Adopt a Disease Outline

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Adopt a Disease Outline

Team B

HCS/245

4/18/2012

Deborah J. Morton

Adopt a Disease Outline

I. History

A. Early gonorrhea

1. Nicknames

2. Early Treatment

B. Management

1. First note

2. Pope Boniface

3. Public Health Act

II. Transmission

A. Male

1. Contact with penis

2. Oral sex by female

3. Anal sex (homo-sexual)

4. Male complications

B. Female

1. Contact with vagina

2. Oral sex by male

3. Anal sex

4. Transfer from mother to baby

5. Female complications

C. Male and Female

1. Rectal Symptoms

2. Symptoms in the Throat and Eyes

III. Affected populations

A. Cases of gonorrhea

1. Reported cases of gonorrhea in the United States from 1999 to 2002

2. Age range of affected populations

3. Geographical area of cases of gonorrhea

IIII. Possible treatment options

A. Gonorrhea Treatment

1. Initial treatment is antibiotics

2. Do not have sexual contact with anyone

3. If symptoms do not go away, take other antibiotics and get further tests

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, 2004. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services September; 2005

Schoenstadt, A. (2006, September 6). Gonorrhea Transmission. Retrieved from http://gonorrhea.emedtv.com/gonorrhea/gonorrhea-transmission.html

Sternberg, M., Sternberg, S. D., Johnson, R. E., Berman, S., Papp, J. R., McQuillan, G., & Weinstock, H. (2007, July 17). Gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States among persons 14 to 39 years of age, 1999 to 2002. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147(2), 89-96.

Web Md. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/tc/gonorrhea-treatment-overview