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Everything You Need to Know About Gonorrhea

Back in the 1940s, gonorrhea was mostly a nuisance. World War II soldiers were known to dismiss it as "no worse than a bad cold." A shot of an antibiotic like penicillin and you'd be good as new. It even had an adorable pet name, "the Clap," whose origins are a little unclear; it's either derived from an old French term ("clapier") for brothel—which just so happened to be where many people got gonorrhea—or from an archaic practice of treating gonorrhea by "clapping" both hands against the penis, like a cymbal crash, which forcefully expelled pus from the urethra and allegedly cured the infection. (You're welcome for that mental image!)

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  Everything You Need to Know About Gonorrhea

Back in the 1940s, gonorrhea was mostly a nuisance. World War II soldiers were known to dismiss it as "no worse than a bad cold." A shot of an antibiotic like penicillin and you'd be good as new. It even had an adorable pet name, "the Clap," whose origins are a little unclear; it's either derived from an old French term ("clapier") for brothel—which just so happened to be where many people got gonorrhea—or from an archaic practice of treating gonorrhea by "clapping" both hands against the penis, like a cymbal crash, which forcefully expelled pus from the urethra and allegedly cured the infection. (You're welcome for that mental image!)

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We don’t talk much about chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis, in part because it can seem like they’re not big health issues anymore. But it turns out more and more Americans may be quietly suffering from these once nearly eliminated STDs.

STDcheck.com

Gonorrhea is a bacterial STD caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It’s transmitted through sexual contact and can infect the mucous membranes of the reproductive system as well as the mouth, throat, and eyes. This STD, like all the others, can show no symptoms at all but, if left untreated, can cause dire consequences.

TheSTDProject.com

Untreated women may develop pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and left untreated in men it can lead to infertility, prostatis or epididymis, and/or narrowing of the urethra which makes it difficult to urinate. Passing it from an infected mother to a child can cause blindness, joint infection, or a life-threatening blood infection. More rarely, in its advanced stages it spreads to the blood or joints and can cause aching or swelling, skin lesions, and infections of the heart, bones, and the sheaths that cover the nervous system.

CDC

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can infect both men and women. It can cause infections in the genitals, rectum, and throat. It is a very common infection, especially among young people ages 15-24 years.

MedlinePlus

In women, the early symptoms of gonorrhea often are mild. Later, it can cause bleeding between periods, pain when urinating, and increased discharge from the vagina. If untreated, it can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes problems with pregnancy and infertility.

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