gonorrhea treatment

  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.   As of 2010, injectable ceftriaxone appears to be one of the few effective antibiotics. This is typically given in combination with either azithromycin or doxycycline. Because...

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gonorrhea test

gonorrhea diagnosis & test diagnose gonorrhea, your doctor will use a swab to take a sample of fluid from the urethra in men or from the cervix in women. The specimen will then be sent to a lab to be analyzed. You also may be given a throat or anal culture to see if the infection is in your throat or anus. There are other tests which check a urine sample for the presence of the bacteria. You may need to wait for several days for your ...

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gonorrhea infection | causes | transmission

gonorrhea infection causes is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The infection is transmitted 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 is higher. Women have a 60–80% risk of getting the infection from a single act of vaginal intercourse with an...

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gonorrhea symptoms

http://www.drhanyf75.blogspot.com/ Symptoms in women 1-Greenish yellow or whitish discharge from the vagina 2-Lower abdominal or pelvic pain 3-Burning when urinating 4-Conjunctivitis (red, itchy eyes) 5-Swelling of the vulva (vulvitis) 6-Spotting after intercourse 7-Burning in the throat (due to oral sex) 8-Swollen glands in the throat (due to oral sex)             9-Bleeding...

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