Monday, October 12, 2009

Gonorrhea in pregnancy and effects on the baby

Gonorrhea, also known as gonorrhea, gonococcal urethritis blennorrhoea and is an infectious disease common sexually transmitted. More than 700,000 people in the United States get gonorrhea every year. The gonorrhea germs are found in the lining of the body (vagina, penis, throat and rectum), so that the infection is contracted through contact with these areas. If a pregnant woman has gonorrhea, is likely to suffer complications and to transmit the infection to her baby as it passes through the route of delivery at birth.
Most women with gonorrhea have no symptoms (around 80%, compared to 15% of men) and, if they do, they are mild. Even the symptoms can be so nonspecific that blend with a yeast infection or cystitis. So they should be tested with these symptoms. Gonorrhea can cause serious complications during pregnancy.
There are several laboratory tests to diagnose gonorrhea. It may take a sample of body parts that could be infected (cervix, urethra, rectum or throat) and send it to a lab for analysis. With a simple analysis of a urine sample can diagnose gonorrhea is present in the cervix or urethra.

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