What is gonorrhea in women. Symptoms of the disease
Gonorrhea is an infection caused by bacteria gonococci. This disease is one of the five most common diseases transmitted through unprotected sex.
Gonorrhea in women: signs
The incubation period in women lasts asrule, 4-16 days, the average figure is a week. Practically in 80% of cases the woman does not even consult a doctor, not suspecting the presence of gonococci in the body, because there are almost no signs of the disease.
Gonorrhea in women can show its signs andafter the end of menstruation. And they consist in an unpleasant itch and yellow discharge from the vagina. May be disturbed by pain in the perineal region, but this is extremely rare. A woman often starts to run to the toilet "in a small way". If the disease affects the rectum, gonorrhea in women may also have signs in the form of abdominal pain and itching during stool. The disease that has passed to the uterus can give signs of intoxication in the form of malfunctions of the menstrual cycle, fever and pain.
Gonorrhea in women complications can have in the form of inflammatoryprocess in the uterus, appendages or rectum. In this case, gonococci will multiply during each menses. The presence of an intrauterine device only increases the risk of spreading the infection.
Summarizing, it should be repeated that the firstsigns of gonorrhea in women are often simply impossible to notice. But in the end result the patient can get solderings in the fallopian tubes, which makes them impassable. Thus, a neglected form of the disease can lead a woman to infertility. If there is a build-up of pus in the uterus or tubes, a disease such as peritonitis develops. For a pregnant woman, the disease can result in intrauterine malformation of the fetus or miscarriage. And in general, in women, complications occur much more often than men.
Gonorrheal pharyngitis
It is possible to infect one partner with anotheroral contact. In such cases gonorrheal pharyngitis or stomatitis develops. The first, as a rule, proceeds asymptomatically, only occasionally there is abundant salivation and pain in the throat.
Gonorrheal pharyngitis is characterized by pain, sometimes weak, sometimes severe. The tonsils can blush and the throat itself. Also there is a purulent coating, swelling of the palatine tongue and palatine arch.
Proctitis
Signs of gonorrhea in women (photo above givesthe idea of what the agent looks like) can become more pronounced with the development of gonorrhea proctitis. Inflammation of the rectum can begin not necessarily after anal sex, there are cases when it develops with ordinary sexual contact. Just from the vagina can flow into the infected secretions, and then the parasite affects not only the genitourinary system, but also the rectum.
Running gonorrhea proctitis can either without symptoms at all, or the patient observes discharge from the anus, feels pain and itching.
Bronorrhea
There are cases of defeat gonococci of the mucous membrane of the eye - blenorrhea. Symptoms of the disease manifest in the form of inflammation of the mucosa and strong purulent discharge.
Also gonorrhea can cause lesionsheart, joints and many other organs. Negligent attitude to the disease provokes the transition of the usual form of the disease to chronic one literally a few weeks after infection.
