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- Gonorrhea is a curable infection caused by the bacteria
Neisseria gonorrhoea.
- Gonorrhea is transmitted during vaginal, anal, and oral
sex (performing or receiving).
- Many men infected with gonorrhea exhibit symptoms, while
most women are asymptomatic. Even when women do have symptoms, they can be
mistaken for a bladder infection or other vaginal infection.
- In men, symptoms usually appear within 2 to 5 days after
infection, with a possible range of 1 to 30 days.
- Although most women infected are asymptomatic (without
symptoms), women who develop symptoms will do so within 10 days of infection.
- Since symptoms may not be present, the only way for a person
who has been at risk for gonorrhea to tell whether they're infected is to
be tested.
- A person with gonorrhea must be considered infectious (able
to transmit the bacteria) from the time of exposure until treatment is successful.
- Gonorrhea can be diagnosed through a urine test or by taking
a specimen from the infected area.
- If left untreated, gonorrhea can cause complications such
as PID and infertility.
- Gonorrhea can be transmitted even if the penis or tongue
does not enter the vagina, mouth, or rectum. Using latex condoms from the
very beginning of sexual contact until there is no longer skin contact reduces
the risk of transmission of gonorrhea.
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