There is burning or pain during urination or defecation.There is a discharge from the vagina, penis, or rectum.If you are in a long-term relationship, make sure that you know your partner's sexual history or ask that your partner is tested prior to engaging in sexual activity. Gonorrhea can be prevented by abstaining from casual sexual activity and using condoms correctly during any sexual contact. You should avoid any further sexual activity and notify any previous sexual partners. If you are sexually active and suspect you have been exposed to gonorrhea, you should seek medical care immediately. Gonorrhea is highly contagious and can have many serious side effects if left untreated. This is referred to as the arthritis-dermatitis syndrome. Occasionally, the infection can spread throughout the body and presents with symptoms of fever, chills, swollen or painful joints, and small bumps that may be red or purple on the hands or feet. Throat infection may present a sore throat only. Later there may be frequent and painful urination or defecation a thick, cloudy, or bloody discharge from the penis, vagina, or rectum or pain with sexual intercourse. Infection often starts with only mild symptoms of discomfort with urination. There may be no symptoms associated with gonorrhea, particularly in women. Since there is no immunity developed in infection with gonorrhea, the infection can be acquired again if there is sexual contact with an infected person. Teens and young adults are at the highest risk for contracting gonorrhea in the US, 75% of cases occur in those under 30 years old. Who's at risk?Īnyone who is sexually active is at risk for gonorrhea as well as other sexually transmitted diseases. Complications from gonorrhea infection include pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can affect fertility in women inflammation of the testicles (epididymitis), which can lead to infertility in men blindness in an infant infected during delivery and widespread infection with a fever, rash, and joint pain. If the infection is not treated, it can spread to other parts of the body, including the throat, joints, and eyes (potentially leading to blindness). It is possible to be infected without symptoms and continue to spread the disease. The bacterium can live in the mouth, semen or vaginal fluids of infected persons. It is a contagious sexually transmitted disease spread by unprotected oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an infected partner. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea.
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