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STD GONORRHEA TREATMENT: THE MEDICATION

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Antibiotics can completely treat gonorrhea, although there may rarely be resistance to a medication. Early diagnosis and treatment are necessary to prevent such complications as scarring and infertility.

For gonorrheal infection of the eye, the oral antibiotics already listed are recommended, but for a longer time, usually a week or more. Alternatively, an injection of ceftriaxone may be given. Treatment is usually carried out in coordination with an ophthalmologist (eye doctor). If a joint infection with gonorrhea is suspected, the infected fluid is usually removed, and antibiotics are administered intravenously (through the veins) in the hospital. An orthopedist (a specialist in joint infections) is usually consulted in such cases. Gonorrhea that causes endocarditis, meningitis, or skin lesions throughout the body must also be treated with intravenous antibiotics in the hospital.

If symptoms persist after treatment with these medications, it is important to see your health care provider for a follow-up examination, for these treatments are sometimes not fully effective.

Sexual partners must be treated as well. This means everyone who has had sexual contact with an infected person in the last sixty days, even if they have no symptoms or evidence of infection on examination. In most states, if a person is diagnosed with gonorrhea, this fact is reported to the state health department, which then attempts to contact that person’s sexual partners to make sure they receive treatment.