Gonorrhea Symptoms

Gonorrhea & Gonorrhea Symptoms

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium. Gonorrhea can grow easily in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including the cervix (opening to the womb), uterus (womb), and fallopian tubes (egg canals) in women, and in the urethra (urine canal) in women and men. 

The bacterium can also grow in the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus. Gonorrhea is a contagious disease transmitted most often through sexual contact with an infected person. Gonorrhea may also be spread by contact with infected bodily fluids, so that a mother could pass on the infection to her newborn during childbirth.

Both men and women can get gonorrhea. The infection is easily spread and occurs most often in people who have many sex partners. Gonorrhea does not always cause symptoms. In men, gonorrhea can cause pain when urinating and discharge from the penis. If untreated, it can cause problems with the prostate and testicles.

Gonorrhea Symptoms

Burning and pain while urinating

Increased urinary frequency or urgency

Discharge from the penis (white, yellow, or green in color)

Red or swollen opening of penis (urethra)

Tender or swollen testicles

Sore throat

Gonorrhea Symptoms in women can be very mild or nonspecific, and may be mistaken for another type of infection. They include:

Vaginal discharge

Burning and pain while urinating

Increased urination

Sore throat

Painful sexual intercourse

Severe pain in lower abdomen

Fever

Conclusion

Adults with gonorrhea Symptoms are treated with antibiotics. Anyone who has had sexual contact in the past 60 days with a person diagnosed with gonorrhea, whether or not they have symptoms or used condoms must take treatment for gonorrhea. This treatment is also recommended for a newborn whose mother has gonorrhea at the time of delivery. Until both you and your partner(s) have been tested and treated. If you are treated for gonorrhea and your sex partner is not, you will probably become infected again. Always use a condom when you have sex. This helps protect you from sexually transmitted infections.