Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea: Introduction

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Gonorrhea: Common sexually transmitted disease often without symptoms. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Gonorrhea is available below.

Symptoms of Gonorrhea

• No symptoms - some people and especially women may have no symptoms or very mild symptoms only; as many as 50% of female cases
• Mild symptoms
• Female early gonorrhea symptoms
  • Vaginal discharge - usually yellow or bloody
  • Yellow-green vaginal discharge
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 41 symptoms of Gonorrhea

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Gonorrhea:

• Home STD Testing
  • Home HIV Tests
  • Home Chlamydia Tests
  • Home Hepatitis Tests
  • Home Herpes Tests
  • Home Trichomonas Tests
• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Sexuality & Libido: Home Testing:
  • Home Hormone Tests
  • Home Libido Tests
  • Home Menopause Testing
  • Home Andropause Tests
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Liver Health & Hepatitis: Home Testing
  • Home Hepatitis Tests
  • Home Liver Tests
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Gonorrhea: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Gonorrhea:

• Pelvic inflammatory disease - 10-40% of untreated cases get PID
• Gonococcal PID (type of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
• Peritonitis - not common
• Mother-infant transmission (see Birth symptoms) - baby can get infected during delivery.
• Infant eye infections (see Eye symptoms) - from maternal transmission.
• Neonatal conjunctivitis
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Gonorrhea

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Diagnostic Tests for Gonorrhea

• Discharge swab tests
• Urine tests
• Cervix swab test
• Throat swab
• Bacterial cultures - to confirm diagnosis and determine response of the bacteria to antibiotics
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Gonorrhea?

• Misdiagnosis of Gonorrhea
• Failure to diagnose Gonorrhea
• Undiagnosed: Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea: Medical Mistakes

• STDs -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Gonorrhea: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Gonorrhea:

• Digestive Health
• Men's Health
• Sexual Health
• more product offers...»

Gonorrhea: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Gonorrhea

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance....read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an ...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »

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Gonorrhea: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Gonorrhea

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Gonorrhea:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Gonorrhea, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Gonorrhea: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Gonorrhea

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Treatments for Gonorrhea

• Antibiotics
  • Penicillin - once the most useful treatment but now there are resistent strains and other antibiotics are used.
  • Sulphonamides
  • Tetracyclines
  • Ceftriaxone
• more treatments...»

See full list of 16 treatments for Gonorrhea

Latest Treatments for Gonorrhea

• Hydration
• Ceftriaxone
• Cefixime
• Ciprofloxacin
• Ofloxacin
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 latest treatments for Gonorrhea

Videos for Gonorrhea

Patient Surveys for Gonorrhea

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Reseach about Gonorrhea

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Clinical Trials for Gonorrhea

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Gonorrhea include:

• Cellulose Sulfate (CS) Gel and HIV in Nigeria - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Cellulose Sulfate Vaginal Gel (Microbicide)
• Evaluation of NAATs for Detection of C. Trachomatis and N. Gonorrhoeae From Pharynx, Rectum, Glans & Urethra of MSM - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Trial of Male Circumcision: HIV, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and Behavioral Effects in Men, Women and the Community - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Home Screening for Chlamydia Surveillance - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Lay Health Advisors for Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 15 Clinical Trials for Gonorrhea

Prevention of Gonorrhea

Prevention information for Gonorrhea has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Gonorrhea.

• Safe sex
• Condoms
• Limited sexual partners
• Prevention of newborn baby getting gonorrhea eye infections
  • Caesarian delivery - avoids the baby's exposure during vaginal delivery.
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Gonorrhea

• Medical statistics for Gonorrhea
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Gonorrhea
• Death and Mortality statistics for Gonorrhea
• Society statistics for Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea: Broader Related Topics

• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Anorectal disorders
• Rectal conditions
• Under-diagnosed conditions
• Diseases contagious from sex
• more types...»

Types of Gonorrhea

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Article Excerpts about Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, the mouth, and the rectum. In women, the opening (cervix) to the womb (uterus) from the birth canal is the first place of infection. The disease however can spread into the womb and fallopian tubes, resulting in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID affects more than 1 million women in this country every year and can cause infertility in as many as 10 percent of infected women and tubal (ectopic) pregnancy. (Source: excerpt from Gonorrhea, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Gonorrhea: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Gonorrhea is caused by the gonococcus, a bacterium that grows and multiplies quickly in moist, warm areas of the body such as the cervix, urethra, mouth, or rectum. In women, the cervix is the most common site of infection. However, the disease can spread to the uterus (womb) and fallopian tubes, resulting in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID); this can cause infertility and ectopic (tubal) pregnancy. Gonorrhea is most commonly spread during genital contact, but it can also be passed from the genitals of one partner to the throat of the other during oral sex (pharyngeal gonorrhea). Gonorrhea of the rectum can occur in people who practice anal intercourse and may also occur in women due to spread of the infection from the vaginal area. (Source: excerpt from Gonorrhea: NWHIC)

Definitions of Gonorrhea:

A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria primarily found in purulent venereal discharges. It is the causative agent of GONORRHEA. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra - (Source - WordNet 2.1)