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A member asked:

I haven't had sex in a year. so why now did my test come back positive for gonorrhea ?

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Get it treated ASAP: Usually Gonorrhea causes symptoms of vaginal discharge, pelvic pain sooner than a year but since it has potential to cause infertility, get it treated. Your partner should be treated too.

Answered 10/2/2016

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A member asked:

I am a female. I had sex with another female before my annual checkup at gyno. The female and I had sex again and the next day my test was positive for gonorrhea. Is it possible for me to be positive and her negative?

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A member asked:

I recently had gonorrhea June 4th and as soon as I saw something wrong I went to the doctor June 7 and they test me and I came positive for gonorrhea June 10th I got treated and everything has cleared up but why sometimes my back is hot ?

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I had a kidney infection and a yeast infection and went in for a pap. My test came back positive for gonorrhea! is it possible that the test is wrong?

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A member asked:

Hello this is in advance! I had chlamydia Gonorrhea and syphilis tests at 4 months after sex and hiv and hepatitis tests 6 months after all came back negative. Are there chances of false negatives in any of these tests at those time frames?

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A member asked:

I had sex three months ago and unfortunately caught an STD. doctor said it was the drop/gonorrhea. Three months after treatment I went back to the Dr's offices asking for STD test. He told me if the discharge stopped I'm healed. Is it true?

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