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Introduction

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that is characterized by inflammation of the

membranes in the urethra. It is caused by gonococcus, Neisseria which is a bacterium found in

the genitourinary tract and the surrounding areas. The incubation period of this sexually

transmitted disease is usually three to 5 days after infection (Gonorrhea et al., 2020). In males,

they may notice a burning sensation during urination and purulent urethral discharges that may

be so profuse to go unnoticed. If a patient is not treated as early as possible, they may end up

having a deeper infection that touches the upper urethra, and the prostate glands.

Recovery of this infection usually takes around a month or a whole year. The etiology of

the disease is a bacterium y name, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Morre, 2015). These gonorrhea

bacteria are mostly transmitted from one person to the other person mostly when having sexual

contacts, including oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse. Sexually active young girls have a higher

risk of obtaining the infection when they have sexual contacts with older men, having sex with

new partners, having had the infection, or another related sexually transmitted infection.

Symptoms

In men, they may experience pain when discharging urine and abnormal discharge from the

penis, Testicular pain, and at times no symptoms (Morre, 2015). In women, it may be so mild to

go unnoticed. They may also experience a slight vaginal discharge with some inflammation. In

some cases, there may occur Bartholin as an early complication. When the infection extends to

the mouth of the uterus, it may be accompanied by fever and pain on the lower abdomen that

leads to a pelvic abscess.

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Treatment

In many cases, the best treatment for this infection is always dual drug therapy. The drugs

to be used are mostly determined by which drug-resistant strains are in the region where the

infection is, and whether if done, there are any likelihoods of coinfection that can happen. Also,

there can be the use of antibiotics but when administered, the antibiotics can mask the existence

of syphilis which results in the delay of its diagnosis. For pregnant mothers, they should seek

medication from a healthcare facility because if not treated, mothers can transmit infections to

their newborns during birth, which means that such children will have to need medication right

after birth.

This makes some newborn babies test positive for conjunctivitis after they are born. The

possible main cause is gonorrhea infection. Symptoms always appear 4 days after birth and

mostly consist of red eyes, swollen eyelids, and pus in the eyes. If not treated early, the infection

can lead to infertility in females, pelvic pain that may be chronic, ectopic pregnancy where the

embryo attaches outside of the uterus, and also, it can lead to an inflammatory pelvic disease that

results in abscesses. In males, gonorrhea can cause epididymitis that results in infertility, while

both males and females can get fever, dermatitis, swelling around the tendons, and arthritis.

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