An infectious disease caused by gonococcus and transmitted primarily during sexual contact is gonorrhea. In men, the treatment of the disease depends on its type and form. Gonococci primarily affect the genitourinary tract and its adnexal organs. That is why the first symptoms of infection are minor burning and itching in the urethra. This symptom may be supplemented by the appearance of mucous secretions. Then the inflammation increases, and after 3-4 days acute urethritis is already developing.
Gonorrhea: symptoms in men
Treatment of the disease should be started as early as possible, and therefore it is necessary to pay attention to the emerging symptoms in a timely manner. Anterior urethritis in acute course causes pain during urination, intense redness of the outer area of the urethra, its soreness and swelling, copious discharge of purulent contents. With an erection, pain may appear.
Sometimes gonorrhea in men (a venereologist must treat the disease) is characterized by mild symptoms, manifested only in the form of minor secretions and mild pains, sometimes not even noticeable to the patient. In this case, the disease from the very beginning takes on a chronic form. The opposite development of events also occurs when urethritis proceeds extremely rapidly. In this case, inflammation is very pronounced: the penis swells significantly and remains in a semi-stressed state, intense pain occurs when it is felt, profuse discharge is observed from the urethra, they can be with blood impurities. In addition, the condition as a whole worsens, the temperature rises.
A sign of posterior urethritis is frequent urination, sometimes every 15 minutes. Usually it is accompanied by pain and a small amount of blood. In this case, the release of purulent contents is practically or completely absent due to its flowing into the bladder. This type of disease can also occur without causing severe symptoms. Gonorrhea in men, the treatment of which is started on time, in most cases is limited to anterior urethritis. If the therapy is carried out late or poorly, the disease can become chronic, which is fraught with its spread to the whole body and the occurrence of various complications. In this case, the disease almost does not bother the patient,
discharge from the urethra of pus is very weak.
Treatment of gonorrhea in men
Drugs containing antibiotic are used as the main method of therapy. The choice of a specific medication depends on a number of conditions: the nature and prevalence of the disease, the stability of gonococci, the general condition of the patient, the presence of complications, etc. Most often, penicillin antibiotics are used , they are administered intramuscularly. With individual intolerance to such medicines, tetracycline antibiotics are used . As a rule, 7-10 days is enough to stop symptoms. Gonorrhea in men, whose treatment is quite long, is present in the body until the gonococcus in the secretions disappears completely. It also happens that even if the pathogen is not detected during laboratory diagnosis, inflammation continues to persist in the genitourinary system. Then it is necessary to make an additional examination and continue treatment. Only if gonococcus has not been detected in laboratory tests for a long time, can the patient be considered cured of gonorrhea.