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Gonorrhea is a highly infectious and most common sexually transmitted disease that is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which infects the reproductive organs.

It initially starts in the cervix, then spread to the fallopian tubes and the urethra. It also infects the anus, mouth, throat, and eyes.

Gonorrhea treatment is available in the form of antibiotic therapy. Gonorrhea, when treated in the early stage (before you development any long-term health problems) can provide effective results.

For this, it is essential to follow the treatment regularly as directed by the doctor and avoid sexual activities until you get cured completely.

Gonorrhea is also known as “the clap” or “the drip.” when this sexually transmitted disease is left untreated, then the bacteria can attack the reproductive system or can enter the bloodstream and spread the infection to the joints, heart valves, and brain.

It can also lead to another sexual transmitted disease called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), an infection of woman’s reproductive organs.

Sexually transmitted diseases are the diseases that can transmit easily through sexual intercourse with an infected person. On the other hand, gonorrhea can spread through the exchange of body fluids (blood, saliva) of an infected person. [Gonorrhea Symptoms]

Gonorrhea is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

You can also refer gonorrhea as “the clap”.

It can cause infection to both men and women.

Mostly, young adults who undergo any type of sex can infect with gonorrhea.

The bacteria that cause gonorrhea can infect men and women differently depending upon the way you contracted the disease and how long you’ve had it for.

In men, it infects urethra where as in women it infects your vagina, uterus as well as fallopian tubes. It also infects your mouth, throat and anus.

Do You Exhibit Mild Symptoms Or No Symptoms?

Generally you can exhibit no gonorrhea symptoms or only few when infected with gonorrhea because it may not exhibit symptoms until the infection spread to other areas of your body [Diagnosing Gonorrhea].

Actually, half of the female gonorrhea sufferers experience no symptoms. However, men are much more likely to develop gonorrhea symptoms. Moreover, the first gonorrhea symptoms appear within 2-10 days after getting infection, but in rare cases, it nearly take 3-4 weeks to develop these gonorrhea symptoms.

With the increase in the rate of new cases every year, today, gonorrhea is becoming the most common Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD) worldwide.

It is a highly contagious disease, which is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Gonorrhea can infect both men and women. In women, it can infect your vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes. Moreover, it can also infect your mouth, throat and anus.

Today, you have several laboratory tests available to diagnose gonorrhea. Its diagnosis tests are simple. It takes just a few minutes. Basically, these tests try to locate the trace of the gonorrhoeae bacteria in your body.

A health care provider can diagnose gonorrhea by collecting a sample fluid from the infected mucus membrane: cervix, urethra, rectum, or throat and send it to the laboratory for examination.

Moreover, these tests can also identify other STDs, such as chlamydia, syphilis and HIV that commonly occur with gonorrhea.

Actually, the testing technologies are subdivided into two categories: batch testing in a laboratory and point-of-care testing for single or a limited number of tests.

Laboratory-based tests include culture, NAATs, nucleic acid hybridization, and ELISA, EIA tests whereas Point-of-care tests have long included the Gram-stained tests.