Gonorrhea - wikipedia Gonorrhea `` The clap '' redirects here. For other uses, see Clap. Gonorrhea Synonyms Gonococcal infection, gonococcal urethritis, gonorrhoea, the clap Gonococcal lesion on the skin Specialty Infectious disease Symptoms None, burning with urination, vaginal discharge, discharge from the penis, pelvic pain, testicular pain Complications Pelvic inflammatory disease, inflammation of the epididymis, septic arthritis, endocarditis Causes Neisseria gonorrhoeae typically sexually transmitted Diagnostic method Testing the urine, urethra in males, or cervix in females Prevention Condoms, having sex with only one person who is uninfected, not having sex Treatment Ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth Frequency 0.8 % ( women ), 0.6 % ( men ) ( edit on Wikidata ) Gonorrhea, also spelled gonorrhoea, is a sexually transmitted infection ( STI ) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Many people have no symptoms. Men may have burning with urination, discharge from the penis, or testicular pain. Women may have burning with urination, vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding between periods, or pelvic pain. Complications in women include pelvic inflammatory disease and in men include inflammation of the epididymis. If untreated, gonorrhea can spread to joints or heart valves. Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact with an infected person. This includes oral, anal, and vaginal sex. It can also spread from a mother to a child during birth. Diagnosis is by testing the urine, urethra in males, or cervix in females. Testing all women who are sexually active and less than 25 years of age each year as well as those with new sexual partners is recommended ; the same recommendation applies in men who have sex with men ( MSM ). Gonorrhea can be prevented with the use of condoms, having sex with only one person who is uninfected, and by not having sex. Treatment is usually with ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth. Resistance has developed to many previously used antibiotics and higher doses of ceftriaxone are occasionally required. Retesting is recommended three months after treatment. Sexual partners from the last 2 months should also be treated. Gonorrhea affects about 0.8 % of women and 0.6 % of men. An estimated 33 to 106 million new cases occur each year, out of the 498 million new cases of curable STI -- which also includes syphilis, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. Infections in women most commonly occur when they are young adults. In 2015, it caused about 700 deaths. Descriptions of the disease date as far back as the Old Testament. Contents 1 Signs and symptoms 2 Cause 2.1 Spread 3 Diagnosis 4 Screening 5 Prevention 6 Treatment 6.1 Antibiotics 6.2 Sexual partners 6.3 Antibiotic resistance 7 Prognosis 8 Epidemiology 9 History 10 Research 11 References 12 External links Signs and symptoms Half of women with gonorrhea do not have symptoms, whereas others have vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain, or pain with sexual intercourse associated with inflammation of the uterine cervix. Most infected men with symptoms have inflammation of the penile urethra associated with a burning sensation during urination and discharge from the penis. In men, discharge with or without burning occurs in half of all cases and is the most common symptom of the infection. Men and women can acquire gonorrhea of the throat from performing oral sex on an infected partner, usually a male partner. Such infection does not produce symptoms in 90 % of cases, and produces a sore throat in the remaining 10 %. In advanced cases, gonorrhea may cause a general feeling of tiredness similar to other infections. It is also possible for an individual to have an allergic reaction to the bacteria, in which case any appearing symptoms will be greatly intensified. The incubation period is 2 to 14 days, with most symptoms appearing between 4 and 6 days after infection. Rarely, gonorrhea may cause skin lesions and joint infection ( pain and swelling in the joints ) after traveling through the blood stream ( see below ). Very rarely it may settle in the heart causing endocarditis or in the spinal column causing meningitis ( both are more likely among individuals with suppressed immune systems, however ). Having a case of gonorrhea is associated with an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. Cause Multiple views of a Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium, which causes gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Also, previous infection does not confer immunity, and a person who has been infected can become infected again by exposure to someone who is infected, whether or not that person has any infectious signs or symptoms of their own. Spread The infection is usually spread from one person to another through vaginal, oral, or anal sex. Men have a 20 % risk of getting the infection from a single act of vaginal intercourse with an infected woman. The risk for men that have sex with men ( MSM ) is higher. Active MSM may get a penile infection, while passive MSM may get anorectal gonorrhea. Women have a 60 -- 80 % risk of getting the infection from a single act of vaginal intercourse with an infected man. A pregnant women can pass on the infection to her unborn infant. A mother may transmit gonorrhea to her newborn during childbirth ; when affecting the infant 's eyes, it is referred to as ophthalmia neonatorum. Among children it has been noted to spread through methods other than sex such as through contaminated objects. These objects have included baths, clothing, and towels. This however is very uncommon. The bacteria typically does not survive outside the body and usually will rapidly die within minutes to hours. Diagnosis Traditionally, gonorrhea was diagnosed with gram stain and culture ; however, newer polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) - based testing methods are becoming more common. In those failing initial treatment, culture should be done to determine sensitivity to antibiotics. All people testing positive for gonorrhea should be tested for other sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia, syphilis, and human immunodeficiency virus. Screening The United States Preventive Services Task Force ( USPSTF ) recommends screening for gonorrhea in women at increased risk of infection, which includes all sexually active women younger than 25 years. Extragenital gonorrhea and chlamydia are highest in men who have sex with men ( MSM ). Additionally, the USPSTF also recommends routine screening in people who have previously tested positive for gonorrhea or have multiple sexual partners and individuals who use condoms inconsistently, provide sexual favors for money, or have sex while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Screening for gonorrhea in women who are ( or intend to become ) pregnant, and who are found to be at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases, is recommended as part of prenatal care in the United States. Prevention See also : Safe sex As with most sexually transmitted diseases, the risk of infection can be reduced significantly by the correct use of condoms and can be removed almost entirely by limiting sexual activities to a mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected person. Those previously infected are encouraged to return for follow up care to make sure that the infection has been eliminated. In addition to the use of phone contact, the use of email and text messaging have been found to improve the re-testing for infection. Treatment Penicillin entered mass production in 1944 and revolutionized the treatment of several venereal diseases. Antibiotics As of 2010, injectable ceftriaxone is one of the few effective antibiotics. This is typically given in combination with either azithromycin or doxycycline. As of 2015 and 2016 the CDC and WHO only recommends both ceftriaxone and azithromycin. Because of increasing rates of antibiotic resistance local susceptibility patterns must be taken into account when deciding on treatment. Sexual partners It is recommended that sexual partners be tested and potentially treated. One option for treating sexual partners of people infected is patient - delivered partner therapy ( PDPT ), which involves providing prescriptions or medications to the person to take to his / her partner without the health care provider 's first examining him / her. The United States ' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) currently recommend that individuals who have been diagnosed and treated for gonorrhea avoid sexual contact with others until at least one week past the final day of treatment in order to prevent the spread of the bacterium. Antibiotic resistance Many antibiotics that were once effective including penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolones are no longer recommended because of high rates of resistance. Resistance to cefixime has reached a level such that it is no longer recommended as a first - line agent in the United States, and if it is used a person should be tested again after a week to determine whether the infection still persists. Cases of resistance to ceftriaxone have been reported but are still rare, though public health officials are concerned that an emerging pattern of resistance may predict a global epidemic. The UK 's Health Protection Agency reported that 2011 saw a slight drop in gonorrhea antibiotic resistance, the first in 5 years. Prognosis If not treated gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum will develop in 28 % of infants born to women with gonorrhea. Gonorrhea if left untreated may last for weeks or months with higher risks of complications. One of the complications of gonorrhea is systemic dissemination resulting in skin pustules or petechia, septic arthritis, meningitis, or endocarditis. This occurs in between 0.6 and 3 % of infected women and 0.4 and 0.7 % of infected men. In men, inflammation of the epididymis, prostate gland, and urethra can result from untreated gonorrhea. In women, the most common result of untreated gonorrhea is pelvic inflammatory disease. Other complications include inflammation of the tissue surrounding the liver, a rare complication associated with Fitz - Hugh -- Curtis syndrome ; septic arthritis in the fingers, wrists, toes, and ankles ; septic abortion ; chorioamnionitis during pregnancy ; neonatal or adult blindness from conjunctivitis ; and infertility. Men who have had a gonorrhea infection have an increased risk of getting prostate cancer. Newborn babies coming through the birth canal are given erythromycin ointment in the eyes to prevent blindness from infection. The underlying gonorrhea should be treated ; if this is done then usually a good prognosis will follow. Adults may also have eyes infected with gonorrhoea and require proper personal hygiene and medications. Among persons in the United States between 14 and 39 years of age, 46 % of people with gonorrheal infection also have chlamydial infection. Epidemiology. Disability - adjusted life year for gonorrhea per 100, 000 inhabitants. no data < 13 13 -- 26 26 -- 39 39 -- 52 52 -- 65 65 -- 78 78 -- 91 91 -- 104 104 -- 117 117 -- 130 130 -- 143 > 143 Gonorrhea -- Rates : United States, 1941 -- 2007 The World Health Organization estimates that 88 million cases of gonorrhea occur each year, out of the 448 million new cases of all curable STI each year -- that also includes syphilis, chlamydia and trichomoniasis. In 2013, it caused about 3,200 deaths, up from 2,300 in 1990. In the United Kingdom, 196 per 100,000 males 20 to 24 years old and 133 per 100,000 females 16 to 19 years old were diagnosed in 2005. In 2013, the CDC estimated that more than 820,000 people in the United States get a new gonorrheal infection each year. Fewer than half of these infections are reported to CDC. In 2011, 321,849 cases of gonorrhea were reported to the CDC. After the implementation of a national gonorrhea control program in the mid-1970s, the national gonorrhea rate declined from 1975 to 1997. After a small increase in 1998, the gonorrhea rate has decreased slightly since 1999. In 2004, the rate of reported gonorrheal infections was 113. 5 per 100,000 persons. In the US, it is the second-most - common bacterial sexually transmitted infections ; chlamydia remains first. According to the CDC African Americans are most affected by gonorrhea. Blacks accounted for 69 % of all gonorrhea cases in 2010. The World Health Organization warned in 2017 of the spread of untreatable strains of gonhorrhea, following analysis of at least three cases in Japan, France and Spain, which survived all antibiotic treatment. History An old patent medicine named `` Gono '' pitches itself as `` Man 's Friend for gonorrhea and gleet -- an unequalled remedy for unnatural discharges. '' During World War II, the U.S. government used posters to warn military personnel about the dangers of gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted infections. Some scholars translate the biblical terms zav ( for a male ) and zavah ( for a female ) as gonorrhea. It has been suggested that mercury was used as a treatment for gonorrhea. Surgeons ' tools on board the recovered English warship the Mary Rose included a syringe that, according to some, was used to inject the mercury via the urinary meatus into any unfortunate crewman suffering from gonorrhea. The name `` the clap '', in reference to the disease, is recorded as early as the sixteenth century. In 1854, Dr. Wilhelm Gollmann addressed gonorrhea in his book, Homeopathic Guide to all Diseases Urinary and Sexual Organs. He noted that the disease was common in prostitutes and homosexuals in large cities. Gollmann recommended the following as cures : aconite to cure `` shooting pains with soreness and inflammation ; '' mercury `` for stitching pain with purulent discharge ; '' nux vomica and sulphur `` when the symptoms are complicated with hemorrhoids and stricture of the rectum. Other remedies include argentum, aurum ( gold ), belladonna, calcarea, ignatia, phosphorus, and sepia. Silver nitrate was one of the widely used drugs in the 19th century. However, It became replaced by Protargol. Arthur Eichengrün invented this type of colloidal silver, which was marketed by Bayer from 1897 on. The silver - based treatment was used until the first antibiotics came into use in the 1940s. The exact time of onset of gonorrhea as prevalent disease or epidemic can not be accurately determined from the historical record. One of the first reliable notations occurs in the Acts of the ( English ) Parliament. In 1161, this body passed a law to reduce the spread of ``... the perilous infirmity of burning ''. The symptoms described are consistent with, but not diagnostic of, gonorrhea. A similar decree was passed by Louis IX in France in 1256, replacing regulation with banishment. Similar symptoms were noted at the siege of Acre by Crusaders. Coincidental to, or dependent on, the appearance of a gonorrhea epidemic, several changes occurred in European medieval society. Cities hired public health doctors to treat afflicted patients without right of refusal. Pope Boniface rescinded the requirement that physicians complete studies for the lower orders of the Catholic priesthood. Medieval public health physicians in the employ of their cities were required to treat prostitutes infected with the `` burning '', as well as lepers and other epidemic victims. After Pope Boniface completely secularized the practice of medicine, physicians were more willing to treat a sexually transmitted disease. 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Gonorrhea at DMOZ `` Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet '' Sexually transmitted infection ( STI ) ( primarily A50 -- A64, 090 -- 099 ) Bacterial Chancroid ( Haemophilus ducreyi ) Chlamydia / Lymphogranuloma venereum ( Chlamydia trachomatis ) Donovanosis or Granuloma Inguinale ( Klebsiella granulomatis ) Gonorrhea ( Neisseria gonorrhoeae ) Mycoplasma hominis infection ( Mycoplasma hominis ) Syphilis ( Treponema pallidum ) Ureaplasma infection ( Ureaplasma urealyticum ) Protozoal Trichomoniasis ( Trichomonas vaginalis ) Parasitic Crab louse / crabs Scabies Viral AIDS ( HIV - 1 / HIV - 2 ) Cervical cancer, vulvar cancer & Genital warts ( condyloma ), Penile cancer, Anal cancer ( Human papillomavirus ( HPV ) ) Hepatitis B ( Hepatitis B virus ) Herpes simplex ( HSV1 / HSV2 ) Molluscum contagiosum ( MCV ) General inflammation female Cervicitis Pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) male Epididymitis Prostatitis either Proctitis Urethritis / Non-gonococcal urethritis ( NGU ) Infectious diseases Bacterial disease : Proteobacterial G − primarily A00 -- A79, 001 -- 041, 080 -- 109 α Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae / ( Rickettsioses ) Typhus Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Rickettsia prowazekii Epidemic typhus, Brill -- Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus Spotted fever Tick - borne Rickettsia rickettsii Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rickettsia conorii Boutonneuse fever Rickettsia japonica Japanese spotted fever Rickettsia sibirica North Asian tick typhus Rickettsia australis Queensland tick typhus Rickettsia honei Flinders Island spotted fever Rickettsia africae African tick bite fever Rickettsia parkeri American tick bite fever Rickettsia aeschlimannii Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection Mite - borne Rickettsia akari Rickettsialpox Orientia tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus Flea - borne Rickettsia felis Flea - borne spotted fever Anaplasmataceae Ehrlichiosis : Anaplasma phagocytophilum Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Anaplasmosis Ehrlichia chaffeensis Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis Ehrlichia ewingii Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection Rhizobiales Brucellaceae Brucella abortus Brucellosis Bartonellaceae Bartonellosis : Bartonella henselae Cat - scratch disease Bartonella quintana Trench fever Either B. henselae or B. quintana Bacillary angiomatosis Bartonella bacilliformis Carrion 's disease, Verruga peruana β Neisseriales M+ Neisseria meningitidis / meningococcus Meningococcal disease, Waterhouse -- Friderichsen syndrome, Meningococcal septicaemia M − Neisseria gonorrhoeae / gonococcus Gonorrhea ungrouped : Eikenella corrodens / Kingella kingae HACEK Chromobacterium violaceum Chromobacteriosis infection Burkholderiales Burkholderia pseudomallei Melioidosis Burkholderia mallei Glanders Burkholderia cepacia complex Bordetella pertussis / Bordetella parapertussis Pertussis γ Enterobacteriales ( OX − ) Lac+ Klebsiella pneumoniae Rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella pneumonia Klebsiella granulomatis Granuloma inguinale Klebsiella oxytoca Escherichia coli : Enterotoxigenic Enteroinvasive Enterohemorrhagic O157 : H7 O104 : H4 Hemolytic - uremic syndrome Enterobacter aerogenes / Enterobacter cloacae Slow / weak Serratia marcescens Serratia infection Citrobacter koseri / Citrobacter freundii Lac − H2S+ Salmonella enterica Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis H2S − Shigella dysenteriae / sonnei / flexneri / boydii Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery Proteus mirabilis / Proteus vulgaris Yersinia pestis Plague / Bubonic plague Yersinia enterocolitica Yersiniosis Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Far East scarlet - like fever Pasteurellales Haemophilus : H. influenzae Haemophilus meningitis Brazilian purpuric fever H. ducreyi Chancroid H. parainfluenzae HACEK Pasteurella multocida Pasteurellosis Actinobacillus Actinobacillosis Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans HACEK Legionellales Legionella pneumophila / Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires ' disease Coxiella burnetii Q fever Thiotrichales Francisella tularensis Tularemia Vibrionaceae Vibrio cholerae Cholera Vibrio vulnificus Vibrio parahaemolyticus Vibrio alginolyticus Plesiomonas shigelloides Pseudomonadales Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas infection Moraxella catarrhalis Acinetobacter baumannii Xanthomonadaceae Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Cardiobacteriaceae Cardiobacterium hominis HACEK Aeromonadales Aeromonas hydrophila / Aeromonas veronii Aeromonas infection ε Campylobacterales Campylobacter jejuni Campylobacteriosis, Guillain -- Barré syndrome Helicobacter pylori Peptic ulcer, MALT lymphoma, Gastric cancer Helicobacter cinaedi Helicobacter cellulitis NDL : 00569533 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonorrhea&oldid=806292060 '' Categories : Bacterium - 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Question: where does the bacteria that causes gonorrhea come from
Answer: through sexual contact with an infected person