Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, which can grow in warm, moist areas of the body like the cervix, urethra, throat, rectum, or eyes. Symptoms vary between men and women, and include abnormal discharge from the penis in men and abnormal vaginal discharge in women. Gonorrhea can be transmitted through unprotected vaginal, oral, or anal sex. It is treated with antibiotics, though prevention through abstinence or condom use is best to avoid transmission and reinfection.

1. Gonorrhea
Juan Carrillo
Mr. Holley
H.I. Period 3
12 November 2010

2. What is it?
• “A bacterium called Neisseria
Gonorrhoeae, which grows in warm, moist
areas of the body such as the cervix,
urethra, throat, rectum, or even the eyes.”
(Michaud)

3. What are the symptoms?
• Many STDs don't have obvious
symptoms, some people don’t know they
are infected.
• Men- “An abnormal discharge, or liquid,
from the penis. This discharge can range
from a clear liquid to a thicker and
sometimes bloody fluid.”
• Women- “Abnormal vaginal discharge.”
• (Michaud)

4. How do you get it?
• “Any type of unprotected sexual contact
with an infected partner, whether vaginal,
oral, or anal, is enough to transmit the
disease.” (Michaud)

5. How do you prevent it?
• There are a few ways to prevent it, like
using condems while having sexual
intercoursem, also by not having sex.
(Abstinence)

6. How do you treat it?
• “Antibiotics are easily available and
inexpensive, and a single dose is often
enough to cure the infection completely.”
(Michaud)

7. Journal
• STD’s are extremely bad, they can kill a
person if it is not treated in time. You can
not cure most STD’s, but only less
deadly by taking special medicine. Even
though you take medicine it doesn’t
mean it will go away, it’ll still be there but
less deadly. Two more ways you can
prevent STD’s is by either not having sex
or using condoms when you have sex.

8. Works Cited
• Michaud, Christopher. "Gonorrhea." Teen
Health and Wellness. Rosen, 2010. Web.
12 Nov. 2010.
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