What is gonococcal urethritis in women?

Everyone will get sick at some point in their life, but if it is just a common cold or fever, people will not feel particularly scared or nervous, and it will heal quickly. But gonococcal urethritis is not that simple. So, what exactly is gonococcal urethritis in women? This is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease. Please see the report below for more information.

1. Source of infection

People infected with gonococci.

2. Transmission routes

(1) Sexual transmission is the main route of gonorrhea transmission, and most gonorrhea patients are infected through sexual intercourse.

(2) Other transmission routes may cause infection through contact with secretions containing gonococci or contaminated utensils, such as clothing, bedding, towels, bathtubs, bathing utensils, toilets, etc.

3. Symptoms in female patients

(1) Symptoms of uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis and paraurethral glanditis include pain, redness and swelling of the vulva, urgency, frequency, pain when urinating, and pus discharge from the urethra; gonococcal bartholinitis includes fever, redness and swelling of one side of the labia majora, pain, fever, and pus discharge; gonococcal perianal inflammation is caused by vaginal secretions infecting the perianal area, and is mainly manifested by redness and swelling of the perianal area, extreme itching, and pain; gonococcal cervicitis includes pain, itching of the vulva, pus discharge from the vagina, redness and swelling of the cervix, and foreign body secretion.

(2) Complications are mainly caused by gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease, which mainly manifests as fever, pain, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, and increased vaginal discharge.

What exactly is female gonococcal urethritis? Female gonococcal urethritis is a very serious sexually transmitted disease that causes unimaginable harm to the patient both physically and psychologically. Therefore, I hope that the majority of patients will go to the hospital to receive authoritative treatment as early as possible, and strive to get rid of the harm of this stubborn disease as soon as possible.