I HAVE A STD

GONORRHEA
HOW GOT GONORRHEA
KATIE'S STORY
How I got it:
Katie had unprotected
sex with her
boyfriends best friend
How I wiII teII my
parents: Katie is
going to have her
doctor call her parents
How I wiII teII my
current and future
partners: Katie will
tell them the truth
even though she is
embarrassed and
scared of what they
will say.
WHAT IS GONORRHEA
caused by bacterium- Neiseeria Gonorrhoeae
grows easily in warm, moist areas
cervix
uterus
fallopian tubes
urethra
all sexually active people should be tested

SYMPTOMS
some have no symptoms
MEN: burning while urinating, white/yellow/green discharge,
painful or swollen testicles
WOMEN: 50% have no symptoms, mistaken for a bladder or
vaginal infection, burning while urinating, bleeding between
periods
people who have just been diagnosed may want to check for
other sexually transmitted diseases
symptoms usually appears 2-5 days after infection
HOW IT IS TRANSMITTED
sexual intercourse with someone who has the disease
anal, vaginal, or oral
via fluids even if the man does not ejaculate
an untreated mother to her baby during childbirth
toilet seats
WHERE CAN I GO TO GET TESTED
-BENSON LIBRARY
6015 Binney St. Omaha, NE 68104
FREE express urine tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia, sponsored by the Douglas County Health Department
Hours: Second Wednesday, 2 to 4 p.m.
Phone: (402) 444-7750
-RESPECT CLINIC
5050 Ames St.
Fee: $15 for testing, education and treatment (medicine) for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomonas
Hours: Monday 5 to 7 p.m.
Phone: (402) 595-2280
Appointments and walk-ins welcome
TREATMENT
f treated the right way gonorrhea can be cured
if infected you must take all the prescribed medication
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is increasing. f symptoms continue
for a few days after you start the medication you should go
back to the doctor to be reevaluated.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/768883
COST FOR DOCTOR
APPONTMENT
to get tested at any of the
places we previously
named is free
COST FOR
TREATMENT
one dose is $17 and it only
takes one dose to cure
Pay for this by: Katie wiII pay with
her own money
FIND MORE INFORMATION HERE
Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/std
CDC-INFO Contact Center
1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
CITATION
"Getting a Prescription Ior Treatment." Getting a Prescription for STD Treatment. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2013.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers Ior Disease Control and Prevention, 13 Feb. 2013. Web. 17 Oct. 2013.
Knoop, Kevin, Lawrence Stack, and Alan Storrow . Atlas of Emergencv Medicine . San Antonio: McGraw-Hill, Print.