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pharyngeal gonorrhea
Dear Doc
Please can you give me the run down on pharyngeal gonorrhea. I've had a sore throat for about 2 days nows (accompanied by post nasal drip) but otherwise feel fine. I've also had someone look in my throat and they say they can see that one of my tonsils are swollen and have some pus. I plan on having a doc look at it tomorrow.
About a month ago i did perform unprotected oral sex on a man and had unprotective oral sex performed on me, also a man.
Could this be pharyngeal gonorrhea? I have no discharge or discomfort from my penis/anus so can pharyngeal gonorrhea be contracted alone?
Thanks
Please can you give me the run down on pharyngeal gonorrhea. I've had a sore throat for about 2 days nows (accompanied by post nasal drip) but otherwise feel fine. I've also had someone look in my throat and they say they can see that one of my tonsils are swollen and have some pus. I plan on having a doc look at it tomorrow.
About a month ago i did perform unprotected oral sex on a man and had unprotective oral sex performed on me, also a man.
Could this be pharyngeal gonorrhea? I have no discharge or discomfort from my penis/anus so can pharyngeal gonorrhea be contracted alone?
Thanks
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
As implied above, it is extremely unlikely you have oral gonorrhea. Even if you do, transmission by kissing have never been known to happen.
Thank you doc - last question - I forgot to ask if it can be spread via spit (i.e kissing)??
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum. I'll try to help.
Having performed unprotected oral sex on a male partner, it is certainly possible you acquired oral gonorrhea. (You don't say your sex, but if you're also male, the chance is a lot higher than if you are a woman -- but it's possible either way.) And certainly gonorrhea can involve only the throat -- in fact, if you didn't have unprotected vaginal or anal sex, only oral, your throat is the only site that could possibly be infected.
However, pharyngeal gonorrhea is not very common; and when it happens, over 90% of infections are asymptomatic. And gonorrhea does not cause post nasal drip -- only sore throat. A common cold is a far more likely cause of your symptoms than gonorrhea.
It's easy to be tested for pharyngeal gonorrhea; a simple throat swab is sufficient. You can expect a negative result. If positive, it probably still won't explain your symptoms. Even if positive, most likely the gonorrhea would be asymptomatic, plus a garden variety viral upper respiratory infection.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Having performed unprotected oral sex on a male partner, it is certainly possible you acquired oral gonorrhea. (You don't say your sex, but if you're also male, the chance is a lot higher than if you are a woman -- but it's possible either way.) And certainly gonorrhea can involve only the throat -- in fact, if you didn't have unprotected vaginal or anal sex, only oral, your throat is the only site that could possibly be infected.
However, pharyngeal gonorrhea is not very common; and when it happens, over 90% of infections are asymptomatic. And gonorrhea does not cause post nasal drip -- only sore throat. A common cold is a far more likely cause of your symptoms than gonorrhea.
It's easy to be tested for pharyngeal gonorrhea; a simple throat swab is sufficient. You can expect a negative result. If positive, it probably still won't explain your symptoms. Even if positive, most likely the gonorrhea would be asymptomatic, plus a garden variety viral upper respiratory infection.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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