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Gonorrhea Symptoms

What do Gonorrhea and Chlamydia have in common? Just like Chlamydia, gonorrhea does not manifest any kind of symptoms making it another infectious disease to watch out for when you’re sexually active. Fortunately, there are notable signs related to the infection instead of gonorrhea symptoms. If you happen to notice any of them, getting tested immediately is the best thing to do.

Gonorrhea Signs and Symptoms in female in male - Neisseria gonorrhoeae

The Risk of Undetected Gonorrhea Symptoms

“The Drip, “The Clap, or Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection due to bacteria most common to sexually active teens and in their twenty’s. Just like other common bacterial infection without symptoms, there are signs attributed to gonorrhea that you need to pay attention.

Why is it necessary for you and your partner to get tested? Since this common infection shows no symptoms, people who are infected usually learn about their condition later on, and unfortunately are not able to treat the condition sooner than they should have. Failure to detect the signs and treat this infection spreads into fallopian tubes or the uterus resulting to PID or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Women with PID is at risk of tubal pregnancy and may lead to infertility to both women and men and other severe health problems as well. It is not surprising that periodic STD testing is recommended as it plays a vital role in finding out early on if you have the disease or not.

Gonorrhea Signs and Symptoms for Men and Women

Gonorrhea symptoms in womenMen are more inclined to manifest gonorrhea symptoms after a week of infection, but only about fifty percent of infected men experience them. Untreated gonorrheal infection among men may cause serious complication like scrotal or testicular pain. Some of these signs include:

  • Burning or painful feeling when peeing
  • Testicles are painful or swelling
  • Green, white, or yellow discharge from the penis
  • Burning or itching around urethra is possible but not common

Symptoms of gonorrheaMost women with gonorrhea, on the other hand, don’t see or feel any symptom, and if ever they do, it won’t manifest until after a week of infection and during the morning. Some of these include:

  • Fever
  • Painful sexual intercourse
  • Pain in the lower belly
  • Bleeding in between periods
  • Burning or painful feeling when peeing
  • Foul-smelling, bloody or yellowish vaginal discharge which seems abnormal
  • Nausea
  • A sore throat though least common

If you engage in anal or oral sex and you or your partner has a gonorrheal infection, you or your partner is most likely to get infected as well. If the infected part is the throat, the symptom is the typically sore throat. Your anus can get infected, and that could spread to other parts of your body as well. Again, you cannot see anal gonorrhea symptoms but signs instead including :

  • Pain during bowel movement
  • Soreness or Itching around or in the anus
  • Discharge from the anus

Getting the Right Treatment to Eliminate Gonorrhea Symptoms

Treating gonorrheal infections is easy with antibiotic only if the condition is tested early on. Regular gonorrhea testing and other STD testing is advised since Gonorrhea Symptoms are impossible to detect . Medical attention is necessary once you feel any of the signs.

 

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