Gonorrhea in people with a penis is most often recognized when the urethra (the tube through which urine and semen exit the ...

It’s usually cured with antibiotics. Gonorrhea can affect people of any age, anatomy, or gender, but it’s particularly common among teens and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24.

Because there aren’t always symptoms, people can easily transmit the infection to others simply because they are unaware they have it. The bacterium that causes gonorrhea can affect the cervix ...

Many people with gonorrhea — usually people with vaginas ... You’ll notice the affected joints are painful, red, swollen, and warm to the touch. It’ll hurt to move them.

Gonococcus is present in the penis and vaginal fluids and discharge of an infected person. The bacteria can ... (mucous linings of the eyes). Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease of ...

And with gonorrhea, people who have female anatomy may never ... You may also develop symptoms that affect your throat if you engage in oral sex with someone who has one of these conditions.

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia ... sex with other men being disproportionately affected. The new report found cases of syphilis ...

Louisiana came in second spot overall with a total STD rate of 1,159.9 per 100,000 people. There, the chlamydia rate was 730.1 per 100,000, while the gonorrhea rate stood at a staggering 354.5 per ...

Both cases (unrelated to each other) were eventually cured with ceftriaxone, the antibiotic currently recommended to treat gonorrhea ... urge all sexually active people to be regularly tested ...

Public health officials have urged people to reduce their number of sexual partners after cases of "super gonorrhea" have been detected. Sexually active people have also been warned to get ...

Although more men were affected by syphilis than women ... partner notification strategies. Also, ensure people return for test-of-cure for gonorrhea and that antibiotic susceptibility testing ...