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

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: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday August 25 2018, @06:53PM (1 child)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 25 2018, @06:53PM (#726302) Journal

    The vast majority of the accusations of 'shilling' I've seen are just an ad hominem technique used against people to simultaneously discount their opinion and virtue signal.
     
    Doesn't actually change any minds, few readers accept random shill accusations at face value since they are so common (though like minded folks will go along with them); the net result I see is mostly just fostering divisiveness.
     
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @10:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 25 2018, @10:57PM (#726387)

    Who are you shilling for, meta-shill?