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What are complications that can result from untreated gonorrhea?
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Gc: Damage to the urethra causing a stricture and difficulty voiding, infertility, epidiymoorchitis.
Answered 12/30/2013
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Complications: Untreated gonorrhea can cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women. It can cause epidydimitis in men. Disseminated gonorrhea spreads through the blood and can cause a high fever, swelling & pain of joints & a rash.
Answered 4/27/2013
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