Untreated gonorrhoea in pregnant women can cause blindness in newborns – Community nurse
Occupational health nurse, Abdulsalam Abdulmalik, talks to FATTEH HAMID about gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, and the risk it poses if left untreated What is gonorrhoea? This is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacteria called neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonorrhoea is spread through sexual fluids, including vagina fluids and semen. It is an infection