Question 1

can a women have gonnarhea but show no signs?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Only about half of women infected with gonorrhea have increased discharge; the rest are relatively asymptomatic.

Question 2

can u have protected sex after being treated for gonnarhea?

Accepted Answer

Yes in general: However, i usually ask my patients to abstain from sex until i repeat their test of cure a couple weeks later.  If you can't wait, please use a condom.

Question 3

after being treated for gonnarhea how long does it take to go away?

Accepted Answer

About 2 weeks : Usually we recommend avoiding intercourse for about two weeks. For all of my patients i repeat the test at that time to make sure that the infection has resolved. Ask your doctor for a retest to make sure you are fine.

Question 4

can you get gonnarhea for recieving oral and does it really only take 5 days for symptoms to appear?

Accepted Answer

Yes: And it will show up within 72 hours usually.

Question 5

what is gonorrhea?

Accepted Answer

Gonorrhea: Gonorrhea is a  common sexually transmitted bacterial infection, easy to treat.  It can cause urogenital infections in both men and women, including cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID, which can lead to fertility problems.  It can also cause throat infection, anal infection, eye infections, and, if it gets into the bloodstream, may, rarely, involve the liver, heart. brain, and joints.

Question 6

what is gonorrhea like?

Accepted Answer

Gonorrhea: The infection may not cause any symptoms but in the male it causes a urethral discharge and in females, infection of the uterine cervix with discharge.

Question 7

how did i get gonorrhea?

Accepted Answer

...: People get gonorrhea by having sex (vaginal, anal or oral) with someone who has the infection. Gonorrhea can be transmitted even if a man does not ejaculate. During childbirth, gonorrhea can be spread from an infected mother to her baby.

Question 8

how can gonorrhea be spread?

Accepted Answer

STD: Gonorrhea is spread by sexual contact.  That is: mucous membrane on mucous membrane.  Can be spread from genitals to eye and from eye to throat and from throat back to genitals or any combo in between.  If your mucous membrane comes in contact with someone else's mucous membrane you may contract the disease.  Gonorrhea in a female can cause inferility.

Question 9

how do people get gonorrhea?

Accepted Answer

It's an STD: Only by sex with infected partners.

Question 10

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.

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