"Spoilt brats."
Funny Animal Photos by Ty Buchanan
Dangerous Love - Gonorrhoea
Millions of dollars is being spent in HIV research. It is mainly spread by sexual contact. However, venereal diseases in general are being forgotten.
Antibiotics are becoming ineffective in combating venereal diseases. Such infections have been around for thousands of years and there is still no cure. Antibiotics used to "knock it on the head" in the past. This luxury no longer exists.
A serious resistant strain of gonorrhoea is extant in Australia and New Zealand. It has now arrived on our doorstep. A8806 is very similar to H041 which is absolutely untreatable. Different resistant strains have appeared in Japan, the US and Norway.
Because people today are more promiscuous than ever "the clap" is spreading extremely fast. The disease affects the whole body invading mucous membranes such as the sexual organs, eyes and throat. Arthritis, heart infections and meningitis can result.
Most people have serious symptoms. Pain when urinating, bleeding and oozing puss are common. The greatest problem is that some sufferers have no symptoms at all, so they unknowingly keep spreading the disease.
✴ Health by Ty Buchanan ✴
Two New Species Carrying Irukandji Found in Australia
It never fails to amaze me how new things are discovered on our doorstep when the majority of people think everything is known about nature. This is particularly true in Australia where a low number of people live on a vast continent. Some places have not even been visited by humans for thousands of years.
Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin has identified two species of jellyfish that can carry Irukandji syndrome. The new species are Keesingia gigas and Malo bella. Doctor Gershwin works for CSIRO. There are now 16 species that can cause Irukandji.
Keesingia can grow to 50 cm in bell height. This is by far the largest jellyfish. Juvenile leatherjacket fish safely live in its subumbrellar cavity as with the more common medusas.
The two newly documented species have been generally known for some time. However, they have not been found in Australian waters before. They could have been present for a long time or maybe they are new, moving here due to climate change and the warming ocean.
Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin has identified two species of jellyfish that can carry Irukandji syndrome. The new species are Keesingia gigas and Malo bella. Doctor Gershwin works for CSIRO. There are now 16 species that can cause Irukandji.
Keesingia can grow to 50 cm in bell height. This is by far the largest jellyfish. Juvenile leatherjacket fish safely live in its subumbrellar cavity as with the more common medusas.
The two newly documented species have been generally known for some time. However, they have not been found in Australian waters before. They could have been present for a long time or maybe they are new, moving here due to climate change and the warming ocean.
Biology by Ty Buchanan
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