Talk:Gonorrhea

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[edit] J

Jesus Christ, I didn't expect to see a gigantic wang when I clicked on this link. Not a big fan of the vagina either. Anyone for deletion? --Kellywatchthestars

I was a bit startled as well. I moved the pictures down to the symptoms section, so at least it won't be the first thing people see when they load the article. 04:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, it's right on the front again. Somebody delete it please!--Kellywatchthestars
I agree delete that.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.--yeahokno

Removed reference to Dr. Stringham from main text since this seems inappropriate for an encyclopedic entry. If you are Dr. Stringham or the person who added this line, feel free to include a link to his webpage in the external links section. (Btw, I couldn't even find him/his email through a quick google search). --R0 17:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

so, uh, a medical student just told me that gonorrhea didn't thrive in the rectum. WHY, WIKIPEDIA, WHY WOULD YOU LIE ABOUT SUCH A THING?

yes, medical students do know everything.--Hugh7 07:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Gonorrhoea thrives very happily in the rectum, and is a plague in men who have sex with men. It is also more tricky to treat: penicillin doesn't work there because commensal bacteria in the rectum produce β-lactamase that protects the gonococcus from penicillin. Theoretically also a problem if the gut bacteria are ESBL-producing.--Gak 12:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

The original version of this article was taken from the public domain resource at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdgon.htm prepared by the Office of Communications and Public Liaison of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892

In current usage, the prefered spelling is everywhere gonorrhea; gonorrhoea is archaic. This should be changed.

it's still in use here in the English-speaking world. --Hugh7 07:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree. Gonorrhea is the preferred spelling only in America. --Gak 12:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I've heard another etymology for 'the clap' being that if it caused obstruction in the penis, a man would clap his hands on it quickly to 'pop' it, causing great pain but temporary relief.

Not being a doc or in any medicine related field, and recalling that this is an encyclopedia, open to everyone (with internet access, anyway), from layman to doctor of medicine alike, what falls under the category of "discharge" for males? Both urine and semen? Something seperate (i.e. pus) that would be "discharged" at the same time as either urine or semen?

After looking it up the Wiktionary says: “(medicine) (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.” So technically all of the above could be considered discharge.
Assuming you're urinating because of infection or pathology... 142.177.121.78 06:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


There aren't really any symptoms listed here, just complications (and diagnosis and treatment). So the Symptoms heading is misleading or needs to be filled in. Rainman420 20:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

It incorrectly states that the discharge is referred to as "leet." The correct term is gleet.

[edit] Llamas?

HiV/AIDS is understood to have originated in chimps. Where did Gonorrhea come from? I hear through the grape vine that it was llamas, but I can't find any credible sources to back this up. Harkenbane 01:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Harkenbane HIV didnt come from chimps because its called HUMAN immunodeficiency virus and they dont know ehre it came from but ask someone else about the llama thing but i doubt it.
No, this is correct. HIV comes from chimps. References for this fact are on the HIV page. I have no information about gonorrhoea coming from llamas and it sounds a little dubious to me.--Gak 13:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
That would be impossible. Gonorrhea existed in Europe before Columbus, and there were no llamas in the Old World before 1492. --Charlene 05:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
There are two "varities" of HIV, HIV-1 and HIV-2. One of them evolved from SIV which infected chimps. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.180.75.10 (talk) 16:21, 13 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Treatment

The article talks about antibiotics as a way to treat the disease. Does this mean the disease is a permanent infection of the host whereby it cannot be cured through taking antibiotics? Chris00tt 19:08, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.K. Health Agency?

The article states "In 2000, 358,995 cases of gonorrhoea were reported to the U.K. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . . ."

There is, however, no U.K. Health agency by this name. It is exactly the name of the main U.S. health agency.

So my guess is either U.K. should be changed to U.S., or the phrase "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" should be changed to the appropriate U.K. agency. Googling, I find the only hit on this phrase is from Wikipedia; these rest make it clear the figure is about the U.S. Hence I have changed the "U.K." in the phrase to "U.S."Daqu13:58, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

The UK equivalent is the Health Protection Agency.
In fact, I found the figure on the (U.S.) CDC's own website at: < http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats00/2000Gonorrhea.htm >. Since the next phrase was "the worst of which was a Jason Donaghy from Northern Ireland, [his treatment described here]", it is clear that a) a case from Northern Ireland would not be part of the U.S. statistics (all of the 358,995 cases mentioned were from the U.S.) and b) there is no justification for naming and thus violating the privacy of an individual.
So I left the description of "his case" in, but removed the name. My strong suspicion is that this case is entirely bogus and respresents vandalism, and should probably be omitted altogether. Evidence that it is bogus, besides the misattribution of "U.K." to the CDC: 0. it has no atribution; 1. it said (and still does) that he was treated "very late in the stage", which is medically meaningless, though evidently an attempt to mimic medical writing; 2. it named the patient, which would never be done normally; 3. it states that it "almost resulted in removal of the testicles", which has a very unclear meaning, if any; 4. it states that "it has been the worst reported case to date", which is ridiculous, since of more than 350,000 cases, how could anyone pick a "worst" ?.Daqu 14:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)Daqu 14:36, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Yikes. Are the graphic pictures really necessary? 60.227.137.148 08:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

All pictures in Wikipedia should be graphic. Text pictures are not nearly as good.--Hugh7 07:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
Facetiousness aside, people come to Wikipedia for information. One thing that people who look up gonorrhoea may want to know is what an infection looks like. Hence the pictures. If people don't want to see it, they shouldn't look up gonorrhoea. Furby100 19:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warren Buffet

"Warren Buffett: Named after the American investor, the name is derived from the color of Mr. Buffett's hair." Which is what? Green? --Hugh7 07:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Although the image of the penis and vagina with "G" are all very nice, well you know what I mean, I think a picture an infected mouth and anus would also be helpful, especially the former, since that is the most common place of infection. How can a request be put up for that? Qrc2006 22:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Can't we just leave that to people's imagination? I'm sure the two current pictures will give them enough of an idea... 80.5.205.239 10:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name

This bit about "acute gonococcal perihepatitis" is really a nonsense. I propose deletion. --Gak 12:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

The name is used in this medical description, and since it refers to an infection by gonococcae, it presumably refers to gonorrhoea. Furby100 19:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

"Perihepatitis" means inflammation of the tissue surrounding the liver. [1], [2] In the case described in the cited article, the inflammation was caused by an infection of neisseria gonorrhoeae, but that does not mean that "gonococcal perihepatitis" is the formal term for all gonococcal infections. I'm removing the incorrect text. MrRK 23:50, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images were removed, putting them back

Wikipedia is not censored, so those pictures belong there to illustrate the effects of gonorrhoea. I am putting them back, please specify reasons for removal if you wish to remove them again. JONJONAUG 02:02, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Good for you. As a medical student I need to see images.

Could leaving a link to the pictures or using a drawing be a good compromise? I know I don't want to see a penis or vagina infected with gonorhea, but I am forced to look at the pictures if I wish to see the information beside them. 74.133.71.212 16:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Human only virus?

"Gonorrhoea spreads during sexual intercourse, whereby the infective partner does not need to be human" - according to Kumar and Clark's 'Clinical Medicine' (the medical student's bible), humans are the only host of the neisseria gonorrhoeae virus. 130.209.6.40

  • Correct. But according to the report by Kleist and Moi, an inflatable sex doll has been first used by an infected man. The transmission of the disease happened only two hour later when another healthy man used the same doll again. El Suizo 16:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Would rewording the sentence make the meaning clearer? In its current form, it seems as if gonorrhea could be spread via sexual intercourse with animals. "..., including sexual intercourse with inflatable dolls." or a similar edit would clear things up. 74.133.71.212 16:10, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence incomplete

What should go at the end of this sentence: "It is transmitted by penetrative anal sex and is diagnosed on rectal swab. It cannot be treated with penicillin because rectal commensals produce." ???

[edit] Changed to gonorrhea

as was the initial article and the next several major edits.

Moreover, the picture's caption reads "gonorrhea," so I feel justified in so changing for consistency, despite the fact that it stood at "gonorrhoea" after "gonorrhoea" was an empty redirect and it was railroaded to "gonorrhoea" and much of the original content changed to fit. 67.185.236.40 01:58, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Rampant Vandalism

I revised the page to a copy from April 3rd I believe, removing the sentence "If you have a penis, you have gonorrhea." and the altering of a sentence in the symptoms to "nmbnmbn" or some other gibberish. I don't believe I removed any newly added information. MDAmp 14:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[Side note: I must be incapable of signing in, cause I had to edit this 3 times now. Whoops.]


[edit] Drug-resistance

The CDC has advised doctors to prescribe a different class of antibiotics to treat this disease as it has become drug-resistant. News article | here. 124.43.209.48 05:05, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Naturally Clearing in some cases

I'm looking for a recent reference I saw to this effect: a person who is not treated for gonorrhea, may nevertheless clear the infection spontaneously. Do asymptomic infected women stay infected forever? What percentage of untreated people do not develop symptoms and eventually clear the infection on their own? In other words, we know gonorrhea infection presents some risk to the person, and for transmission to others, yet what is the risk in terms of probability for certain outcomes. I am railing against certain general aspects of contemporary commercially delivered western medicine, the embedded assumptions that suggest that only sane response is a conventional treatment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Duality Rules (talk • contribs) 03:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC).Duality Rules 03:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay here is my reference. John Douglas, director of the CDC's Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention, in this article: http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2007-04-12-gonorrhea-antibiotic-treatment_N.htm%3Fcsp%3D34 , tell us: "Most infected women don't develop symptoms, and many clear gonorrhea with no treatment, Douglas said. However, a significant proportion of infected women develop pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to infertility. In rare cases in men, he said, gonorrhea can cause upper genital tract infections that can leave them sterile."
So the disease is not that fearsome, although there are some risks.Duality Rules 13:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tolstoy

Used mercury to treat his gonorrhea. Worked but debilitated him. AllStarZ 22:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gonorrhea treatment section must be updated.

With the ongoing data from CDC’s Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance project, including preliminary findings from year 2006 treatment option of fluoroquinolone shows an increasing resistant to the bacteria throughout in the United States. As reported in April 2007, this class of antibiotics is no longer recommended for the treatment of gorrohea, but instead the following treatment is recommended: Ceftiraxone 125 mg IM in a single dose or Cefixime 400mg orally in a single dose plus treatment for Chlamydia if Chlamydial infection is not ruled out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.220.44.196 (talk) 05:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why does it change gonnorea to chlamidia halfway thru the article??

Why has this been done. They are two separate diseases. With different regimes of treatments —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.172.4 (talk) 16:35, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bacteria, not a virus

It says in the very first paragraph that gonorrhea is caused by bacteria. Why does it get refered to as a virus later on in the article? Also, immature and juvenile people should stop editing this article with facisous information just because its an article realate to sex (tee hee, gonorrhea = P). Its kind of pathetic that if someone needed acurate information on a disease, that they'd be misinformed by this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.130.108.66 (talk) 07:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural Reference

Hello, can anybody confirm or deny "Private Practice (2007)- Mya's friend has chlamydia and tries to hide it." on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gonorrhea&diff=175438587&oldid=175438154 . Is this vandalism or is it a real reference ? rkmlai 15:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Disseminated GC and Reactive Arthritis

Someone needs to add this information to the article. It is a pretty big deal and appears to be completely absent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.17.231 (talk) 22:02, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed category merge

The related Category:Sexually transmitted infections has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for Discussion page.