There are over 700,000 cases in the country each year. Anyone having unprotected sex with someone infected with gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is almost always passed through sex. This includes vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Ejaculation is not needed for the disease to be passed or caught.
Babies can get gonorrhea in their eyes at birth if their mother has the disease.
The head of the penis may swell in rare cases. Many females have no symptoms. An infection of the cervix may cause a discharge like a man's. The discharge is not often noticed since it gets mixed with the normal wetness of a woman's vagina. Gonorrhea in the throat may cause a dry, sore, scratchy feeling.