Gonorrhea is an infection that is spread through sexual contact with another person. Any sexually active person can be infected with gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact.
This includes penis to vagina, penis to mouth, penis to rectum, and mouth to vagina contact. Gonorrhea can also be spread from mother to child during birth. Men infected with gonorrhea will usually have burning while urinating and a yellowish white discharge from the penis. Those few women with symptoms will have a discharge from the vagina and possibly some burning while urinating. Infections in the throat and rectum cause few symptoms.