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Doctor, is it possible a man living with gonorrhea over 16 years?does a disseminated gonorrhea make bubo under the armpit?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Gonorrhea: I am curious about the sixteen years. Disseminated gonorrhea attacks the joints and the brain. But, untreated gonorrhea can persist for some time.

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Dr. Larry Maturani answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It can: If it was not treated initially then the infecton caused by nesseria can disseminate to most areas of the body and cause infections. I see no reason why you could not get a bullae or papule there. Best to check this with infectious disease physician.

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Disseminated GC: Disseminated gonococcal infection is the spread of infection to sites other than the genitals—joints, skin, heart, or blood. Complications include: fever; cellulitis; sepsis ( infection in bloodstream); arthritis (most often knees & hands;infection & inflammation of heart valves heart chambers (endocarditis); infection of fluid & tissues around brain & spinal cord (meningitis). Buboes r possible.

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