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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
- 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
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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
- Gonorrhea Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry) - http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/gonorrhea/test.html
- 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
- Epididymitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/epididymitis/DS00603/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Gonorrhea(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Gonorrhea%22
- 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
- Sexual Health Glossary(American Social Health Association) - http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_glossary_A_D.cfm
- 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/
- Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2006: Gonorrhea(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/gonorrhea.htm
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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
- Gonorrhea(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/std_gonorrhea.html
- Gonorrhea(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://womenshealth.gov/faq/stdgonor.htm
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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
- 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/