Mario Nastasi What is it Sexually Transmitted Infection Caused by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae a bacterium that can grow and multiply easily in mucus membranes of the body Can grow in the warm moist areas of the reproductive tract including the ID: 443239
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Gonorrhea
Mario
NastasiSlide2
What is it?
Sexually Transmitted Infection.
Caused
by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that can grow and multiply easily in mucus membranes of the body.Can grow in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in women, and in the urethra in women and men.Can also grow in the mouth, throat, and anus.A.K.A the “clap” or “drip”Slide3
How is it Spread?
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often through sexual contact with an infected person.May also be spread by contact with infected bodily fluids, so that a mother could pass on the infection to her newborn during childbirth. The infection is easily spread and occurs most often in people who have many sex partners.Slide4
How Common is Gonorrhea?
Very common in the U.S.
According to the CDC, there are as many as 700,000 new cases, with less than half of them
reported.There were 334,826 reported cases of gonorrhea in the U.S. in 2012.Sexually active teenagers have one of the highest rates of reported infections.Slide5
Symptoms
Not all people infected have symptoms.
When
symptoms do occur, they are often within two to 10 days after exposure, but they can take up to 30 days to develop.Symptoms for women:Greenish yellow or whitish discharge from the vagina.
Burning when urinating.
Bleeding between periods.
Lower abdominal or pelvic pain
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Symptoms for men:
Greenish yellow or whitish discharge from the penis.
Burning when urinating.
Painful or swollen testicle.Slide6Slide7Slide8
Treatments
Either
an oral or injectable antibiotic.Partner should also be treated at the same time.Patients infected with gonorrhoeae frequently are coinfected with trachomatis. Dual therapy is recommended.Always take all of your antibiotics, even if you’re feeling better.It is becoming harder to treat some gonorrhea, as drug-resistant strains of gonorrhea are increasing.Slide9
If Untreated
Can
cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men
.Spread to your blood or joints (life-threatening)Increased risk of HIV.Men:Can cause a painful condition in the tubes attached to the testicles.In rare cases, can cause men to be sterile.Women:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)Formation of scar tissue that blocks fallopian tubes.
Infertility
Long-term pelvic/abdominal
pain.Slide10
Prevention
Condoms/Safe sex.
Limit number of sex partners.
Abstinence