What are the Symptoms of gonorrhea?
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and is caused by a bacterial infection by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This bacterium thrives in warm, moist areas of the genitals. Gonorrhea is generally spread by having any kind of sexual contact (oral, vaginal or anal) with another person. The microbes are found in the vagina, penis, throat, and rectum (mucous areas).
An infected person began to show symptoms of the disease after a few days or few weeks of exposure from the virus. The symptoms of gonorrhea in the girls are different than the boys and vice versa.
A girl infected with gonorrhea may show no symptoms at all or the symptoms may be so mild that they go unnoticed most of the time until they become more severe. A girl may experience a burning sensation while urinating or in some cases they will have a yellow-green vaginal discharge. Girls may also have vaginal bleeding during menstrual periods. The infection may become more widespread and can move into the uterus or fallopian tubes. In such cases a girl may suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can cause abdominal pain, fever, and pain during carnal knowledge, as well as the symptoms given above may occur.
 What is gonorrhea?
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Guys infected with gonorrhea infection are much more likely to notice symptoms. But it may also happen that a might be suffering from a gonorrhea infection and have no symptoms at all. However, some men have signs or symptoms that take 2 to 5 days to appear after infection; symptoms can take as long as 30 days to appear. The infected person may not even know about his infection until the symptoms are visible. Guys often feel a burning sensation while urinating and yellowish-white discharge may transude from the urethra (at the tip of the penis). Gonorrhea can spread to the epididymis (the structure close to the testicle that helps in transporting sperm), causing pain and inflammation in the testicular region. This may result in scar tissue which might make a guy infertile.
Symptoms such as discharge, anal itching, soreness, bleeding, or painful bowel movements may occur in both men and women if they are infected with rectal infection. Rectal infection may also cause no symptoms. A sore throat may occur in case the throat is infected but generally causes no symptoms. The symptoms generally appear two to seven days after a person has been exposed to gonorrhea, and in case girls they may appear even later.
