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SEX-RELATED DISEASES: GONORRHOEA
This is the second most common of the ‘real’ venereal or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It is in sharp decline due to the AIDS scare leading to safer sex in homosexuals and to a lesser extent in others.
Gonorrhoea is caused by a germ called a gonococcus which is mainly transmitted by sexual intercourse. It is possible to catch the disease via infected towels and other household items and this is the way babies and young children sometimes catch it. The bacteria grow in and on the sexual organs but they can also grow in the throat (after oral sex) and rectum (after anal sex). Homosexual men are very likely to get gonorrhoea. If you have sex with someone who has the disease you stand a 70 per cent chance of getting it, but the risk is greatly reduced if the man wears a condom. If a man urinates immediately after intercourse with an infected woman he stands a fair chance of escaping infection.
The symptoms differ considerably in the two sexes. In men they are usually fairly obvious. A few days after intercourse with an affected woman or man the man has a severe burning pain when passing urine and then develops a yellow discharge of pus from the penis. These symptoms must be taken seriously, so go to your doctor or local clinic at the hospital at once. Early treatment will not only cure the disease and stop it spreading to anyone else but will also prevent longterm complications of the disease, such as eye trouble, arthritis, painful swelling of the testes, or a narrowing of the urethra (urinary passage).
Unfortunately, as many as half of all women with the disease have no symptoms and as a result may infect others unknowingly. This is why gonorrhoea is such a widespread disease and is so difficult to eradicate. Others get the same sort of symptoms as men but the gonorrhoea also affects the fallopian tubes and ovaries. These can also become inflamed and produce lower abdominal pain, fever, menstrual irregularities and a vaginal discharge. Later still the fallopian tubes may become blocked off and the woman is then infertile.
Treatment is relatively simple and effective and if started early prevents the long-term effects we have outlined. It is really best to go to an STD clinic or to your doctor if you have any suspicion that you have this disease or if you have had intercourse with someone you suspect could have it. Simply ring your local hospital and ask for the; ‘Special Clinic’. Such clinics maintain absolute secrecy and discretion, and your partner or parents (if you are a teenager) will never be contacted without your permission. There is no need to give a false name as many young people do. If you have any symptoms that could be gonorrhoea, don’t have sex of any kind until you have been checked over by a doctor. Almost every infection caught early can be cured.
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