

At the same time, the conjunctiva of the eyes is affected, girls also have genitals. Infection with gonorrhea of a newborn can occur when it passes through the birth canal of a sick mother.

Gonococci cannot penetrate intact fetal membranes during pregnancy, but premature rupture of these membranes leads to infection of the amniotic fluid and fetus. Infection with gonorrhea of a newborn child The incubation (latent) period for gonorrhea can last from 1 day to 2 weeks, less often up to 1 month. Sometimes there may be a contact way of infection of a child from a mother with gonorrhea during childbirth and household, indirect – through personal hygiene items (bed linen, washcloth, towel), usually in girls. The probability of contracting gonorrhea of a man is higher if a woman has menstruation, sexual intercourse is prolonged and has a stormy conclusion. This is due to some anatomical and functional features of the genitourinary system in men (narrow urethral canal, gonococci can be washed away by urine). Men do not always get infected during sexual contact with a woman with gonorrhea – in 30-40% of cases. In women, after sexual intercourse with a sick man, the probability of contracting gonorrhea is 50-80%. Gonorrhea infection occurs in various forms of sexual contact: vaginal (normal and “incomplete”), anal, oral. Gonorrhea is a highly contagious infection, in 99% it has a sexual transmission pathway. When the symptoms are erased, patients aggravate the course of their disease and spread the infection further without knowing about it. Infection of the fetus from the mother infected with gonorrhea during childbirth is noted. Gonococci can enter the blood and, circulating throughout the body, cause joint damage, sometimes gonorrheal endocarditis and meningitis, bacteremia, severe septic conditions.

There is a very high risk of complications – various genitourinary disorders (including sexual ones), infertility in men and women. But with some changes in the mucosa (in girls, in women during pregnancy, during menopause) its development is possible.ĭisease is more common among young people in their 20s and 30s, but it can occur at any age. Disease vaginitis almost does not occur, since the flat epithelium of the vaginal mucosa is resistant to the effects of gonococci. Gonorrhea from the lower parts of the genitourinary system (urethra, periurethal glands, cervical canal) can spread to the upper (uterus and appendages, peritoneum).
