Gonorrhoea

Causes

• bacterium neisseria gonorrhoeae
• cases have increased bt 46% between 1997-2006 in the UK

Transmission

• sexual intercourse (unprotected)

About half of all women infected with gonorrhoea and over 90% of men experience the following symptoms:

• can affect the g e n i t a l s, a n u s, r e c t u m and throat including symptoms such as: a thin watery discharge from the v a g i n a or tip of the p e n i s that can appear yellow or green
• pain when urinating

If you delay treatment, you risk the infection causing complications and more serious health problems

• treated with a single dose of antibiotics
• treatment is atleast 95% effective