Bacterial diseases

• Define 'gonorrhoea'

  A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium
• State the symptoms of gonorrhoea

  • Burning pain when urinating
  • Forms a thick yellow or green discharge from an infected person's p or v
• What may develop if gonorrhoea is left untreated?

  Infertility
• What can be done to prevent the infection of gonorrhoea?

  • Abstain from having anal, oral or vaginal sex
  • Use a barrier type of contraception
• How is gonorrhoea treated?

  By antibiotics
• Why are some antibiotics which used to be effective against bacterial diseases like gonorrhoea not as affective now?

  As bacteria are evolving to become resistant to existing antibiotics.
• Define 'Salmonella'

  A genus of bacteria that causes food poisoning
• State the symptoms of salmonella

  • Abdominal cramps
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
• How can the spread of salmonella be reduced?

  All poultry are vaccinated against it