· Bacterial infection spread by having sex
· Also known as the clap, or the dose
· You may have no symptoms at all
· You may have some of these symptoms
Female· unusual discharge from the vagina · Burning feeling when you urinate · Pain in lower abdomen · Fever and chills · Pain during sex | Male· discharge from penis [thick, yellow-green color] · burning feeling when you urinate · pain in the testicles · swollen testicles |
If left untreated, gonorrhea can cause PID (pelvic inflammatory disease), ectopic pregnancy or Infertility in women. Men can have Infertility problems as well.
Testing and treatment
You must see a clinic nurse and doctor. For Clinic Hours Click Here
Testing and treatment is free and confidential at the health unit
If you have gonorrhea, you will be given antibiotics which cure gonorrhea
If you have been treated for gonorrhea, you are not to have sex for two weeks
Gonorrhea does not go away by itself, it must be treated
Contact Tracing will need to take place. Your sexual partners need to be notified to come in for testing and treatment. You can choose to tell them yourself or have the clinic nurse tell them. If the clinic nurse tells them, your name is not mentioned