In fact, gonorrhea is the commonest communicable sexually transmitted disease in the world today. As far back as 1968, the world health organization estimated that there were about 150 million cases worldwide. Presently, it is beyond estimation. Gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases cause infertility.

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What causes gonorrhea?

The germ that causes gonorrhea was isolated in 1879 by Albert Neisseria who named the organism Neisseria gonorrhea or gonococcus. Ever since then, this organism can be isolated for prompt diagnosis of gonorrhea. Unfortunately, everyone including native doctors has gonorrhea top on the list of sicknesses they cure. Everyone of them claims to know about it.

Nevertheless, gonorrhea is one of the sexually transmitted diseases with a capability of rendering a man's reproductive hope useless. The threat of this germ lies on the fact that it is one of the germs that can penetrate the hard protective coat God used to protect the testes. As a matter of fact, very few drugs can penetrate the protect barrier of the testes.

Most Common STD Symptoms to Get STD Tested

Therefore any germ that succeed to enter the chambers of testes apparently appears to enjoy immunity because no weapon formed or fashioned against it shall prosper.When a man is infected with gonorrhea, the germs move from the urethra to vas deferens and finally to the testes. About 2 to 5 days, the germs multiply while the body soldiers migrate to the site to fight the germ.

The outcome of the fight between the body defense cells and the increasing destructive activities of the germs lead to discomfortss, painful urination and production of greenish-yellow offensive discharge. This may continue but if not treated, or treated poorly, the discomfort may stop while the germs continue unnoticed havoc in the power house.

We all have been there in our life. We believe that we are ten feet tall and bullet proof. This is proven every time that we go out to the bar, we sit there have a few drinks and hours later are on the arms of a lovely lady. We wake up the next morning go home and go about our day. Then one of two things happen, we either get the phone call from this woman telling us we need to get checked.

We get a rash or a number of other symptoms that make us think we have an STD. This makes our hookup that we had a lot more of a problem than we first thought. But how do we know without testing if we have an STD? This article is designed to give you a heads up as to whether or not you and your doctor need to have a chat. Many STD's share a common set of basic symptoms. Let's look at some of these STD symptoms in particular.


Rash, Itching, Burning

This is an extremely common occurrence among STD symptoms. The rash is usually centered around the genitals and is often accompanied by a burning itch which is unstretchable as it id under the surface of the skin. Most of the time this is a precursor to an outbreak of welts, sores or blisters.

Burning or Difficulty During Urination

Burning and difficulty in urination are both common STD symptoms. This comes from the inflammation of the urethral lining which is prevalent with most viral STD infections. This is among the STD symptoms which are indicative from most sufferers of an STD infection.

The problem is that this is not only on the list of STD symptoms but is also common with many other infections especially infections of the bladder and infections of the prostate in men.

Pus or Discharge from the Vagina or Urethra

This is among the most noticeable of the common STD symptoms, and aside from burning or difficulty in urination this is usually the first of the STD symptoms to be reported by the infected person. As with burning or difficulty in urination, it should be noted that not all instances of Pus or Discharge from the Vagina or Urethra are indicative of STD symptoms.

Pus or Discharge from the Vagina or Urethra is also a common symptom of other uro-genital infections and conditions that are not sexually transmitted disease related.

Swelling or Tenderness of the Genitals

When it comes to common STD symptoms this is perhaps the hardest one to notice. In men it is not uncommon for there to be swelling or tenderness in the penis and testicles for a wide variety of reasons, in women the genitals are not as easily indicative of swelling or tenderness.

 If you suspect that you may have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease based upon swelling or tenderness of the genitals, look for other common STD symptoms in conjunction with this.