Gonorrhoea - Listen To Your Body Well For The Symptoms

by Elizabeth Campbell

Gonorrhoea, or Neisseria Gonorrhoea, or “clap”, is a bacterial infection that is generally widespread and highly communicable. Gonorrhoea grows mainly in the areas of the reproductive tract, that is, in the vagina, fallopian tubes, cervix uterus and fallopian tubes in women, and in the urethra for both men and women, and penis for men. The disease can also infect the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus.

Gonorrhoea is a bacterial infection caused by Neisseria Gonorrhoea. As in most STDs, the primary means of transmission is through unprotected sexual contact with an infected partner. The probability of transmission of the disease becomes higher when the sexual contact happens right before or after the menstruation period of the woman.

Still it is important to note that although sexual contact is the primary means for transmission, it is not the only means, by which a healthy individual can catch the disease.

As the Neisseria Gonorrhoea bacteria can survive outside their human host for a few minutes, a healthy person can get infected by being in contact with a contaminated item such as underwear, towels, and toilet seats, among others. Even the mere touching of an infected part of the body is just as risky as having sex with an infected person.

If you have a predilection for erotic games, do not forget that these sex toys could be infected and can do a good job of transmitting the disease to you as well. Putting these items into the vagina or anus, not to mention an infected finger can already infect a healthy individual.

Besides all that, there is another situation in which the bacteria can be transmitted. That is from the mother to the newborn, so there we are, a number of situations, which do not presume a sexual contact has been presented.

Gonorrhoea, if not diagnosed and treated early can have very damaging effects. It can also be life-threatening as it spreads to the other parts of the body through the blood and infect the other organs as well. Infertility, at the very least, is one of the permanent damages that this disease could do to an infected person.

It is not an easy bearable disease, because the symptoms are hard to handle, that is why as soon as they appear, the individual must contact a doctor. Either a gynecologist, if the infected person is a woman, or an urologist, or the family doctor who can recommend a specialist. No matter whom you go to, the important thing is that you treat it, and do not wait at all, as soon as you might suspect this infection to be present in your body.

As an old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. So the most ideal situation is for you not to catch the infection. Using condoms consistently and correctly is an excellent precautionary measure. You should also be extra careful when using other people’s restroom or public restrooms.

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