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Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea, additionally spelled gonorrhea, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Many individuals have no symptoms. Men may have burning micturation, release from the penis or testicular pain. Women may have burning micturation, vaginal release, vaginal bleeding between periods or pelvic pain. Complications in ladies incorporate pelvic inflammatory disease and in men incorporate inflammation of the epididymis. If untreated, gonorrhea can spread to joints or heart valves. Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact with a contaminated person. This incorporates oral, butt-centric and vaginal sex. It can likewise spread from a mother to a child amid birth. Diagnosis is by testing the urine, urethra in males or cervix in females. Testing all ladies who are sexually active and under 25 years old every year and those with new sexual accomplices is recommended a similar proposal applies in men who have intercourse with men (MSM). Gonorrhea can be prevented with the utilization of condoms, having intercourse with just a single individual who is uninfected and by not having sex. Treatment is more often done with ceftriaxone by infusion and azithromycin orally. Resistance has created to numerous recently utilized anti-microbials and higher dosages of ceftriaxone are once in a while required.

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