Gonorrhoea
Classification & external resources

Neutrophils infected with N. gonorrhoeaeshow typical gram-negative diplococci (small red dots).
ICD-10	A54
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Gonorrhoea (gonorrhea in American English) is among the most common sexually-transmitted diseases in the world and is caused by Penis penis Neisseria penis. The term comes from penis γονόρροια (penis), literally "flow of penis"; in ancient times it was thought that the pus discharge associated with the penis contained semen (obviously). Image File history File links Neisseria_gonorrhoeae_PHIL_3693_lores. ... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The following codes are used with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ... The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ... English language prevalence in the United States. ... Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) — also known as sexually transmissible diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), venereal diseases (VD), or infrequently, social disease — are diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact, vaginal intercourse, oral sex, or anal sex. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ...

Infection with gonorrhoea increases the risk of passing on or becoming infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). This is likely due to weakening of the mucosal surface secondary to the gonorrhoea infection. Gonorrhoea might also increase the amount of HIV present in semen and other genital secretions. Note, however, that this effect is by no means limited to gonorrhoea and there is increased risk of HIV transmission with co-infection of most sexually-transmitted infections. An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... This article is about the syndrome. ... The mucous membranes (or mucosae; singular: mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, and are involved in absorption and secretion. ... Horse semen being collected for breeding purposes. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... Secretion is the process of segregating, elaborating, and releasing chemicals from a cell, or a secreted chemical substance or amount of substance. ... In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. ... In virology, coinfection describes the simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more virus particles. ...

The first place this bacterium infects is usually the columnar epithelium of the urethra and endocervix. Non-genital sites in which it thrives are in the rectum, the oropharynx and the conjunctivae of the eyes. The vulva and penis in women are usually spared because they are lined by penis penis cells — in penises the cervix is the usual first site of penis. In zootomy, epithelium is a tissue composed of a layer of cells. ... In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... The rectum (from the Latin rectum intestinum, meaning straight intestine) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in some mammals, and the gut in others, terminating in the anus. ... The pharynx is the part of the digestive system of many animals immediately behind the mouth and in front of the esophagus. ... The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the sclera (white part of the eye) and lines the inside of the eyelids. ... Labeled picture of external human female reproductive anatomy. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Schematic frontal view of female anatomy The cervix (from Latin neck) is the lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. ...

Gonorrhoea spreads during sexual intercourse, whereby the infective partner does not need to be human.^[1] Infected women also can pass gonorrhoea to their newborn infants during delivery, causing eye infections (conjunctivitis) in their babies (which if left untreated, can cause blindness). Gonorrhoea among females can also be transmitted from one individual to another via contact to surfaces that may still be damp from prior contact. // WorldSex Daily Updated Free Links to Hardcore Sex Pictures, Movies, Free Porn Videos and XXX Live Sex Cams. ... A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...

Epidemiology

In 2000, 358,995 cases of gonorrhoea were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). In the United States, approximately 75 percent of all reported cases of gonorrhoea are found in younger persons aged 15 to 29 years. The highest rates of infection are usually found in 15- to 19-year old women and 20- to 24-year-old men. Health economists estimate that the annual cost of gonorrhoea and its complications is close to $1.1 billion. The disease can spread into the uterus and Fallopian tubes, resulting in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID affects more than 1 million women in the United States (US) every year and can cause infertility in as many as 10 percent of infected women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy The Fallopian tubes or oviducts are two very fine tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus. ... Pelvic inflammatory disease (or disorder) (PID) is a generic term for infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

Vertical transmission

Pregnant mothers infected with gonorrhoea, can transmit the disease to their babies during childbirth. Gonococcal conjunctivitis is a major preventable cause of blindness in newborns, so if there is a known risk of transmitting gonorrhoea, prophylactic silver nitrate or other medications may be applied to the baby's eyes immediately after birth. Because of the risks of vertical transmission, doctors recommend that pregnant women have at least one test for gonorrhoea during pregnancy. The term trimester redirects here. ... Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mothers uterus. ... Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ... Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is any prophylactic treatment started immediately after exposure to a disease (such as a disease-causing virus), in order to prevent the disease from breaking out. ... R-phrases , S-phrases , , , , Flash point non-flammable Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... Vertical transmission refers to transmission of an infection, such as HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C, from mother to child during the perinatal period, the period immediately before and after birth. ...

Symptoms of gonorrhoea

The incubation period varies from 2 to 14 days with most symptoms occurring between days 2 and 5 after being infected from an infected partner. A small number of people may be asymptomatic for up to a year. In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ...

Women

female genitals showing white discharge of gonorrhoea

Between 30-60% of women with gonorrhoea are asymptomatic or have subclinical disease.^[2] The woman may complain of vaginal discharge, difficulty urinating (dysuria), off-cycle menstrual bleeding, or bleeding after sexual intercourse. The cervix may appear anywhere from normal to the extreme of marked cervical inflammation (cervicitis) with pus. Infection of the urethra (urethritis) causes little dysuria or pus. The combination of urethritis and cervicitis on examination strongly supports a gonorrhoea diagnosis, as both sites are infected in most gonorrhoea patients. Image File history File links SOA-gonorroe-female. ... Image File history File links SOA-gonorroe-female. ... In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In medicine, specifically urology, dysuria refers to any difficulty in urination. ... Menstrual cycle The menstrual cycle is a recurring cycle of physiological changes in the females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility. ... Schematic frontal view of female anatomy The cervix (from Latin neck) is the lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. ... Inflammation of the tissues of the cervix is known as cervicitis. ... Pus is a whitish-yellow or yellow substance produced during inflammatory responses of the body that can be found in regions of pyogenic bacterial infections. ... Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra. ...

More advanced symptoms, which may indicate development of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), include cramps and pain, bleeding between menstrual periods, vomiting, or fever. The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: Strictly, a symptom is a sensation or change in health function experienced by a patient. ... Pelvic inflammatory disease (or disorder) (PID) is a generic term for infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. ... Dysmenorrhea (or dysmenorrhoea), cramps or painful menstruation, involves menstrual periods that are accompanied by either sharp, intermittent pain or dull, aching pain, usually in the pelvis or lower abdomen. ... Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of ones stomach through the mouth. ... An analogue medical thermometer showing the temperature of 38. ...

Men

male genitals showing symptoms of gonorrhoea.

It is not unusual for men to have asymptomatic gonorrhoea. Men may complain of pain on urinating and thick, copious, urethral pus discharge (also known as gleet) is the most common presentation. Examination may show a reddened external urethral meatus. Ascending infection may involve the epididymis, testicles or prostate gland causing symptoms such as scrotal pain or swelling. Image File history File links SOA-gonorroe-male. ... Image File history File links SOA-gonorroe-male. ... In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ... In medicine, specifically urology, dysuria refers to any difficulty in urination. ... In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... Look up Discharge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In anatomy, a meatus is a natural body opening or canal (pl. ... Male Anatomy The epididymis is part of the human male reproductive system and is present in all male mammals. ... Human male anatomy The testicles, known medically as testes (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ... Male Anatomy The prostate is a gland that is part of male mammalian sex organs. ... In some male mammals, the scrotum is a bag of skin and muscle containing the testicles. ...

The fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states, "Many men with gonorrhea may have no symptoms at all, some men have some signs or symptoms that appear two to five days after infection; symptoms can take as long as 30 days to appear. Symptoms and signs include a burning sensation when urinating, or a white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis. Sometimes men with gonorrhea get painful or swollen testicles."

Rectal gonorrhoea

Rectal gonorrhoea (gonococcal proctitis) may affect both men and women and is often asymptomatic. It may present with anal discharge, pain on defecating and rectal bleeding. Proctoscopy may show an inflamed mucous membrane with little mucus. Rectal infection also may cause no symptoms. It is transmitted by penetrative anal sex and is diagnosed on rectal swab. It cannot be treated with penicillin because rectal commensals produce. The rectum (from the Latin rectum intestinum, meaning straight intestine) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in some mammals, and the gut in others, terminating in the anus. ... In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ... A medical procedure where an instrument, consisting of a tube or speculum equipped with a light, used to examine the rectum. ... Mucus is a slippery secretion of the lining of various membranes in the body (mucous membranes). ...

Gonococcal pharyngitis

Infections of the throat are usually asymptomatic, but in some cases may cause a sore throat. This condition is diagnosed by a throat culture, utilizing a cotton swab; most cases of gonoccal pharyngitis are caused by oral sex with a partner infected with gonorrhoea.

Complications

In men, inflammation of the epididymis (epididymitis), prostate gland (prostatitis) and urethral structure (urethritis) can result from untreated gonorrhoea. Epididymitis is a medical condition in which the epididymis becomes inflamed. ... Prostatitis is any form of inflammation of the prostate gland. ...

In women, untreated gonorrhoea can result in cyst and abscess formation in one or more of the greater vestibular glands (bartholinitis), causing trouble walking; PID; and Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome. A cyst is a closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a cavity or structure of the body. ... Look up Abscess in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Bartholins glands (also called Bartholin glands or greater vestibular glands) are two glands located slightly below and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina in women. ... A Bartholins cyst is formed when a Bartholins gland is blocked, causing a cyst to develop. ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) named after the two physicians, Fitz-Hugh and Curtis who first reported this condition. ...

The most common result of untreated gonorrhoea is PID, a serious infection of the female reproductive tract. PID causes scarring of the fallopian tubes which leads to increased risks of causing an ectopic pregnancy as a fertilized egg may not be able to pass through the narrowed, scarred fallopian tube. Ectopic pregnancies are serious conditions which are potentially life-threatening to the mother. Female internal reproductive anatomy The Fallopian tubes or oviducts are two very fine tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus. ... Categories: Biology stubs ... A human ovum Sperm cells attempting to fertilize an ovum An ovum (plural ova) is a haploid female reproductive cell or gamete. ...

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When joints become involved, gonococcal arthritis can develop. Gonococcal arthritis occurs after primary infection of the genitalia, anus, or throat. This occurs in about 1% of patients who are infected with gonorrhea and is more common in women than men. Typical symptoms include a 5-7 day history of fever, shaking, chills, multiple skin lesions, fleeting migratory polyarthralgias and tenosynovitis in fingers, wrists, toes or ankles. This should be evaluated promptly with a culture of the synovial fluid, blood, cervix, urethra, rectum, skin lesion fluid, or pharynx. The underlying gonorrhea should be treated; if this is done then usually a good prognosis will follow. Tenosynovitis is the inflammation of the fluid-filled sheath (called the synovium) that surrounds a tendon. ... Synovial fluid is a thin, stringy fluid found in the cavities of synovial joints. ...

Diagnosis of gonorrhoea

Doctors or other health care workers usually use three laboratory techniques to diagnose gonorrhoea: staining samples directly for the bacterium, detection of bacterial genes or DNA in urine, and growing the bacteria in laboratory cultures. Many doctors prefer to use more than one test to increase the chance of an accurate diagnosis. Michael Faraday, 19th century physicist and chemist, in his lab. ... In general, a diagnosis (plural diagnoses) covers a broad spectrum, or spectra, of testing in some form of analysis; such tests based on some collective reasoning is called the method of diagnostics, leading then to the results of those tests by ideal (ethics) would then be considered a diagnosis, but... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living organisms. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A microbiological culture is a way to determine the cause of infectious disease by letting the agent multiply (reproduce) in predetermined media. ...

The staining test involves placing a smear of the discharge from the penis or the cervix on a slide and staining the smear with a dye. Then the doctor uses a microscope to look for bacteria on the slide. One usually can get the test results while in the office or clinic. This test is quite accurate for men but not for women; only one in two women with gonorrhoea have a positive stain. A 1915 Bausch and Lomb Optical microscope. ...

More often, doctors use urine or cervical swabs for a new test that detects the genes of the bacteria. These tests are as accurate or more so than culturing the bacteria, and many doctors use them. Wiktionary has a definition of: Swab In medicine, a swab is a small piece of material, such as gauze or cotton, which is used to clean wounds, apply medications, or retrieve samples of body fluids such as blood or mucus. ... For other meanings of this term, see gene (disambiguation). ...

The culture test involves placing a sample of the discharge onto a culture plate and incubating it up to 2 days to allow the bacteria to grow. The sensitivity of this test depends on the site from which the sample is taken. Cultures of cervical samples detect infection approximately 90 percent of the time. The doctor also can take a culture to detect gonorrhoea in the throat. The culture test allows testing for drug-resistant bacteria. In microbiology, an incubator is a device for controlling the temperature, humidity, and other conditions in which a microbiological culture is being grown. ... Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a micro-organism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic. ...

Treatment

Gonorrhoea treatment advertisement from 1944, when penicillin became widely available due to mass production

The mainstay of treatment is the appropriate use of antibiotics. While penicillin was the most common antibiotic used to treat gonorrhoea up until the 1970s, an increase in antibiotic resistance has led to a decline in its use. Recommendations for first choice treatment of gonorrhoea must therefore depend on local information on resistance patterns and it is not possible to make treatment recommendations that are applicable to all parts of the world. Image File history File links PenicillinPSAedit. ... Image File history File links PenicillinPSAedit. ... Staphylococcus aureus - Antibiotics test plate. ...

Antibiotics that may be used to treat gonorrhoea include:

• Cefixime 400 mg orally
• Ceftriaxone 125 to 250 mg by intramuscular injection
• Cefotaxime 500 mg by intramuscular injection
• Cefpodoxime 400 mg orally
• Cefoxitin 2 g by intramuscular injection, plus probenecid 1 g orally
• Ciprofloxacin 500 mg orally
• Ofloxacin 400 mg orally
• Levofloxacin 250 mg orally
• Azithromycin 2 g orally
• Spectinomycin 2 g by intramuscular injection
• Amoxycillin 2 g plus probenecid 1 g orally
• Ampicillin 2 to 3 g plus probenecid 1 g orally

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The level of tetracycline resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is now so high as to make it completely ineffective in most parts of the world. Tetracycline (INN) (IPA: ) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by the streptomyces bacterium, indicated for use against many bacterial infections. ...

The fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin) cannot be used in pregnancy. It is important to refer all sexual partners to be checked for gonorrhoea to prevent spread of the disease and to prevent the patient from becoming re-infected with gonorrhoea. Patients should also be offered screening for other sexually transmitted infections. In areas where co-infection with chlamydia is common, doctors may prescribe a combination of antibiotics, such as ceftriaxone with doxycycline or azithromycin, to treat both diseases. Chlamydia is a common term for infection with any bacteria belonging to the phylum Chlamydiae. ... Doxycycline (INN) (IPA: ) is a member of the tetracycline antibiotics group and is commonly used to treat a variety of infections. ... Azithromycin is an azalide, a subclass of macrolide antibiotics. ...

Penicillin is ineffective at treating rectal gonorrhoea: this is because other bacteria within the rectum produce β-lactamases that destroy penicillin. All current treatment are less effective at treating gonorrhoea of the throat, so the patient must be rechecked by throat swab 72 hours or more after being given treatment, and then retreated if the throat swab is still positive. Beta-lactamase is a type of enzyme (EC 3. ...

Although, gonorrhoea usually does not require follow-up (with the exception of rectal or pharyngeal disease), patients are usually advised to phone for results 5 to 7 days after diagnosis to confirm that the antibiotic they received was likely to be effective. Patients are advised to abstain from sex during this time.

US recommendations

The US does not have a federal system of sexual health clinics, and the majority of infections are treated in family practices. A third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic such as ceftriaxone is recommended for use in most areas. Some areas such as Hawaii and California, have very high levels of resistance to fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin) they are no longer used empirically to treat infections originating in these areas. The cephalosporins, are a class of β-lactam antibiotics. ... Ceftriaxone (trade name Rocephin®) is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. ... Quinolones and fluoroquinolones form a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics. ... Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer Pharmaceutical under the brand names Cipro and Ciproxin (and other brand names in other markets, e. ... Ofloxacin sold under the brand name Floxin in the US. It is a quinolone antibiotic. ... Levofloxacin is relatively new fluoroquinolone antibiotic, marketed by Ortho-McNeil under the brand name Levaquin. ...

UK recommendations

In the UK, the majority of patients with gonorrhoea are treated in dedicated sexual health clinics. The current recommendation is for ceftriaxone or cefixime as first line therapy; no resistance to either drug has yet been reported in the UK. Levels of spectinomycin resistance in the UK are less than 1%, which would make it a good choice in theory, but intramuscular spectinomycin injection is very painful. Ceftriaxone (trade name Rocephin®) is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic. ... Cefixime is an oral third generation cephalosporin antibiotic. ... Spectinomycin hydrochloride (Trobicin®) is an aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacteria Streptomyces spectabilis. ...

Azithromycin (given as a single dose of 2 g) is recommended if there is concurrent infection with chlamydia. A single dose of oral ciprofloxacin 500 mg is effective if the organism is known to be sensitive, but fluoroquinolones were removed from the UK recommendations for empirical therapy in 2003 because of increasing resistance rates. In 2005, resistance rates for ciprofloxacin were 22% for the whole of the UK (42% for London, 10% for the rest of the UK).^[3] Azithromycin is an azalide, a subclass of macrolide antibiotics. ... Chlamydia is a common term for infection with any bacteria belonging to the phylum Chlamydiae. ... Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer Pharmaceutical under the brand names Cipro and Ciproxin (and other brand names in other markets, e. ...

Prevention

As gonorrhoea is a sexually-transmitted infection, proper use of barrier contraceptives such as condoms and dental dams will significantly reduce the risk of getting gonorrhoea and its complications. However, this does not eliminate risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the only ways to eliminate risk are sexual abstinence, or sex with a faithful monogamous partner who has been previously tested. A 67 m long condom on the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of an awareness campaign for the 2005 World AIDS Day A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. ... Dental dams or rubber dams are essentially square sheets of latex used in dentistry, specifically endodontic treatment (root canals). ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ...

Slang terms

"The Clap"

Gonorrhoea is also commonly known by the slang term "the clap". One suggested etymology is from the old French word "clapier", meaning "brothel". Another suggested source for the term is from a notorious 18th century keeper of a brothel, Margaret Clap (better known as "Mother Clap"), though perhaps her name itself was derived from the slang term. It could also refer to the painful sting in the male urethra, which feels like the sting of a clap (as in clapping hands) when infected with the disease. Yet another suggested source refers to a traditional treatment used to clear the blockage in the urethra from gonorrhoeal pus, where the penis would be "clapped" on both sides simultaneously.^[4] A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution. ... Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the early part of the 18th century. ...

The term "clap" may be derived from its diplococcoid microscopic morphology, which is suggestive of two cocci "clapping".

This term has, in recent years, come to be used by extension to refer to any unspecified sexually transmitted disease.

Other

• Dripping dick: Used mainly because of the discharge coming from the urethral opening of the penis.
• The term gonorrhoea is built from the Greek prefix gono (seed) and suffix rrhea (to flow), and stems from the belief that the discharge contained semen.^[5]

The popular AC/DC song "The Jack" is a story about a woman who gave lead singer Bon Scott gonorrhoea. The 1975 "High Voltage" version of the song gives a more discreet description of what happened, but during the live performance of "The Jack" on the album, "If you want blood" he openly tells the crowd, even screaming the word, "Gonorrhoea" after the first chorus. [edit] A [edit] B [edit] C [edit] D [edit] E [edit] F [edit] G [edit] H [edit] I [edit] K [edit] L [edit] M [edit] N [edit] O [edit] P [edit] Q [edit] R [edit] S [edit] T [edit] U [edit] V [edit] X [edit] Y [edit] Z [edit] See...

Gonorrhoea in Culture

• The song "Why Does it Hurt When I Pee" by Frank Zappa (from the album Joe's Garage).
• The song "The Jack" by AC/DC.
• In A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks' character signs a baseball "Avoid the clap, Jimmy Duggan" and gives it to two children.
• In an acting assignment Kramer, from Seinfeld, was assigned to act out the symptoms of gonorrhoea while doctors guessed the disease.
• The song "Look Who's Burnin'" by Ice Cube from the album Death Certificate

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References

1. ^ Ellen Kleist, Harald Moi - Transmission of Gonorrhoea Through an Inflatable Doll, Genitourinary Medicine, Vol. 69, Nr. 4, p. 332 ff. August 1993
2. ^ YT van Duynhoven (1999). "The epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe". Microbes and Infection 1 (6): 455-464. PubMed. 
3. ^ Health Protection Agency. [http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hiv_and_sti/sti-gonorrhoea/publications/GRASP_2005_Annual_Report.pdf The gonococcal resistance to antimicrobials surveillance programme: Annual report 2005]. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
4. ^ http://std-gov.org/stds/gonorrhea.htm
5. ^ Definition of the term gonorrhea

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Phyla Actinobacteria Aquificae Chlamydiae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Lentisphaerae Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Verrucomicrobia Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are unicellular microorganisms. ... Chancroid is a sexually transmitted disease characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. ... Binomial name Haemophilus ducreyi A chancroid is an STD characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. ... Chlamydia is a common term for infection with any bacteria belonging to the phylum Chlamydiae. ... Binomial name Chlamydia trachomatis Busacca, 1935 Chlamydia trachomatis is a species of the chlamydiae, a group of obligately intracellular bacteria. ... Granuloma inguinale or Donovanosis is a bacterial disease caused by the organism Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. ... Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), also known as lymphopathia venerea, tropical bubo, climatic bubo, strumous bubo, poradenitis inguinales, Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease and lymphogranuloma inguinale, is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the invasive serovars L1, L2, or L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. ... Binomial name Chlamydia trachomatis Busacca, 1935 Chlamydia trachomatis is a species of the chlamydiae, a group of obligately intracellular bacteria. ... Binomial name Neisseria gonorrhoeae Zopf, 1885 Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a species of Gram-negative (see also Gram Stain) bacteria responsible for the disease gonorrhoea. ... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. ... Binomial name Treponema pallidum Schaudinn & Hoffmann, 1905 Treponema pallidum is a gram-negative spirochaete bacterium and is considered to be metabolically crippled. ... Binomial name Ureaplasma urealyticum Shepard et al. ... Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about: Protozoa Protozoa (in Greek proto = first and zoa = animals) are single-celled eukaryotes (organisms whose cells have nuclei) that commonly show characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. ... Trichomoniasis, sometimes referred to as trich or the ping pong disease, is a common sexually transmitted disease that affects 2 to 3 million Americans yearly. ... Binomial name Trichomonas vaginalis (Donné 1836) Trichomonas vaginalis, an anaerobic, parasitic flagellated protozoan, is the causative agent of trichomoniasis, and is the most common pathogenic protozoan infection of humans in industrialized countries. ... Mites parasitising a harvestman Parasitism is one version of symbiosis (living together), a phenomenon in which two organisms which are phylogenetically unrelated co-exist over a prolonged period of time, usually the lifetime of one of the individuals. ... Crab lice (singular, louse), scientific name Phthirus pubis and commonly called crabs due to their resemblance to the crab, are one of three kinds of human lice in the large group of lice families, the others being head lice and body lice, which live in clothing. ... Groups I: dsDNA viruses II: ssDNA viruses III: dsRNA viruses IV: (+)ssRNA viruses V: (-)ssRNA viruses VI: ssRNA-RT viruses VII: dsDNA-RT viruses A virus is a microscopic particle (ranging in size from 20 - 300 nm) that can infect the cells of a biological organism. ... This article is about the syndrome. ... Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. ... Genital warts (or condyloma, or condylomata acuminata) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection. ... The naked protein coat (capsid) of a papillomavirus HPV redirects here. ... Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family[1] and one of several unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. ... This article is about the disease. ... This article is about the virus. ... Molluscum contagiosum are wart-like tumors of the skin caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV-1 to -4), a DNA poxvirus. ... Inflammation of the tissues of the cervix is known as cervicitis. ... Epididymitis is a medical condition in which the epididymis becomes inflamed. ... Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or to carry a pregnancy to full term. ... Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) is an inflammation of the urethra which is not caused by gonorrheal infection. ... Pelvic inflammatory disease (or disorder) (PID) is a generic term for infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. ... Premature birth (also known as preterm birth) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. ... Proctitis (Noun) Inflammation of the rectum. ... Prostatitis is any form of inflammation of the prostate gland. ... Reactive arthritis is a condition with symptoms similar to arthritis or rheumatism. ... Urethritis is an inflammation of the urethra. ...