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  2. Gonorrhea - Wikipedia

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    Gonorrhea affects about 0.8% of women and 0.6% of men. [6] An estimated 33 to 106 million new cases occur each year, out of the 498 million new cases of curable STI – which also includes syphilis, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis. [10] [11] Infections in women most commonly occur when they are young adults. [3] In 2015, it caused about 700 ...

  3. Pelvic inflammatory disease - Wikipedia

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    Without treatment, about 10 percent of those with a chlamydial infection and 40 percent of those with a gonorrhea infection will develop PID. [2] [10] Risk factors are generally similar to those of sexually transmitted infections and include a high number of sexual partners and drug use. [2] Vaginal douching may also increase the risk. [2]

  4. Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome occurs almost exclusively in women, though it can be seen in males rarely. [5] It is complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydia) or Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonorrhea) though other bacteria such as Bacteroides, Gardnerella, E. coli and Streptococcus have also been found to cause Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome on occasion. [6]

  5. Epidemiology of gonorrhoea - Wikipedia

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    As of 2018, gonorrhoea was the second most commonly reported STI in Canada.Its incidence rate has been rising since 1997. Incidence rate among men was consistently higher than that among women (70.2 per 100,000 versus 40.6 per 100,000 in 2015). It was also

  6. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in Americans age ...

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    STIs — including the most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV (or human papillomavirus), which can cause health problems such as genital warts and certain cancers in women and men ...

  7. Urethritis - Wikipedia

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    Gonorrhea is more commonly seen in males than in females and infection rates are higher in adolescents and young adults. [ 1 ] The estimated global prevalence of chlamydia, which is the most common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis, is 3.8% in women and 2.7% in men.

  8. New antibiotic shows promise for drug-resistant gonorrhea - AOL

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    Left untreated, gonorrhea poses a risk of infertility and can prove especially damaging to women, leading to pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy. The infection can also raise the ...

  9. Non-gonococcal urethritis - Wikipedia

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    For men, the signs and symptoms are discharge from the penis, burning or pain when urinating, itching, irritation, or tenderness. In women, the signs and symptoms are discharge from vagina, burning or pain when urinating, anal or oral infections, abdominal pain, or abnormal vaginal bleeding, which may be an indication that the infection has ...