H041 the new sex superbug worse than AIDS

Recently been spreading news that says that sex superbug found in Japan some time ago has spread to Hawaii. This disease is worse than AIDS, because the bacteria are more aggressive and will affect many people in a short time. The sex superbug was classified as a new strain of gonorrhea, H041. Japan refer to this disease as disaster in waiting, because the effect would be caused incredible danger.

"This might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run because the bacteria is more aggressive and will affect more people quickly," Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine.

H041 was first discovered in Japan in 2009, after a sex worker fell victim to the sex superbug. Medical officials report that sex superbug found in Hawaii in May 2011, and has since spread to California and Norway, International Business Times reported.

According to Alan Christianson. There are at least 30 million people die from AIDS each year, and H041 could have similar consequences.

"Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,"Alan. "This is very dangerous."

The gonorrhea strain has not yet claimed any lives, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have asked Congress for $54 million to find an antibiotic to treat the strain.

In a Capitol Hill briefing last week, health officials said an education and public awareness campaign is crucial in minimizing the effective of HO41. William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition for STD Directors, said that if the sex superbug spreads, it could quickly kill many people before a treatment is discovered. And that risk becomes increasingly more likely if Congress does not provide the funds to find a cure, he said.

"It's an emergency situation. As time moves on, it's getting more hazardous," he told members of Congress.

"We have to keep beating the drum on this," he added. "The potential for disaster is great."

In the United States, there are 20 million new sexually transmitted infections each year, with costing the American healthcare system about $16 billion in direct medical costs alone, the CDC reports. More than 800,000 of these cases gonorrhea infections, most of which occur in young people ages 15 to 24. Gonorrhea is sometimes difficult to detect, since it shows no symptoms in about half of all women. Those who fall ill to the deadly strain may not notice it until it’s too late.

NOTE: The estimate actually translates to about half of the sexually active population in the U.S. 

"That's what's kind of scary about this," Smith said.

Although health officials have widely reported that cases of H041 were discovered in California, Hawaii and Norway, the CDC has disputed those claims and told CNBC on Monday that the infection has not been confirmed anywhere outside of Japan. The CDC did, however, make an announcement in 2011 that it was noticing greater gonorrhea bacterial resistance to certain types of antibiotics in Hawaii and California.