Oral gonorrhea rarely causes symptoms and is often hard to detect. This can result in delayed treatment, which increases the risk of transmitting the infection to others. Oral gonorrhea can be spread through oral sex performed on the genitals or anus of someone who has gonorrhea. Although studies are limited, there are a couple of older case reports on transmission through kissing. Willmott FE. Transfer of gonococcal pharyngitis by kissing?
Fairley CK, et al. If you develop symptoms, they can be hard to distinguish from common symptoms of other throat infections. Sometimes, a person with oral gonorrhea can also have a gonorrhea infection in another part of the body, such as the cervix or urethra.
Like strep throat, oral gonorrhea may cause a sore throat with redness, but strep throat often also causes white patches in the throat. Gonorrhea must be treated with prescription antibiotics to fully clear the infection and prevent transmission. Your provider will take a swab of your throat to check for the bacteria that causes the infection. Oral infections are harder to cure than genital or rectal infections, but can be treated with the right antibiotics.
This typically includes a single injection of ceftriaxone milligrams and a single dose of oral azithromycin 1 gram. You should avoid all sexual contact, including oral sex and kissing, for seven days after completing treatment.
You should also avoid sharing food and drinks during this time, as gonorrhea can be transmitted through saliva. Chow EPF, et al. Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the pharynx and saliva: Implications for gonorrhoea transmission. If your symptoms persist, see your provider.
They may need to prescribe stronger antibiotics to clear the infection. Talking to your current or previous partners can be uncomfortable, but it needs to be done to avoid the risk of serious complications, transmitting the infection, and becoming re-infected.
With contact tracing, your local health department will notify anyone who might have been exposed. Mouthwash has long been believed to be able to cure gonorrhea. Until fairly recently, there was no scientific evidence to back the claim.
Data collected from a randomized controlled trial and an in vitro study found that the mouthwash Listerine significantly reduced the amount of N. Antiseptic mouthwash against pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A randomized controlled trial and an in vitro study. While this is certainly promising, more research is needed to assess this claim.
A larger trial is currently underway. If left untreated, oral gonorrhea can spread through your bloodstream to other parts of your body. According to the scientists, the men with a higher number of kissing-only and kissing-with-sex partners had a greater risk of contracting oral gonorrhea.
But they thought the transmission mode was oral sex — strictly oral-genital, not oral-oral. The study has attracted headlines because gonorrhea and other STIs are on the rise in all populations, not just in men who have sex with men MSM.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , in , , cases of gonorrhea were reported — an Cases increased Health officials are concerned because more and more cases are proving resistant to current antibiotics, limiting the number of treatment options that are effective.
Some researchers have suggested that mouthwash is a cheap intervention and may kill gonorrhea germs in the throat, but more research is needed. The best way to prevent gonorrhea is to use a condom during sexual activity including oral sex or to be monogamous with a partner who has tested negative for gonorrhea and gets regular STI screenings.
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Oral transmission of HIV. Hawkins DA. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. On This Page. It also may be possible to get certain STDs on the penis and possibly the vagina, anus or rectum from getting oral sex from a partner with a mouth or throat infection. Several STDs that may be transmitted by oral sex can then spread throughout the body i. Anilingus or oral sex involving the anus can transmit hepatitis A and B, intestinal parasites like Giardia , and bacteria like E.
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