Thursday 23 August 2018

STI that causes flesh-eating ulcers found in UK for first time

STI that causes flesh-eating ulcers found in UK for first time A sexually transmitted disease which causes flesh-eating ulcers to erupt on the genitals has been diagnosed in the UK for the first time.

The rare STI donovanosis is typically only found in tropical countries and up until now, there had been no recorded breakouts in UK.

However, a Freedom of Information request from online pharmacy chemist-4-u.com found a woman, aged between 15 and 25, was diagnosed with the STI in Southport in the last 12 months. The Independent

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