Essay Archive - Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
(commonly known as “the clap”) which grows and multiplies, quickly in moist,
warm areas of the body including the reproductive tract, the oral cavity,
and the rectum. One in five people in the U.S. have a STD. One in every
687 Americans has Gonorrhea, a rate of two million people means that one in
every 130 Americans is infected.
Gonorrhea is an infection, which is easily transmitted by sexual
contact, and intercourse, including both oral and anal sex. In infants and
children, transmissio....
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