Gonorrhoea

Many people infected with gonorrhoea have no symptoms.

If symptoms show up, they are as follows:

• pain while urinating;
• abnormal discharge from the vagina, the penis or the anus;
• pain in the rectum or the lower abdomen;
• pain during sexual intercourse;
• sore throat or pharyngitis when transmission is oral-genital.

Possible consequences for health:

• infertility;
• pains in the lower abdomen;
• problems becoming pregnant;
• problems during pregnancy;
• an increased risk of contracting or transmitting HIV.

Screening

• When there are no symptoms, taking a urine sample is enough. So, boys don’t have to worry about cotton buds being inserted.
• When symptoms are present, samples must be taken from the uterine cervix, the urethra, the anus or the throat during a medical examination.

Treatment

• Gonorrhoea is treated by means of antibiotics.
• For the entire length of the treatment, sexual intercourse must be avoided. If, despite everything, you want to have sexual intercourse, you must use a condom.

• When you have sexual intercourse, use a condom.
  • A condom must be used before any contact of the penis with the mouth, the vagina or the anus.
  • A condom must be used from start to finish of sexual intercourse.
• If you are infected with gonorrhoea, it is important to notify your partners so that they too can have screening tests done and receive treatment.