Gonococcal Urethritis or Gonorrhea is caused by the bacterium known as Neisseria gonorrhoeae.It is a sexually transmitted infection. Depending on the contact, vaginal, oral or anal, it may infect organs and tissues around their areas. The bacterium infects both men and women but it can be asymptomatic. It usually affects the moist and warm areas [...]
In men the first symptoms appear usually between 2 days and 2 weeks since exposure and look like those of chlamydia. Homosexual men can be asymptomatic, especially when the infection affects the pharynx or the rectum.. If you are a man, first you will fell itchiness and stinging in the urethra. A few hours later [...]
If you suffer from Gonorrhea it is very important that you abstain from sex until fully healed. The infections are treated by antibiotics in most cases. The treatment of choice is penicillin in large dose for 5-6- days. The doctor may also prescribe painkillers. But there are some strains of the bacterium which are resistant [...]
