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Gonorrhoe (clap)
Gonorrhoe belongs to the sexually transmissible sexually transmitted diseases, it is notifiable. The causative agent is the bacterium neisseria gonorrhoeae which is put in order systematically at the gonococcen. The infection is carried out at the unprotected sexual intercourse or the causative agent will transfer the child at the birth from the mother. The bacteria are transferred exclusively at mucosa contact.
The gonorrhoe can go complaint poorly at the two sexes. The symptoms and the course are, however, different with man and woman.
After an incubation period of 2-4 days gets burning in the urethra and discharge at the extremity at the man open. Bei der Frau verlaufen die frühen Stadien ohne Symptome. A yellow greenish discharge, pruritus or burning appears at some after the contact in the urethra 2-3 weeks. If the infection climbs into the womb and the oviducts, the woman can feel pains in the lower abdomen or back. Sometimes increased temperature and vomiting join. If the gonorrhoe isn't treated, arthritis, meningitis, endocarditises, blindness, sterility and even the death are the consequence.
This disease has fortunately to be lightly given therapy by antibiotics, for example with penicillin and its derivatives. The con-treatment of the partner is important as in the case of all sexually transmissible diseases to exclude a ping-pong effect.
Cultures must be laid out with secretion to the detection of the shoot in the laboratory. It is won from the cervix, the urethra or the neck.
This infectious disease can lead to a premature bladder jump and therefore to a miscarriage in the pregnancy. If the child catches it during the birth, then the eyes of the newborn child are primarily concerned. It can go blind within less days if the illness remains undiscovered. Most obstetricians dribble a gutta with a 1 per cent silver nitrate solution into the conjunctiva sac of the eyes of the newborn childs today certainly, too. This prophylactic measure is called a Blennorrhoe or Crédé's eye prophylaxis. A smear routinely is made and examined for the causative agent at the first prenatal care
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