Sex is Fun until one gets Gonorrhea Part 8

Treatment

There is no room for self care treatment at home in the case of gonorrhea. There are no herbs or nutritional supplements to treat this condition.

Various antibiotics are used to treat gonorrhea. In the past decade the fluoroquinolones [examples are Cipro, and Levaquin] were widely used in the treatment of gonorrheal infection.

Because of increasing resistance of many strains of N. gonorrhea to the fluoroquinolones drugs, the CDC now recommends that only one class of antibiotics should be used to treat the infection. Today, the cephalosporins are widely used to treat gonorrhea. The present day treatment of gonorrhea requires a single dose injection of an antibiotic (ceftriaxone or a single-dose pill such as Cipro).

The majority of men are treated by a single injection of antibiotic and are discharged home. Admission to the hospital is done if there is evidence of spread of infection to other parts of the body (such as brain, joint, heart). If the patient shows evidence of infection in the blood or appears sick, admission to the hospital may be required for intravenous antibiotics.

For females with gonorrhea, the treatment is more complex and may more often requires admission to the hospital because the complications and the non compliance rates are higher than males. Because, the majority of these females are seen in clinics and with rising health care costs and physician reluctance to admit these patients, the majority are discharged home, like their male counterparts.

Most females should be informed about PID and future difficulties with pregnancy. Even though most females are given follow up appointments, less than 10% show up for future appointments.