How can Gonorrhea be diagnosed?
In common, the symptoms of gonorrhea will take near about 2 to 10 days to become visible- even though visible signs can take as long as 30 days to appear. Generally the cervix is the first area in women which becomes noticeably infected. As soon as a person notices the symptoms of gonorrhea he or she should undergo the tests for the diagnosis of gonorrhea.
Diagnosis of gonorrhea is done in laboratory after doing some tests. Several laboratory tests are available for the diagnosis of gonorrhea. A doctor or nurse can obtain a sample from the infected part of the body for testing. These parts may include cervix, urethra, rectum, or throat. Then the sample is send to the laboratory for analysis. Gonorrhea can also be diagnosed by urine testing in a laboratory if it is present in the cervix or urethra. A Gram stain is a quick laboratory test done for the diagnosis of gonorrhea in some clinics or doctor’s offices. A doctor examines the gram stain of a sample from a urethra or a cervix under a microscope to see if the gonorrhea bacterium is present or not. A Gram stain test works better for men than for women.
Though there are several laboratory tests available for gonorrhea, Healthcare providers test for gonorrhea in one of these two ways:
* Swab Test: A swab is taken from the urethra of a man, cervix of a woman, throat from the people who are engaged in oral sex, eye, and/or rectum from the people who have receptive anal sex. For women, the cervical swab is taken as part of a pelvic exam done with a speculum.
* Urine Test: Some Healthcare providers also use a urine test for the diagnosis of gonorrhea.
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Once a sample is collected, it is sent to a laboratory for testing. Testing may involve growing gonorrhea from the sample, looking for bacterial DNA, depending upon the sample collected and on the laboratory. The sample is also grown for using antibodies to discover whether or not the sample contains any bacteria.
Some Healthcare providers can also perform a test called a Gram stain at the time of your visit in their office. For a gram stain test a sample is collected from the urethra or cervix. The sample is stained with a special dye and examined under the microscope, which makes it easier to discover Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium responsible for gonorrhea. Though a gram stain test provides faster results than other forms of testing, it is not always accurate as the other tests. Moreover some doctors are not equipped to provide it.
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