Hi All
I saw the title of this thread and thought I could add some information.
I also saw a guy 2 weeks ago at the Bute street clinic that ended up having gonorrhea in the penis. He had also received oral sex from a sex worker.
The main things I have noticed with gonorrhea are.
- Can be in the throat, penis, vagina and rectum.
- When it is in the throat, vagina and rectum it usually does not have any symptoms.
- Passes easily with oral sex.
- Can be treated with antibiotics.
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When testing for gonorrhea we can do throat, vaginal and rectal swabs as well as urine tests. We would recommend a throat swab if you performed oral sex on a man and a rectal swab if you received rectal sex from a man.
It’s possible for someone performing DATY to get gonorrhea in their throat but it is not common for this to happen. We stopped doing throat swabs on men that just did DATY, as we did not find much gonorrhea.
In terms of numbers in BC the amount of gonorrhea is much less than the amount of chlamydia. In 2011 we had 11,730 cases of chlamydia and 1,573 cases of gonorrhea.
It doesn’t look like we have a big increase in gonorrhea, it’s just something that is out there. It would be a risk to anyone who is having sex with more than one person or if their partner is.
As you can see from the numbers given and the number of blow jobs that takes place it is possible for people to have sex for years and not come in contact with gonorrhea.
Most of the time gonorrhea is easily treated with antibiotics and the person is ok to have sex again after 1 week. In some situations it can cause complications.
For more information on gonorrhea have a look at our website.
http://smartsexresource.com/topics/gonorrhea
I haven’t heard of any studies that have shown washing or urinating after sex reduces your chance of getting an STI, but I am unsure if these factors have been studied in detail.
HN
www.smartsexresource.com