Gonorrhea
Disease information
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea
.
Infectious
disease
of the reproductive organs of
sexual
transmission.
Normally it affects to uretra in the men and uretra,
vagina
, the cervix and / or the tubes of Fallopian tube in the women.
It can also affect the anus, the throat, the joints and the eyes.
It is
transmitted
by
sexual
contact
.
The
period
of incubation (the time between the
infection
and the appearance of the first symptoms) is of 2 to 10 days.
Complications.
Ocular
infection
by gonococo. This one can cause blindness in the
children
(to see prevention)
Generalized
infection
(septicemia by gonococo)
Destructive
infectious
arthritis
.
Pelvic inflammatory
disease
in women, that can produce
sterility
.
Epididimitis (
infection
of the testicles)
Endocarditis
(
infection
of the valves of the heart)
Sexual
impotence
in the men (sometimes)
Prognosis.
It cures from the beginning between ten and fifteen days with the correct treatment.
The complications (
arthritis
,
endocarditis
, septicemia. are very serious.
Diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnosis.
Tests of diagnosis that include analysis of blood, cultures of laboratory and microscopic analysis of the
genital
secretion, the rectum or the throat.
Treatment.
THIS PRECISE
DISEASE
OF MEDICAL TREATMENT And SUPERVISION.
Medication with antibiotics (the resistance to penicillin is an added
problem
)
The culture post - cure will confirm the cure. The patient will have to put to the test
itself
of other
diseases
of
sexual
transmission.
Lávese the hands frequently specially after the
intestinal
micción and evacuations.
One does not touch the eyes with the hands.
Report to all its
sexual
companions so that they can be put in treatment.
Prevention.
Avoid
sexual
companions whose practices and state of
health
are uncertain.
Use condón of látex (preventive) during the
sexual
act.
In order to avoid that I
infect
to new born produces conjuntivitis to them, the "procedure of Credè"
was
made, the instilación of
a
drop
of nitrate of
silver
in
each
eye (today
a
drop
of antibiotic is used)
The cases of
gonorrhea
will have to be communicated to the Department of local
Health
with the purpose of avoiding their propagation.
Its cooperation is important and the confidentiality will be assured.
Factors of risk.
Sexual
promiscuity.
Prostitution.
The
vaginal
childbirth for the
children
of infected woman.
Signs and symptoms.
The women normally do not suffer any symptom or in any case less than the man, whose symptoms generally are more pronouncing:
Quemazón when tinkling.
Expulsion of
a
green - yellowish thick secrección by the penis or the
vagina
.
Febrícula (sometimes)
Pain or
tension
when making the
sexual
act (sometimes)
Rectal annoyances or losses (sometimes)
Pain in the joints.
Sarpullido, specially in the palms of the hand.
Pain slight throat (in some occasions)
Causes.
Specific
infection
by the bacterium of the
gonorrhea
.
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