What Are Early Signs Of Gonorrhea

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Gonorrhea

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gonorrhea and hiv (HIV AND GONORRHEA)

Hi Dr RobertFirst of all, i would like to congratulate you and this site for this wonderful work. Second, i'd like to say that i am sorry for my poor english. I am from Brazil and i am not very fluent, but i will try hard.I'm worried...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Brazil-Guy,Your concerns are largely unwarranted. Gonorrhea can be transmitted via oral sex quite easily and efficiently. HIV, by comparison, cannot. In fact it's quite difficult to transmit HIV via oral sex, particularly via the receptive... Read more »

Possible gonorrhea infection

Could the signs of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or herpes be (in women) white discharge and a small painful sore in the outer vaginal area, and if so, how long after contact would these symptoms appear?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Symptoms for the sexually transmitted infections usually appear two to four weeks after an exposure, but could take longer to manifest (sometimes months or years). Most people may not even experience symptoms after an exposure. If you think that... Read more »

Worried about possible resistant gonorrhea

Hi there. Recently I have been having almost a textbook presentation of the signs of gonorrhea. I've had the white-yellowish curdled discharge, the burning urination, the "crawling" sensation in my urethra and a pretty constant...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello Marc,Drug resistant gonorrhea is of growing concern, but the Suprax (cefixime) that you took is a recommended treatment for this. Your probably putting the treatment horse before the diagnostic cart, as if you're still having symptoms,... Read more »

HIV AND GONORRHEA REPLY

hi doc Bob,it's me again, the brazil-guy. Thank you very much for your answer for my first question. It indeed encouraged me to write more and more in English, hehe... the only problem is i didn't understand the expression: "setting...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Brazil-Guy,The "setting the bar extremely low" comment was a wise-ass remark I was making that was directed at our president George W. Bush. He tends to mangle the English language so badly it's often difficult to understand what... Read more »

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Chlamydia/Gonorrhea

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi guys, I have got a question about chlamydia/gonorrhea. About FOUR years ago I had sex with (3) prostitutes. I have already been tested -ive for HIV and syphilis. Do you think there's a chance I've been infected with chlamydia and/or gonorrhea? I... Read more »

Early HIV symptoms?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I've had weird symptoms for the last month (more intense the last two weeks).

They started with itching and then came a huge headache (constant with front and back of the head), pain in my neck, a little bit of diarrhea (gone now), a white tongue... Read more »

Test results are in....please look!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I finally got my results for my Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphillis tests. My gonorrhea test is negative, and my syphillis test is negative. But my chlamydia test came back as "out of range." What does that mean? Someone please help me. The... Read more »

Just got tested

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I just got tested for Syphillis, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia. I will post again after I get my results. If any of you remember my post, I am still open to all suggestions and opinions. I am tired of going to doctors and having them tell me that they... Read more »

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