especially in women. That's why it's considered rude to not tell people about having an STD. A friend of mine almsot lost her ability to have children as a result of being unknowningly given chlamydia.
Why would a clinic outright refuse to test a patient for an STI if they request it after testing positive once prior? That doesn't make any sense to me.
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