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Gonorrhoea

Can pregnant women pass Gonorrhoea to their unborn children?

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Gonorrhoea

Yes women can pass Gonorrhea when giving birth to their child. This is why many countries routinely treat infants with eyedrops at birth to cure this disease.

Gonorrhoea Health & Special Psychology

Gonorrhoea drug resistance fears

Fears have been raised over strains of drug resistant gonorrhoea that have emerged in England and Wales. Ref. Source 2

Gonorrhoea

Yes, women can pass gonorrhea to their baby during delivery. It is important to be tested for diseases when you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. The bacteria can cause infections in a baby's eyes if it gets in them. The infection can cause blindness. I'm sure the bacteria can affect the rest of the baby's body if it were not cleaned off properly.

Gonorrhoea

Warning of gonorrhoea drugs risk

Growing antibiotic resistance threatens to make gonorrhoea more difficult to treat, a Health Protection Agency official warns. Ref. Source 8

Gonorrhoea

STD that could be 'untreatable'

THE UK'S chief medical officer has warned one of the world's oldest sexually transmittable diseases could become untreatable. Ref. Source 1d