How to treat gonorrhea

There are many common diseases in life. Different diseases have very different symptoms and treatments. Before treating the disease, you need to have a good understanding of the disease so that you will know what method is best to choose when treating it. How to cure gonorrhea? Gonorrhea is very harmful to human health. When treating such a disease, you also need to choose an appropriate treatment method to improve the disease.

Many people don’t know much about how to treat gonorrhea. There are many good ways to treat this disease. The following is a detailed introduction so that patients will know how to proceed when making a choice.

How to treat gonorrhea:

1. Treatment principles

(1) Early diagnosis and timely treatment First of all, the diagnosis should be established as soon as possible after the onset of the disease, and treatment should not be arbitrarily carried out before the diagnosis is confirmed. Secondly, treatment should be given immediately after diagnosis.

(2) Clarify the clinical type and determine whether there are any complications. Clear clinical classification is extremely important for correctly guiding treatment.

(3) Determining whether the patient is resistant to penicillin, tetracycline, etc. will help guide treatment correctly.

(4) Clarify whether there is concurrent chlamydia or mycoplasma infection. If there is concurrent chlamydia or mycoplasma infection, a combined drug treatment plan should be formulated.

(5) Correct, adequate, regular, and comprehensive treatment should select the drug that is most sensitive to gonococci. The dosage should be sufficient, the course of treatment should be regular, and the method of medication should be correct.

(6) Strictly evaluate the efficacy and conduct follow-up observations. The cure standard should be strictly followed and the efficacy evaluation should be adhered to. Only when the cure criteria are met can it be considered cured to prevent recurrence. Those who are cured should insist on regular check-ups.

(7) Examine and treat their sexual partners at the same time. The patient’s spouse or sexual partners should be examined and treated at the same time.

2. General Notes

No sexual activity until the disease is cured. Pay attention to rest. Those with complications must maintain the balance of water, electrolytes and carbohydrates. Pay attention to local hygiene of the genitals.

3. Systemic therapy

For uncomplicated gonorrhea, such as gonococcal urethritis, cervicitis, and proctitis, give ceftriaxone, IM, as a single dose; or spectinomycin, IM, as a single dose; or ceftriaxone, IM, as a single dose. The second choice is other third-generation cephalosporins, which can also be used as alternative drugs if they have been proven to be effective. If Chlamydia trachomatis infection cannot be ruled out, add anti-Chlamydia trachomatis drugs.

Through the above introduction, how to treat gonorrhea? When treating this type of disease, you can follow the above methods. However, when treating this type of disease, it is also necessary to carry out it in a timely manner, otherwise it will cause serious harm to all aspects of the patient's body. This point should also be paid attention to.