GONORRHOEA
All the facts you need to know
It's transmitted through unprotected sex. And ejaculation does not have to occur to be infected
SYMPTOMS: symptoms usually develop within the first ten days of infection, but sometimes they may not appear until months later
1 in 10 men and half of infected women will not experience any obvious symptoms straight away which means symptoms can go untreated for some time
male symptoms include
- Pain or burning when urinating
- Thick yellow/ green discharge from the penis
- pain in the testicles
Female symptoms include
- heavier periods or bleeding in-between periods or when having sex
- pain or burning when urinating
- vaginal discharge
where gonorrhoea is in the world
IF UNTREATED
for women
- can experience ectopic pregnancy
- sometimes infertility
- in 10-20% of cases gonorrhoea can spread to reproductive organs causing pelvic inflammatory disease
for men
- sometimes infertility
- It can affect the prostate
- Can scar the urethra making is difficult to urinate