Question 1

can you get gonorrhea from food?

Accepted Answer

NO NOT FROM FOOD: You can not get gonorrhea from food
you can only get it by vaginal, anal or oral sexual contact.

Question 2

can you have gonorrhea but not have symptoms until 6 months after contracting it?

Accepted Answer

Gonorrhea: Are you a man or a woman?  Men usually show sxs of gonorrhea 2 to 7 days after exposure (range 1 to 30 days). Women often don’t have sxs but when they do it is usually within 10 days of exposure.

Question 3

how long can you have gonorrhea before getting very very sick, like hospitalization sick?

Accepted Answer

Disseminated GC: Disseminated gonorrhea is, thankfully, a very rare event. In most cases it stays local to where is infecting and does not disseminate. But, rarely it does disseminate. Thus as we say on here all of the time; if you are a sexually active person you need regular std screening. I also encourage my patients to know all twelve common stds and how they are prevented.

Question 4

can you get gonorrhea from kissing?

Accepted Answer

The really deep kind: Dry-kissing won't transmit it, but it's a fairly common infection in the throat and "kissing of more than filial intensity" can transmit it. If you have any concerns, let your physician know, because a special culture for gonorrhea may be in order.

Question 5

can you get gonorrhea if someone blow jobs you?

Accepted Answer

Possible, but....: ...it depends a lot on your partner. Oral gonorrhea is rare in women and heterosexual men; therefore urethral (penile) gonorrhea is rare in men with female partners. However, oral gonorrhea is very common in gay men. If your partner is a man who has sex with other men, the risk of gonorrhea is fairly high. If in doubt, get tested !

Question 6

can you get gonorrhea from drinking from the same cup as someone who has it?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely, but...: Gonorrhea hangs around penises, vaginas, and throats, so contact between or among those body parts can spread gonorrhea from one person to another, or from one body part to another. Always be careful when the mouths, vulvas, vaginas, and penises are in play. Of course, one cannot catch gonorrhea "directly from" another person who does not have gonorrhea.

Question 7

can you get gonorrhea from sharing a cigarette?

Accepted Answer

No: If you had unprotected sex with that person you can get it.  Also, if you performed unprotected oral sex on a male partner with it you can get a gonoccal throat infection, but not from sharing a cigarette.

Question 8

can you contract gonorrhea from a hair follicle?

Accepted Answer

No: No it is only contracted by vaginal, rectal or oral sex.

Question 9

can you get gonorrhea without having sexual contact with someone who's not infected?

Accepted Answer

No: You cannot get gonorrhea without having sex with an infected partner.

Question 10

can you get gonorrhea or clymidia from drinking after someone who has it or sharing a cigarette?

Accepted Answer

Highly unlikely: You are very unlikely to acquire STDs from sharing glassware or cigarettes, but if you are concerned about transmissible diseases in general, these are not good practices.

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