Oral gonorrhea and infections.

[toutajan]

Ok...here's the situation,

I had oral sex with two guys, on different days about 3/25.  One of them developed symptoms of a gonorrhea infection on about 3/30.  The other has been asymptomatic.  About that same time (3/30) I developed a mild sore throat and very stuffy nose.  Feeling better, I had oral sex again with the asymptomatic guy on 4/6.  He had a physical with a complete STD screen on 4/8 that was negative for any std's.  I finally got tired of the stuffy nose (sore throat had subsided) on 4/9 and went to the doctor.  Doctor looked and wasn't certain that I had any type of infection.  He said he could see that I had some drainage but nothing looked especially irritated.  Because I had been previously diagnosed (and treated with 1000mg  Amoxicillin three times daily) with a sinus and left ear infection about a month earlier he suspected that I could possibly have some type of resistant sinusitus and prescribed Augmentin XR (1000 mg) 2 pills twice a day.  I had oral sex again with the asymptomatic guy again on 4/11.  I was informed by the guy who developed gonorrhea of all this today, 4/14, and have not had sex with him since before his symptoms began.

So my questions:

Typically what are the symptoms of oral gonorrhea?  How likely is it that I was a carrier?  How likely is it that someone would get gonorrhea from having oral sex from a carrier?

Could I have had oral gonorrhea and not known it?  Could my sore throat one month ago be oral gonorrhea and resistant to the antibiotics?  Could I have passed it to the guy who developed symptoms, even though one month prior I had undergone such a strong course of amoxicillin?  Are these bugs resistant to amoxicillin?

If the guy who is asymptomatic hasn't developed symptoms at this point, and has been tested negative, how likely is it that he may have gonorrhea, assuming I was the initial carrier?

Now that I'm taking the Augmentin, would it be advisable that I get tested?  Is Augmentin a good medication for treating these types of infections?  

Who should get tested again, and when?  


Thank you.

[auntiejessi]

I can't offer chances of infection - too many variables would affect it.

Your azithromycin and augmentin won't cure gonorrhea.

Typically, oral gonorrhea is asymptomatic, and you sound like you did have a sinus infection.

Since you are on the antibiotics, the only thing you can do is wait 2 weeks after you take the last pill, then test for gonorrhea orally.

You should also let your other partner know so he can test as well.

AJ

[Fizzkitty85]

I keep reading from different people that "Typically, oral gonorrhea is asymptomatic".....what if it isn't typical? then what? what are the symptoms for oral gonorrhea?are they parallel to symptoms of a cold/sinus infection like so many people are confusing them with, or is there an appearance of chancre sores or throat nodules? or pus on your tonsils? etc? Im interested to hear.

- DH

[Dreamer21]

If u are so concerned why the heck do u keep having unprotected oral sex with these guys?