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= What is Gonorrhea? = Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that is very common. Although it is very common, it is definately not the worst STD to have. It is very curable and is cured successfully about 95% of the time. Any sexually active person can be infected with gonorrhea. Most often, gonorrhea is found in younger people, usually between the ages of 15 and 30 ("health.ny.gov"). Even though gonorrhea is very curable, it would not be fun to have it. Symptoms of gonorrhea for men include burning while urinating and a yellowish white discharge from the penis.



= How Do You Get Gonorrhea? =

Gonorrhea is spread by v aginal sex, o ral sex, a nal sex, or i nfected mother to unborn child during childbirth ("Gonorrhea Facts"). Any sexually active person can be infected with gonorrhea. It is a very common STD because it is easily spread. In fact, it is the number one most common STD in the world! []

= How Can You Prevent Gonorrhea = Gonorrhea likes to grow in warm, moist areas of the body (healthscout). About 2.5 million cases of gonorrhea occur annually in the U.S (healthscout). The main way you can prevent this disease is by limiting your sex partners to one. If neither you nor your partner have gonorrhea, your chances of getting it are slim to none. The symptoms of gonorrhea are sometimes so mild that you don't even know you have the STD. This is one of the main reasons of how gonorrhea goes untreated and turns into much worse diseases. [|http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/stds-hiv-safer sex/ gonorrhea-4269.htm].



= Dangers of Gonorrhea = Gonorrhea can be very dangerous if left untreated. It can cause severe pain and permanent damage to the reproductive system (nyc.gov). It can lead to PID in women, which can make it difficult or impossible to stay pregnant. As you can see in the pictures above, gonorrhea looks really nasty and I don't think anyone would want to take a chance of getting this STD. It's a simple as having safe sex, using a condom, and only having sex with one person.

= History of Gonorrhea = One of the common forms of treatment for such diseases has historically been injections of mercury (helpinggonorrhea). The first successful treatment of gonorrhea was in the beginning of the twentieth century by using penicillin. The nickname for gonorrhea is "the clap". Clap is derived from the obsolete French word //clapoir// (menshealth). Recently, different medicines and antibiotics are being used to treat gonorrhea. However, gonorrhea is now becoming more difficult to cure. But if this disease is caught early enough, which is sometimes hard because the symptoms are sometimes unnoticable, it will more than likely be treated effectively. For more information about gonorrhea you can go to any of the links above.

WORKS CITED

 "Gonorrhoea-Clap." //menshealth.about//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. []. "Gonorrhea: Diagnosis, Testing, and Treatment." //epigee//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. [].  "History of Gonorrhea." //helpinggonorrhea//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. [].  "I.What is Gonorrhea?." //std-gov//.N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. []. “What are the symptoms of gonorrhea.”plannedparenthood. Np., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2011. [|http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/stds-hiv-safer sex/ gonorrhea-4269.htm].

