2. WHAT IS GONORRHEA?
• GONORRHEA IS A TRANSMISSION INFECTION
• IS CAUSED BY THE NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE BACTERIA.
• THE GONORREA INFECTS THE MUCOSA :
OF THE URETHRA
THE CERVICAL NECK
STRAIGHT
AND
THROAT
3. WHAT IS THE FORM OF TRANSMISSION?
• THE GONORREA IS TRANSMITTED BY SEX.
• ANOTHER WAY OF TRANSMISSION IS THE PERINATAL.
• DURING THE NATURAL BIRTH,
• FROM MOTHER TO CHILD
4. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF
GONORRHEA?
IN WOMEN:
• SECRECTIONS IN THE
VAGINA
• BURNING
• PRURITUS
• DISURIA
• AND INCLUDED
BLEEDING
IN MEN:
• SECRECTIONS OF THE
URETHRA
• DISURIA
• URETRITIS
• EPIDIDIMITIS
• PAINFUL TESTICLES
You may have symptoms or you can not have symptoms.
5. THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE GONORREA IN WOMEN IS:
• INFERTILITY
• PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE SYNDROME
• ABSCES
• SALPINGITIS
• AND DISPAURENIA ( PAINFUL RELATIONSHIPS)
6. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OF
GONORRHEA?
CEFTRIAXONE
•125 Miligram (mg)
•INTRAMUSCULAR
•SINGLE DOSE
CIPROFLOXACIN
•500 Miligram (mg)
•Single dose
7. HOW TO PREVENT GONORRHEA?
• ABSTINENCE
• MONOGAMIC RELATIONS
• USE OF CONDOM