Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It can be transmitted through any type of sexual contact with an infected person and symptoms may include painful urination and discharge from the genitals. While many infected people do not show symptoms, untreated gonorrhea can lead to serious complications like pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. Gonorrhea is usually treated with antibiotics like ceftriaxone or azithromycin.

1. Gonorrhea

2. Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea, is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium
Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sexually transmitted infections are infections that
can be transferred from one person to another through any type of sexual
contact. Sexual contact is not related only to sexual intercourse (vaginal-
anal) but it may also include any oral-genital contact. Most of the STDs can
be cured, both some severe STDs such as HIV or Hepatitis B cannot be
cured so easily.
 Gonorrhea is one of the oldest known sexually transmitted diseases.
Among individuals who are infected with gonorrhea, 50% to 70% also will
be infected with chlamydia, another type of bacteria that causes another
STD.
 Gonorrhea cannot be transmitted from toilet seats or door handles. The
bacterium that causes gonorrhea requires very specific conditions for
growth and reproduction.
 Gonorrhea bacteria it live on the skin of the hands, arms, or legs. It survives
only on moist surfaces within the body such as throat, eyes and is found
most commonly in the vagina, and, more commonly, the cervix.

3. Symptoms of Gonorrhea
Most of women and men infected with gonorrhea don't have
any noticeable symptoms, most of the symptoms occur within
14 days of transmission.
Symptoms in men may include:
 Painful sensation during urination
 Greater frequency or urgency of urination
 A pus-like discharge (or drip) from the penis (white, yellow,
beige, or greenish)
 Swelling or redness at the opening of the penis
 Swelling or pain in the testicles
 A persistent sore throat

4. Symptoms of Gonorrhea
 Symptoms in women may include:
 Discharge from the vagina (watery, creamy, or
slightly green)
 Pain or burning sensation while urinating
 The need to urinate more frequently
 Heavier periods or spotting
 Sore throat
 Pain upon engaging in sexual intercourse
 Sharp pain in the lower abdomen
 Fever
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5. Cause of Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea has only one cause, it is only transferred
from one person to another during sexual
intercourse and is affected by a bacterial Neisseria
gonorrhoeae infection. Previous infection doesn't
confer immunity, a person who is infected above, can
also get infection again for the next time.

6. Diagnosis of Gonorrhea
Test done for the diagnosis of Gonorrhea may
include:
 Testing for gonorrhea is done by swabbing the infected
site (rectum, throat, cervix) and identifying the bacteria
in the laboratory either through culturing of the material
from the swab (growing the bacteria) or identification of
the genetic material from the bacteria.
 Newer tests to diagnose gonorrhea involve the use
of DNA probes or amplification techniques (for
example, polymerase chain reaction, or PCR) to
identify the genetic material of the bacteria.

7. Treatments of Gonorrhea
 Gonorrhea is usually treated with an antibiotic
injection of Ceftriaxone one time intramuscularly or
a single dose of Azithromycin by mouth.
 Treatment should always include medication that
will treat chlamydia for example, azithromycin
(Zithromax, Zmax)or doxycycline (Vibramycin,
Oracea, Adoxa, Atridox and others) as well as
gonorrhea, because gonorrhea and chlamydia
frequently exist together in the same person.

8. Treatments of Gonorrhea
Complications of untreated Gonorrhea:
Gonorrhea should be treated in a person at the
correct time, as not treated gonorrhea in women may
lead to the gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum
(blindness through infection) in infants born to such
mothers. Most of the 28% of child are known to have
such complication from birth born to such mothers.
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9. Treatments of Gonorrhea
Other more complication from un-treated gonorrhea may include:
For men:
 Inflammation of the epididymis
 Inflammation of the prostate gland
 Inflammation of the urethra
For women it may include:
 Pelvic inflammatory disease
 Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the liver
 A rare complication associated with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome,
septic arthritis in the fingers, wrists, toes, and ankle, septic
abortion, chorioamnionitis during pregnancy, neonatal or adult
blindness from conjunctivitis and infertility
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