Gonorrhea (Print Version)

Also called: Also called: The clap

Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease. It is most common in young adults. The bacteria that cause gonorrhea can infect the genital tract, mouth or anus.

Gonorrhea does not always cause symptoms, especially in women. In men, gonorrhea can cause pain when urinating and discharge from the penis. If untreated, it can cause epididymitis, which affects the testicles and can lead to infertility. In women, gonorrhea can cause bleeding between periods, pain when urinating and increased discharge from the vagina. If untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes problems with pregnancy and infertility. Gonorrhea can pass from mother to baby during pregnancy.

You can cure gonorrhea with antibiotics prescribed by your health care provider. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading gonorrhea.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Start Here

Gonorrhea(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/gonorrhea/
Primary Gonorrhea Infection(Logical Images) - http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/primaryInfectionGonorrhea.htm

Overviews

Gonorrhea(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/std/Spanish/STDFact-gonorrhea-s.htm
Gonorrhea(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/gonorrhea/DS00180/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
Gonorrhea: Questions & Answers(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_gonorrhea.cfm

Diagnosis/Symptoms

Gonorrhea Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/gonorrhea/test.html

Prevention/Screening

Condoms: STD Protection Plus Effective Birth Control(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/condoms/HQ00463/METHOD=print
How to Use a Condom(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/condom/condom_overview.cfm

Related Issues

Epididymitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/epididymitis/DS00603/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Gonorrhea(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Gonorrhea%22

Journal Articles

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

Article: Testing and detection trends of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18670473&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: The case for social marketing in gonorrhoea prevention: insights from... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18663042&tool=MedlinePlus
Article: Gonococcal infections. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18593752&tool=MedlinePlus
Gonorrhea -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=gonorrhea[majr]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Sexual Health Glossary(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_glossary_A_D.cfm

Organizations

American Social Health Association - http://www.ashastd.org/
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/

Statistics

Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2006: Gonorrhea(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/gonorrhea.htm

Children

Gonorrhea(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/gonococcal.html
Also available in Spanish http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/infecciones/gonococcal_esp.html

Teenagers

Gonorrhea(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/std_gonorrhea.html

Women

Gonorrhea(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://womenshealth.gov/faq/stdgonor.htm
Gonorrhea and Pregnancy(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/188_712.asp
Also available in Spanish http://www.nacersano.org/centro/9254_9665.asp

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexuallytransmitteddiseases.html
Female Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/femalereproductivesystem.html
Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html
Male Reproductive System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malereproductivesystem.html
Sexual Health Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexualhealthissues.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Gonorrhea is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/