Gonorrhea Gonorrhea Gonorrhea is an infection spread through sexual contact with another person, including penis to vagina, penis to mouth, penis to rectum and mouth to vagina contact. It can also be spread from mother to child during birth. Symptoms in men include burning during urination and a yellowish-white discharge from the penis.
Women experience a discharge from the vagina and some burning while urinating.
Infections in the throat and rectum cause few symptoms. Symptoms usually appear in 2 to 7 days following infection, but can take as long as 30 days. People with no symptoms risk developing complications and unknowingly spread the infection to others until properly treated. Past infection does not make a person immune. Gonorrhea is treated with penicillin or other antibiotics in pill form or by injection into the buttocks.