Generally, Gonorrhoea is cause by infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and may involve columnar epithelium in the lower genital tract, rectum, pharynx also eyes.
Moreover, Transmission is usually the result of vaginal, anal or oral sex.
Gonococcal conjunctivitis may cause by accidental infection from contaminated fingers.
Untreated mothers may infect babies during delivery, resulting in ophthalmia neonatorum.
Additionally, Infection of children beyond the neonatal period usually indicates sexual abuse.
Gonorrhea passes from person to person through unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal sex.
People with numerous sexual partners or those who don’t use a condom are at greatest risk of infection.
Besides this, the best protections against infection are abstinence, monogamy (in other words; sex with only one partner), and proper condom usage.
Behaviors that make a person more likely to engage in unprotected sex also increase the likelihood of infection.
All in all, these behaviors include alcohol abuse and illegal drug abuse, particularly intravenous drug use.
