Gonorrhea Test

The gonorrhea test is a urine test that screens for the infection.

Cause:

The cause of gonorrhea is the neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria.  The infection is spread through vaginal, oral or anal sexual contact.

-Men have a 20% chance of getting the infection from having sexual relations with an infected women
-Women have a 50% chance of getting the infection from having sexual relations with an infected man

Symptoms of Gonorrhea:

Gonorrhea symptoms may appear within two to ten days after exposure to an infected person.  For women, the symptoms may take up to three weeks to appear.

Women:
-No symptoms 30-40% of the time
-Gonorrhea may cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which may lead to infertility
-Infection and irritation of the cervix
-Need to urinate often
-Itching and burning of the vagina, usually with a thick yellow/green discharge

Men:
-Pain and burning during urination
-Thick yellow penile discharge 50% of the time
-Inflammation of infection of the prostate and/or the duct in the testicles

Complications:

-Pelvic inflammatory disease in 20-40% of the women
-Chronic pelvic pain and sterility
-Arthritis
-Meningitis (inflammation of the brain)
-Endocarditis (infection of the heart) (1%)

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