Gonorrhea The Clap

Gonorrhea STD in slang is known as “the clap”. This is a very contagious (STD) sexually transmitted disease. Gonorrhea, the clap STD can be transmitted through physical contact through virginal, anal, and oral sex, which can infect the penis, rectum, vagina, eyes, and throat. In some cases, this can be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy. On an estimation from medical authorities around 600,000 individuals per annum are diagnosed with it.

It is a bacterial infection that affects both men’s and women’s health. Men are more likely to exhibit symptoms associated with the clap disease. The infection is caused by the Neisseria gonorrhea bacterium, also known as the gonococcus. The ones who do display the signs suffer from painful urination, testicular discomfort due to pain and swelling in one of the testicles, or a pus-like discharge. Whilst oral gonorrhea is a growing concern, people tend to have a sore throat.

Majorly this happens during sexual intercourse, the infection can damage your genitals throat, cervix, rectum, and eyes. The most common age group which is infected by it is from 15-24 years old due to unawareness and not getting STD tested before contacting.

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What Are The Symptoms Of Gonorrhea?

After exposure to clap gonorrhea, the symptoms may appear within 2-15 days but all people do not experience any kind of symptoms that can be noticed. Males and females will face different symptoms.

You may also experience different symptoms in your body which include:

• A sore throat and swollen nodes is a direct indication of gonorrhea in the throat
• Rectum infections include rapid itching in the anal, very hard bowel movements in the stomach, blood spots on tissue after using the toilet, and pus-like discharge as well
• Pain in both eyes, light sensitivity, and pus-like discharge are common in this STD

Male can experience the clap symptoms within 1-3 days after get infected:

• Continuous Sore Throat
• Pain and swelling in testicles
• Redness and swelling at the tip of the penis
• White, light green, beige,, or yellow Pus-like discharge or dripping from the penis
• frequent urge to urinate

The women experience virginal infections sometimes in the urination system as well. These symptoms may occur within 10 days after got infected

• increase in yellowish virginal discharge
• Burning and buring type feeling during passing urine
• frequent urge to urinate
• pain during sexual activity
• pain in lower abdomen
• fever
• Sore throat
• menstrual period

How To Diagnose Gonorrhea

If you think you are suffering from gonorrhea the clap then you should visit your primary care provider immediately. The primary care will collect samples by performing two different procedures which are

• Urine test collection for bacterial tracing
• collection of samples through cotton swabs from the urethra, vagina, throat, and rectum

How Gonorrhea Is Treated?

It is important to contact your physician immediately if you feel infected by the clap. Gonorrhea can be treated with an antibiotic course which can take up to a week. You should require to get tested again after two weeks to make sure the disease is treated. After 3 months you have to retest again to make 100% sure the clap won’t come back again. It is recommended not to do any kind of physical activity with your partner until 7 days after you get your treatment and all kinds of tests show you are cured. This also includes not having any activity even if you put on your condom.

What Happens If You Not Got Treatment Against Gonorrhea?

If you leave gonorrhea untreated it will cause you major and permanent health problems including eye, heart, joint, or heart damage.

• The clap can cause damage to the tube which carries sperm and also cause infertility in men
• pelvic inflammatory disease is the most common one in women if left untreated and also can cause infertility as well

How To Prevent Gonorrhea?

It is very important for the partner to tell their sexual history for the past 6 months including if they are diagnosed with gonorrhea. This will be required them to get tested so that they get tested before any activity for the safe side. It is also important to practice safe sex to prevent each other. This includes:

• Use condoms with water-based lubricants
• Limit your partners or have polygamy relations without having any STD
• A regular checkup from your physician
• Use dental dams for oral practice
• avoid having sex with an infected person until the treatment is finished

Who is at Risk for Gonorrhea?

Currently, teens and young adults are at the highest risk of gonorrhea. The highest infected age group is 15–24 years when they make physical contact without any protection. The risk is also for those people as well who are sexually active with new partners and got infected from the clap. The highest risk factor is mentioned below

• Already infected from clapping and making sexual contact or transmitted infections
• unprotected contact with a person who has another partner
• making physical relation to a person who is not recently tested
• unprotected sex with more than one person

This is also important to get regular test related to other STD’s which includes syphilis, chlamydia and HIV if you had gone unprotected contact

Why Is It Called The Clap?

Gonorrhea has been referred to as ‘the clap” since the 1500s. The clapped slang was coined at the same time as the term for the disease itself. It is common to refer to an STD by a slang term due to the taboo and social stigma that surrounds discussing or talking about them. There are many STDs that have slang terms attached to them, like AIDS is sometimes called Hi-Five, and syphilis is referred to as “syph” or “lues”. Sometimes people confuse chlamydia as the clap std because the actual chlamydia nickname is very similar to the clap std. Chlamydia is referred to as “the clam”.

The slang or nicknames for the clap disease are usually based on the disease itself or a very prominent aspect that defines the disease. As for the clap, there are different theories speculating on the origin of the term. If you are suffering from such kind of symptoms, contact to the nearest general physician to get proper knowledge about your condition

 

 

What is the Clap STD? – Theories

Many people have the same question What is the Clap STD? There are various different theories around the term “the clap”. Here we mention three of why gonorrhea is called the clap std.

• Some etymologists believe that the term is based on an old-archaic English word “clappan” which means “beating or throbbing”. This can be used to define the symptoms caused by gonorrhea, like painful urination and swelling of the penis or vagina.
• According to another theory the term is derived from the French word “clapier” which refers to brothels. In the 1500s the word clapper was used for referring to a rabbit’s nest. Due to the very active sex lives of rabbits, the term started being used for brothels too. During that time, brothels were where people extracted such diseases, so people started using the term for the disease itself. Gonorrhea was referred to as “clapier bubo”. Bubo was the inflamed lymph node in the groin area.
• Some people believe that the term was coined with reference to the treatment used for gonorrhea in medieval times. The treatment for gonorrhea in males involved clapping or smashing the penis with both hands at the same time to get rid of the pus or discharge in the urethra. The treatment caused major damage and did not get rid of the infection as well.

Gonorrhea – The Clap STD | In Recent Times

Gonorrhea, or “the clap” is usually treated using antibiotics. Gonorrhea has been showing signs of resistance since the early 1940s. This is worry-some as there are no stand-alone therapies waiting as backups.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that less complicated gonorrhea can be treated using antibiotics like ceftriaxone, which is administered through an injection. If someone is allergic to ceftriaxone, they can be given oral gemifloxacin or injectable gentamicin. Dr Syra Hanif, a renowned preventive care expert in Manhattan shared her expert review of many types of research on how to prevent these infections and diseases.

Final Word

STD testing is recommended for people who have an active sex life, and even if you don’t, it’s good to stay ahead of things. Gonorrhea has been very prevalent since medieval times. Manhattan Medical Arts offers STD testing so that you can keep your health and sex life in check. If you are unable to differentiate between STI vs STD then you should consult the nearest doctor for further assistance

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– Disclaimer –

This blog is for informational & educational purposes only, and does not intend to substitute any professional medical advice or consultation. For any health related concerns, please consult with your physician, or call 911.