Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea anaa gonorrhoea, dem colloquially know as the clap,     be a sexually transmitted infection (STI) wey be caused by de bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infection fi involve de genitals, mouth, anaa rectum.

Gonorrhea be spread thru sexual contact plus an infected person, anaa from a mommie to a kiddie during birth. Infected males fi experience pain anaa burning plus urination, discharge from de penis, anaa testicular pain. Infected females fi experience burning plus urination, vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding between periods, anaa pelvic pain. Complications insyd females dey include pelvic inflammatory disease den insyd males dey include inflammation of de epididymis. Chaw of those wey be infected, however, get no symptoms. If untreated, gonorrhea fi spread to joints anaa heart valves. Globally, gonorrhea dey affect about 0.8% of women den 0.6% of men. An estimated 33 to 106 million new cases dey occur each year. Insyd 2015, na e cause about 700 deaths.

Diagnosis be by testing de urine, urethra insyd males, vagina anaa cervix insyd females. E fi be diagnosed by testing a sample dem collect from de throat anaa rectum of individuals wey na dem get oral anaa anal sex, respectively. Testing all women wey be sexually active den less dan 25 years of age each year as well as those plus new sexual partners be recommended; de same recommendation dey apply insyd men wey dey have sex plus men (MSM).

Gonorrhea fi be prevented plus de use of condoms, having sex plus one person per wey be uninfected, den by not having sex. Certain vaccines dem originally design to protect against infection wey be caused by related bacteria, meningococcus serotype B, na dem find dem to provide sam protection against gonorrhea. Treatment usually be plus ceftriaxone by injection den azithromycin by mouth. Na resistance develop to chaw previously antibiotics dem use den higher doses of ceftriaxone be occasionally required.

 References 

 External links 

 "Gonorrhea – CDC Fact Sheet"

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