Gonorrhea

Introduction: Gonorrhea

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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

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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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

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Gonorrhea?

• Misdiagnosis of Gonorrhea
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• Failure to diagnose Gonorrhea

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

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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)

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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.

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Statistics for Gonorrhea

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for 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)