Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a very common STD but it also cures completely with a good treatment. A bacteria causes this disease and it's a bacteria that lives in the mucus membrane. Mucus Membranes are in the open areas of the body like the mouth, the anus, the penis and the vagina.

Symptoms that women may experience

When a woman is infected with the Gonorrhea bacteria, a lot of times she won't experience any symptoms. If she does experience symptoms, a lot of times it will be abnormal fluid separation from the vagina. The fluid can have a foul smell or be green or yellow in color (like pus). When can also experience pain while urinating.

Symptoms that men may experience

If a man is infected with the Gonorrhea bacteria, he will notice this between a few days to two weeks later after the sexual contact. There will be some fluid coming out of the penis, usually having a yellow or green color. Men will also feel pain while urinating or have the urge to urinate frequently but they'll only produce little urine every time. It can also happen that men may not experience any symptoms.

Treatment

Gonorrhea gets treated in just 1 time, with the patient getting a shot with a needle or pills to drink. Many times, the doctor will also do a blood test to see if the patient also has Syphilis.

Possible consequences for women

Without treatment, Gonorrhea can spread from the uterus to the ovaries and this can lead to an infection of the ovaries, which in turn can spread to the belly. Infection of the ovaries can give fever, give you pain in your under belly and make you feel sick. A quick and effective cure of Antibiotics and bed rest will completely cure the infection of the ovaries.

If the infection does not get treated properly, the ovaries may get damaged which can lead to infertility or to ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside of the uterus). During birth, the child may get infected. The baby's eyes can come into contact with the bacteria that is present in the vagina of the mother. Luckily, when the woman is pregnant, the infection can get treated fully so that the baby does not run any risk.

Possible consequences for men

Men can also get Gonorrhea but this happens less frequently when compared to women. The bacteria can spread to the prostate and the testicles through the . sperm tubes. An infection of the testicles is a complication that happens more often than the other complications. This can give an extreme amount of pain in the scrotum and sometimes also in the groin.

You can feel some swelling in the scrotum and the testicles and in some rare cases infection may lead to infertility. A prostate infection goes along with fever, difficulty to urinate, a burning sensation during urination and some pain in and around the penis. The infection gets treated with antibiotics and sometimes wearing loose underwear gets recommended to help with the pain.