Unusual gonorrhoea symptoms you might be totally missing
Gonorrhoea is a bacterial infection that can be transmitted via any kind of sex oral, anal, or vaginal and is thought to be the second most common STI in the UK (after Chlamydia).
It's recommended all sexually active women under the age of 25 get screened for gonorrhoea annually, and that women who are older but have new or multiple sex partners continue that yearly testing.
Testing is really important because gonorrhoea often occurs without any symptoms, according to Elizabeth Torrone, Ph.D., a team lead in the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of STD Prevention. But the infection could still be causing complications, she says.
It could be leading to long-term reproductive health consequences like infertility, which isn't necessarily tied ...
