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Southport, England: Come for a Round of Golf, Stay for the Flesh-Eating STIs

posted by martyb on Saturday August 25 2018, @06:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the killer-sex dept.

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The first British case of a rare flesh-eating sexually transmitted infection has been diagnosed in Southport – England's golf capital and home of The Register's financial and HR office.

The Lancashire Evening Post reports that a woman between the age of 15 and 25 was found in the Merseyside town to be suffering from Donovanosis. That's nothing to do with 1980s Aussie crooner and Neighbours superstar Jason, but rather a sexually transmitted infection that in its later stages can cause genital ulcers that eventually rupture and eat the surrounding flesh.

[...] The diagnosis, made within the last 12 months, is the first in the UK for a disease that is normally only seen in Papua New Guinea, southern Africa, Brazil, and southeast India. Researchers with pharmacy site chemist-4-u.com found out about the case after making a freedom-of-information submission while compiling a study on STIs in the UK.

While "good news" is a relative term when discussing an infection that causes your genitals to be consumed by flesh-eating ulcers, anyone afflicted with the condition will be pleased to know that Donavanosis can be treated with a course of antibiotics and that, when caught early, the flesh-eating part can be avoided.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @11:57AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @11:57AM (#726211)

    Don't import people from "Papua New Guinea Jersey, southern AfricaAmerica, Brazil Brittany, and southeast India Wales".

    FTFY, sort of. It is so hard to be a proper racist these days, without someone accusing you of being in favor of Brexit!!

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by janrinok on Saturday August 25 2018, @01:11PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 25 2018, @01:11PM (#726222) Journal

    Two attempted hits in the same story, Ari, you are doing well today.

    FYI. I live in France. I voted FOR leaving the EU - I happen to think it will be better for the UK to leave. I am staying in France.

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @02:21PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @02:21PM (#726235)

    Hey, I'm from New Jersey! With our traffic and infrastructure issues no STD can make the rounds. It's just too hard to get anywhere.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @07:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @07:30PM (#726318)

      What exit?