What is Gonorrhea? Is there a cure?
The causative agent of Gonorrhea infection, which is transmitted through sexual intercourse, is the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This bacterium can also survive on towels or toilets for up to a day.
If the disease is left untreated, it causes health problems such as blood poisoning, infectious joint inflammation, and conjunctivitis, as well as serious diseases like infertility. The symptoms of gonorrhea, which is treated with antibiotic drugs, vary from person to person. Gonorrhea symptoms often do not manifest in women. When they do, the symptoms include vaginal bleeding between periods, and pain in the urinary tract and vagina. If left untreated, it spreads from the cervix to the uterus. Gonorrhea can be transmitted from mother to child through normal childbirth. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium can cause joint or blood infections, or blindness (Gonorrhea eye disease) in newborns.
In men, symptoms include white or green purulent discharge from the penis, pain and swelling in the testicles, and stinging and burning in the genital area during urination. There are cases where the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium reproduces in the anus, eyes, mouth, and throat.
The incubation period for gonorrhea is 2 days to 1 month. If the treatment for gonorrhea is not applied to both sexual partners, the disease is reinfected.
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