Chronic gonorrhea: What you need to know

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Most common gonorrhea is chronic gonorrhea, has no typical symptoms and causes many complications for patients, so patients need to be diagnosed and treated early to minimize complications of the disease.

1. What is Chronic Gonorrhea?

Gonorrhea is a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, this is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection, common in sexually active age, sometimes in infants. birth due to infection from a mother infected with gonorrhea.
The disease is divided into 2 types: acute gonorrhea and chronic gonorrhea, in which acute gonorrhea often has typical symptoms such as painful urination, pus in urine,... However, if diagnosed and treated, Soon the treatment of gonorrhea will become simple.
Acute gonorrhea, if not diagnosed and treated early, will turn to chronic gonorrhea, symptoms of chronic gonorrhea are often unclear and likely to recur many times. During this stage, the gonococcal bacteria have thrived, which not only makes it difficult to treat, but also damages the genitals and fertility of women and men.
For patients with chronic gonorrhea, specimens should be cultured in CO2 blood agar for a definitive diagnosis. The only source of infection is patients with gonorrhea. When having sex, sharing towels or washing underwear with an infected patient, the other person is at very high risk of also getting infected with gonorrhea bacteria.

2. Is chronic gonorrhea contagious?

Many people do not know if chronic gonorrhea is contagious, but in fact, gonorrhea, whether acute or chronic, is contagious, about 90% of gonorrhea transmission is through sexual contact. After having sex with a partner who has gonorrhea, gonorrhea bacteria will adhere to the columnar epithelial cell membrane of the urogenital tract of the healthy person, thus causing the healthy person to become infected very quickly after sex. sex.
Chronic gonorrhea can be transmitted from mother to child, the reason is that the mother with gonorrhea is not diagnosed and treated early during pregnancy, when giving birth, the fetus will pass through the genital tract and will infected with gonorrhea pus in the eye, causing the newborn to have gonorrhea conjunctivitis at birth.

3. Symptoms of Chronic Gonorrhea

"How long does gonorrhea turn into chronic" is a question that many people are interested in, on this issue, specialists say that gonorrhea is acute if it is not treated or has not been properly treated. After 1 month, the disease will turn to chronic gonorrhea.
Symptoms of gonorrhea in men include:
Mild pain in urination, difficulty urinating, frequent urination or swollen lymph nodes in the groin are common symptoms in men when they have chronic gonorrhea. When urinating, the patient often feels a burning sensation or accompanied by white or yellow sticky pus attached to the glans of the penis. Men often experience nocturnal ejaculation and pain when the penis is erect. The urethra is swollen and often there is a banana-like pus coming out of the stoma, especially in the early morning. Symptoms often accompany such as back pain, loss of sensation in the genitals, in semen accompanied by blood.

For women: Symptoms of gonorrhea in women are often unclear, most do not have any abnormal symptoms, only a few patients have yellow discharge or loss of sensation in the area. genital. Therefore, women need to take care of their own health so that they can detect, diagnose and treat gonorrhea early. Some symptoms of women with chronic gonorrhea include:
Abnormal vaginal discharge with a white or light yellow color When urinating or having sex, the patient feels sharp pain The patient often has abdominal pain and pain back, some severe cases also have signs of high fever Abnormal vaginal bleeding when not menstruating Chronic gonorrhea in women, if not diagnosed and treated early, will cause many dangerous complications affecting the health of women. health and fertility of patients such as cervicitis, endometritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility,...

4. Can chronic gonorrhea be cured?

Chronic gonorrhea often does not go away completely but there is a very high risk of recurrence if the patient is not properly cared for and treated, so it is necessary to master the following treatment principles:
Treatment according to the right regimen prescribe, select antibiotics based on the results of the patient's antibiotic. When a spouse is infected with gonorrhea, both should be treated. When chronic gonorrhea is present, most patients have organ damage. Genitourinary-urinary tract, therefore, during treatment, the patient needs to rest, avoid riding a bicycle, riding a horse, running or jumping to prevent more severe genital-urinary trauma. Combined treatment of infections after gonorrhea caused by bacteria C.trachomatis, streptococcus, bacteria... Periodic clinical examination and re-testing. Drug treatment: The main method of treatment for gonorrhea is the use of antibiotics, but this method is only highly effective for patients with acute gonorrhea. When gonorrhea turns to chronic gonorrhea, drug treatment is often less effective, patients need to combine with many different measures to improve treatment effectiveness.
Drug treatment for chronic gonorrhea only works to prevent the growth of the virus that causes the disease and cannot heal the wounds caused by the disease, so the patient needs to be patient and follow the instructions. Follow the doctor's treatment regimen to be able to bring positive results.

Things to note when treating chronic gonorrhea:
Choose a reputable and quality medical examination and treatment place with a team of experienced specialists to ensure safety during treatment. Selection of advanced and modern treatment methods and techniques help eliminate pathogens quickly and safely, minimizing possible complications. Early detection, diagnosis and treatment, avoid affecting health as well as fertility. Follow the doctor's instructions exactly. Supplementing with adequate nutrients for the body, strengthening exercise and sports helps to improve the body's resistance, being able to withstand the attack of harmful bacteria. Use condoms when having sex to minimize the transmission of gonorrhea to others. When in doubt, it is necessary to seek medical attention early to minimize possible complications when infected with gonorrhea bacteria.
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