Gonorrhea increases the risk of cancer

Men who have had gonorrhea will be at twice the risk of bladder cancer as normal people. This research has just been published in the British Journal of Cancer, scientists said that infection caused by gonorrhea could be a risk of cancer.

In the health survey of more than 51,500 American men, scientists from Harvard University's School of Public Health, analyzed the medical history of 286 cases of bladder cancer. Thereby, they confirmed that there is an association between sexually transmitted infections and cancer.

The infection caused by gonorrhea bacteria is a risk for the development of bladder cancer.(Photo: BBC)

According to BS Michaud, gonorrhea is an infection or recurrence, causing local infections. Inflammation or related symptoms may contribute to the risk of bladder cancer.

Professor John Toy, Medical Director of the British Cancer Research Center (Cancer Research UK), said the study reinforces the link between the infection caused by gonorrhea bacteria and bladder cancer. man.

Further research will be conducted to eliminate gonorrhea, which is an independent infection, which acts as an environment for the factors that actually cause cancer to develop.

According to the latest statistics from the Health Protection Agency's Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease Monitoring, gonorrhea dropped to 13%, while in 2004, this number was more than 22. , 3% to 2005, more than 19%.

Although the number of new patients is decreasing every year, gonorrhea still ranks second in sexually transmitted diseases in the UK.

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