gonorrhea

Definition and causes

Gonoré is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae (called Gonococcal). Bacterium can in rare cases be transferred using the same wash cloths / towels. Women are more susceptible to becoming infected through sexual intercourse with an infected male partner than vice versa. The bacteria can invade the mucous membranes in the anus, urethra, cervix, throat and eyes, where it will cause an inflammation.

Disease incidence was at its lowest in the late 90s, and the number has increased slightly since, although it was far ligså frequently as in the early 80s when the figure was around 10,000 new cases each. year. The most commonly infected are young people between 15 and 24 years.

Symptoms of gonoré

The symptoms may be absent, and up to 70% of infected women have no symptoms, why the disease is diagnosed by routine examination.

When there are symptoms seen in the rule within 14 days after infection.

In women may be inflammation of the cervix lead to increased vaginal discharge, and the disease can develop into a regular abdominal inflammation. In both men and women to mucous membranes in the urethra is infected. In women, this will often be interpreted as cystitis, skin because the symptoms are searing pain on urination. In men can often hear a description of the "pee Cullet", ie. a scathing sensation when passing urine. In addition, the term "dryppert" covering over the sometimes rather voldso

In homosexual men seen at times inflammation in analslimhinden, which feels pain and suffering, especially when stools, and there can be departure of blodtilblandet pus.

After oral sex can gonoré infection of the mouth and lead to sore throat accompanied by fever.

Precautions and diagnosis

The diagnosis made by growing bacteria after inoculation from urethral or cervical.

Treatment of gonoré

Treatment of gonoré are antibiotics, and if there is proliferation of bacteria in the blood, this is in tablet form. Bacteria in the blood requires treatment with antibiotics drip into a vein.

Select and complications to gonoré

Complications of gonoré can both genders be sterility after spreading respectively. Egg Managers and bitestikler. Frequently seen this response in women.