Untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men.<\/p>\n
In women, untreated gonorrhea can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Some of the complications of PID are<\/p>\n
\u2022 Formation of scar tissue that blocks fallopian tubes;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the womb);<\/p>\n
\u2022 Infertility (inability to get pregnant);<\/p>\n
\u2022 Long-term pelvic\/abdominal pain.<\/p>\n
In men, gonorrhea can cause a painful condition in the tubes attached to the testicles.<\/p>\n
In rare cases, this may cause a man to be sterile, or prevent him from being able to father a child.<\/p>\n
Rarely, untreated gonorrhea can also spread to your blood or joints. This condition can be life-threatening.<\/p>\n
Untreated gonorrhea may also increase your chances of getting or giving HIV \u2013 the virus that causes AIDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men. In women, untreated gonorrhea can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Some of the complications of PID are \u2022 Formation of scar tissue that blocks fallopian tubes; \u2022 Ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the womb); \u2022 Infertility (inability to get pregnant); \u2022 Long-term […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gonorrhea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t