GP Issues 'Fever and Rashes' Warning as Cases of Medieval Disease Rise in UK

A GP has shared his expertise on two common sexually transmitted infections - gonorrhoea and syphilis - as cases of the infections in the UK are at an all-time high

UK Health Security Agency's latest figures have shown that cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis are at a record high across the UK.

As summer approaches, a lack of education about these common STIs could lead to an even greater increase in cases, warns a doctor. Dr Donald Grant, a GP and senior clinical advisor at The Independent Pharmacy, has offered his expert advice on these two sexually transmitted infections, highlighting the symptoms to be aware of.

Dr Grant stated: "After chlamydia, gonorrhoea (also known as 'the clap') is the second most transmitted STI in the UK. Therefore, it's vital to understand the symptoms of the infection and how to receive treatment.

"This STI can be spread through several ways, including unsafe sex, sharing sex toys or genitals coming into contact with an infected person's genital area. It's important to note that this infection cannot be passed through casual contact such as kissing or sharing a towel.

"For men, symptoms of gonorrhoea include a burning sensation while urinating, inflamed foreskin and white, yellow or green discharge from the penis. Additionally, women suffering from the infection will experience symptoms such as heavier periods, thick green or yellow vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain and a similar burning sensation during urination.

"If you believe you are suffering from gonorrhoea, it's crucial to get tested. A Gonorrhoea Test Kit requires you to submit a urine sample for further evaluation, results are available 72 hours after posting the sample with results being delivered electronically."

Why does it hurt when I pee?
Why does it hurt when I pee?
I don’t want no doctor
To stick no needle in me
Why does it hurt when I pee?

I got it from the toilet seat
I got it from the toilet seat
It jumped right up
And grabbed my meat
Got it from the toilet seat

My balls feel like a pair of maracas
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
Oh God, I probably got the
Gono-co-co-coccus!
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
Ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!

Why does it, why does it
Why does it, why does it hurt when I
Pee

25 1-3 While Israel was camped at Shittim (Acacia Grove), the men began to have sex with the Moabite women. It started when the women invited the men to their sex-and-religion worship. They ate together and then worshiped their gods. Israel ended up joining in the worship of the Baal of Peor. God was furious, his anger blazing out against Israel.

4 God said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of Israel and kill them by hanging, leaving them publicly exposed in order to turn God’s anger away from Israel.”

5 Moses issued orders to the judges of Israel: “Each of you must execute the men under your jurisdiction who joined in the worship of Baal Peor.”

6-9 Just then, while everyone was weeping in penitence at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, an Israelite man, flaunting his behavior in front of Moses and the whole assembly, paraded a Midianite woman into his family tent. Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw what he was doing, grabbed his spear, and followed them into the tent. With one thrust he drove the spear through the two of them, the man of Israel and the woman, right through their midsections. That stopped the plague from continuing among the People of Israel. But 24,000 had already died.

YIKES...that was my Torah Reading Today. Book of Numbers, right after Balaam’s prophecies.

What are the chances of that?

(Iread 8 chapters a day, Torah, History, Poetry, Prophets, Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Revelation.)

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