Neisseria gonorrhoea

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And that takes us to our sexual health. As a human I dim it fit that our sexual / reproductive health should be on of the highest esteemed part of our health that we should insure against because this could be so uncomfortable if allowed to have issues. There are many sickness that could affect the reproductive health such as

the popular HIV
syphilis
[Gonorrhea](niesseria gonorrhoea)
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Too much to mention... But actually today I want to talk about one of the illness which is very common and easily contacted that is the Neisseria gonorrhea

This an infection that has spread wildly especially in underdeveloped countries the higher rate of infection have been reported due to the increase of antimicrobial resistance gonococci .
Gonorrhea is a very common infectious bacteria that can grow and multiply in the mucus membrane e.g in fallopian tubes ,in anus of male and females in uterus of females etc .it recorded that over a wide range of individuals are affected by gonorrhea ever year .
Mostly it is recorded to be contacted during sexual contact maybe viginal , oral, anal even without ejaculation

Symptoms

N. Gonorrhea differ depending on the infection. image source
Infection of the genital can result in purulent discharge from the genital which could be very smelling dysura and a burning sensation during urination which is the last thing one could ever dream of . In males, If contacted, symptoms could take up to 2-5 days but for females it could take up to 30days before materialization.. It could, if not not treated develop into pelvic inflammatory disease for females, and swollen and painful testicles for males (epididymitis)... Research says that the N.gonorrhea could be diagnosed using gram strain test, which turn red for gram negative bacteria.

Treatment

Before, bacterial infection such as this, where always treated with fluoroquinolones but in resent times, it has proven note to be so effective in dealing with complex bacteria like this so. but other antibiotics like,
Cefixime(suprax),400mg orrally or
Ceftriaxone(Rocephin) ,125mg intramuscularly or
The popular, ciproflaxacin(cipro),500mg orrally or
Levoflaxacin(levaquin),250 my orrally or
Ofloxacin(floxin) 400 mg orrally

Note.

All prescription are based on already established research which you can look up for your self for authentication purpose. And it's really adviced to see a doctor once the symptoms are confirmed

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