What Is Gonorrhea? What Causes Gonorrhea?

June 29, 2009 by admin 

Gonorrhea (from Late Latin gonorrhoia where gonos means “seed” and rhoe means “flow”) is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that tends to attack the mucous membranes of the body. It is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.; the first being Chlamydia. The bacteria reside in the warm and moist body cavities of both men and women and are highly contagious.

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