How dangerous is gonorrhea?

Sexually transmitted gonorrhea, if delayed treatment is highly contagious, causes inflammation, painful swelling, the risk of infertility.

Gonorrhea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or gonococcus . This type of bacteria usually appears in the vagina, cervix, eyes, mouth, anus and especially in the male urethra. The disease can occur at any age, popular with men and women of reproductive age.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally there are 357 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases each year. In which chlamydia infected 131 million people, gonorrhea 78 million people. 5.6 million people suffer from syphilis and 143 million trichomoniasis patients. More than 500 million people are living with genital HSV (herpes) virus.

Doctor Dinh Huu Viet, Nam Hoc Hospital and Ha Noi Late, said gonorrhea is almost non-communicable through normal contact but transmitted through sexual and anal sex through the mouth. No safety precautions . Pregnant women if infected with gonorrhea can easily transmit the disease to their babies. Gonorrhea in newborns greatly affects the physical and intellectual development of children. Some other transmission routes such as blood transfusion, blood donation, needle sharing or direct contact with open wounds of patients.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria cause gonorrhea.(Photo: Alamy).

The first time infected, the manifestation of gonorrhea is not clear, so it is difficult to identify. About two weeks after the infection of the gonorrhea, abnormal symptoms appear.

In men the most obvious is that the penis has pus due to infection. The condition of pus is more or less depending on the level of infection. Gonorrhea can affect the rectum, cause anal itching and bleeding, some people have diarrhea and pain when using the toilet. When infection spreads to surrounding areas such as scrotum and testicles, inflammation of the epididymis is associated with groin pain, resulting in infertility.

Unlike men, women with gonorrhea have almost no specific symptoms, so they are often overlooked or confused with common gynecological diseases. Only when the disease has moved to the stage of severe new symptoms such as painful pain, green pus, yellow discharge from the urethra, cervix, closed areas with abnormal bad smell.

Gonorrhea in women if not detected and treated early can cause dangerous complications such as tubal inflammation, ectopic pregnancy. Pregnant women with gonorrhea are prone to miscarriage.

Another rare complication of gonorrhea is an increased risk of infection or HIV infection . The bacteria spread into the blood and other parts of the body, such as the joints, causing painful swelling and eye damage.

Doctor Ha Ngoc Manh, Vietnam Belgium Hospital and Rare Endocrinology, said early detection, patients can use special antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. Treating the right medicine, enough doses, the urinary symptoms, urination and urination many times will decrease quickly after 24-48 hours, the pee will only go out later than 48-72 hours. The general symptoms will disappear completely after 5-7 days.

When the disease progresses, it needs to be treated with surgical methods to destroy the cause of gonorrhea, preventing recurrence.

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