The risk of infertility for both men and women
■ Symptoms of gonorrhea in men.
After a incubation period of 2 to 7 days after infection, urinary tract inflammation appears, such as pain in urination and pus coming out of the urinary tract. Further development of urethritis can lead to inflammation of the testes and swelling in the shade and difficulty in walking due to pain.
Epitestesitis can lead to asterility after treatment, which can lead to male infertility.
■ Symptoms of gonorrhea in women.
It is characterized by the fact that most of the symptoms do not appear even if the uterus exit is infected, so it is difficult to recognize the infection compared to men. Rarely sticky pus can increase or cause inflammation of the Baltic glands and swell up greatly below the vaginal exit.
If the infection spreads through the uterus or fallopian tube and becomes “pelvic peritonitis,” fever and strong lower abdominal pain appear, causing future fallopian tube infertility and ectopic pregnancy. It is less frequent than pelvis peritonitis due to chlamydia infection, but it is characterized by strong symptoms.
There was a patient in his early 20s who had a severe stomachache and fever before the test results came out. When I checked the test results later, I found that there was a positive reaction from gonorrhea tests. For women, if you are infected with gonorrhea during childbirth, your baby may be infected with the birth tract and conjunctivitis caused by gonorrhea, so make sure you do not have a sexually transmitted infection before getting pregnant.
Treatment and prevention of gonorrhea…
It uses antibiotics that are effective against gonorrhea. Due to the increasing number of ‘resistant bacteria’ that do not work, treatment with medication is often ineffective, and in that case, treatment with an IV is needed. If it is not serious, you only need to administer an IV once outside, but if the inflammation spreads widely into the stomach, you need to stay in the hospital for several days.
Treatment is meaningless if you don’t do it with your partner. After treatment, we will take more than three weeks to check if gonorrhea is no longer detected. Sex negotiations are strictly forbidden until each other is properly treated and tested for ‘negative’.
Also, the most effective prevention is to use condoms right from the beginning every time. There is also a sore throat infection, so it is safe to use condoms even when having oral sex.