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[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|The bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.]]

[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|The bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.]]

'''Gonorrhea''' is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm</ref> Approximately 700,000 people in the [[United States]] are afflicted with gonorrhea. <ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#common Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref>

'''Gonorrhea''' is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm</ref> Approximately 700,000 people in the [[United States]] are afflicted with gonorrhea.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#common Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref>

===Homosexuality and Gonorrhea===

===Homosexuality and Gonorrhea===

==Symptoms==

==Symptoms==

Symptoms of gonorrhea vary, with many individuals having no symptoms at all.  When they do appear, symptoms can take from 5 - 30 days to appear.  According to the CDC<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#symptoms Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref>, symptoms of gonorrhea can include:

Symptoms of gonorrhea vary, with many individuals having no symptoms at all.  When they do appear, symptoms can take from 5 – 30 days to appear.  According to the CDC,<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#symptoms Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref> symptoms of gonorrhea can include:

In men:

In men:

The only sure prevention of gonorrhea is [[abstinence]].

The only sure prevention of gonorrhea is [[abstinence]].

==External Link==

==External links==

*[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm Information about Gonorrhea from the CDC]

*[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm Information about Gonorrhea from the CDC]