STD GONORRHEA: COMMON SYMPTOMS IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
Posted on March 27, 2009, under Men's Health-Erectile Dysfunction.
For men and women, gonorrheal infection in the anal area acquired through receptive anal intercourse can cause rectal pain, itching, discharge, bleeding, and pain with a bowel movement. However, infection in the rectal area frequently causes no symptoms at all.
Gonorrhea in the throat can be acquired if a person performs oral sex on a partner who has gonorrhea in the genital area, particularly on a male partner. Ninety percent of people who acquire gonorrheal infection in the throat have no symptoms; those who do have symptoms generally experience a sore throat.
Gonorrheal eye infection is usually severe, with redness, a thick yellow discharge, and difficulty seeing.
Very rarely, gonorrhea may settle in the heart valves, causing an infection called endocarditis, or in the lining of the brain and spinal cord, causing meningitis. People who have experienced suppression of the immune system for one reason or another, such as those who are infected with HIV, may be more vulnerable to endocarditis and meningitis caused by gonorrheal infection.
Women who acquire gonorrhea while they are pregnant run an increased risk of losing the child (spontaneous abortion) and premature delivery, as well as passing the infection to the child’s eyes and throat during delivery.
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