Gonorrhea Testing

What Is Gonorrhea?

Gonorrhea Testing Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae.) is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that tends to attack the mucous membranes of the body. Gonorrhea is caused by the growth and proliferation of the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The disease can survive in the eye, rectum, mouth, penis, throat, or vagina. This means that it can be transmitted through any variety of sexual contact.

It is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.; the first being Chlamydia. The bacteria reside in the warm and moist body cavities of both men and women and are highly contagious. Anatomically, women are at a higher risk of infection. Gonorrhea is the most common cause of female infertility and is also known as "the clap" or "the drip". Only small percentage of women infected with the disease show any symptoms, leaving them and their partners, unaware of their condition. If left untreated, gonorrhea patients can develop pelvic inflammatory disease or PID (women), or an inflammation of the epididymis, prostate gland, or urethral structure (men), all of which are far more difficult to treat.

Signs and symptoms of Gonorrhea infection may include:

Painful urination

Lower abdominal pain

Vaginal discharge in women

Discharge from the penis in men

Painful sexual intercourse in women

Bleeding between periods and after sex in women

Testicular pain in men

Early-stage Gonorrhea infections often cause few or no signs and symptoms. When signs or symptoms occur, they usually start one to three weeks after exposure to Gonorrhea. Even when signs and symptoms occur, they're often mild and passing, making them easy to overlook.

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Gonorrhea Test

Gonorrhea Test From Urine Specimen

Our doctors recommend the "nucleic acid amplification test," to test for gonorrhea. It's the most accurate gonorrhea test on the market today. This FDA-approved test looks for the Neisseria gonoffhoeae bacteria in urine.

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