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VENEREAL ARTHRITIS

Overview & Facts

Gonococcal arthritis is usually a complication of gonorrhea which is a sexually transmitted disease. It usually causes pain and inflammation of the joint and tissues. Gonorrhea is an extremely underlying sexually transmitted disease particularly among teens and young adults.

Gonorrhea is mainly spread through sexual contact; however children can also get it from their mother through childbirth. Symptoms include pain in urination, pain while on intercourse, pelvic pain, and discharges from the penis or vagina. Gonorrhea can likewise deliver no symptoms at all.

While this form of illness clears up fast with antibiotics, plenty of people don’t seek treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.  This might be because of humiliation or because they don’t have symptoms and don’t know they are infected.

Gonococcal arthritis is one of complications that happens because of untreated gonorrhoea.  If left untreated, this condition can develop into a chronic arthritis.

Types & Symptoms

SYMPTOMS

  • Red and swollen joints
  • Joints that are tender or painful
  • Restricted movement in the joints
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Skin problems
  • Difficulty feeding in infants
  • Irritability in children
  • Crying in children

Diagnosis & Medications

DIAGNOSIS

To diagnose gonococcal arthritis, your physician will look at your symptoms and order at least one test to search for gonorrhea infections, which can be detected using these tests:

  • Throat culture
  • Cervical gram stain
  • Urine or blood test

If you are positive for gonorrhea and are encountering symptoms related to gonococcal arthritis, your physician might need to test joint fluid to affirm findings. Your physician will remove a sample of fluid

from the zone around  the affected joint with a needle. The sample will be sent to a lab to test it for the presence of microscopic organisms.

 

TREATMENT

The primary gonorrhea infection must be treat first. The treatment is in the form on antibiotic medications. Since a few strains of gonorrhea have become drug-resistant, your doctor may recommend some antibiotics.

As indicated by treatment guidelines gonorrhea infections ought to be treated with ceftriaxone injection in addition an oral antibiotic that may include azithromycin or doxycycline. You should be retested the following week after treatment to check whether your disease has cleared up.

You must  advise all your sexual partners about your diagnosis so that they can be tested and treated. You should forgo sexual relations until you and your partners are treated to limit the spread of infections.

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