The incubation period of gonorrhea

We may be harmed by many diseases throughout our lives. Sometimes, if the disease is serious, it will affect our normal life and work, and may also affect our family. Some diseases are easier to treat, but some diseases are related to certain aspects of one's privacy, so some people miss the best period for treatment because they are embarrassed to speak out after they become ill.

Some of the diseases mentioned above that involve privacy include: breast lumps, uterine fibroids, impotence and premature ejaculation, foreskin is too long, gonorrhea, etc. These diseases involve the privacy of our bodies. Not everyone has the courage to receive treatment as soon as the disease occurs, especially gonorrhea patients. Here is an introduction to the incubation period of gonorrhea.

The incubation period of gonorrhea can be divided into three stages after gonococci enter the urethra: The first stage: Invasion of the urethra is the beginning of the incubation period of gonorrhea, and it takes 36 hours to penetrate into the submucosal layer and begin to grow; The second stage: The development stage, gonococci invade the body and complete a life cycle within about 36 hours, which is an important period of the incubation period of gonorrhea; The third stage: The detoxification stage, after some gonococci die, they excrete endotoxins, which cause the tissue to react to the toxins, and the incubation period of gonorrhea ends, and clinical symptoms begin to appear.

Generally speaking, clinical symptoms occur 72 hours after infection. Due to the body's strong resistance, the slow reproduction rate of gonococci and their weak pathogenicity, the influence of daily medication, the patient's reaction and tolerance, etc., although gonococci have already parasitized, reproduced and caused disease in the human body, there are no subjective and objective signs and clinical symptoms. The infection may involve the urethra, cervix, rectum, and pharynx. It is reported that the detection rate of gonorrhea in urethral and cervical culture examinations of asymptomatic gonorrhea patients is 78% in males and 57% in females, with an average of 69%. Asymptomatic patients can persist for many years or remain asymptomatic for life. However, if the body is weak, the resistance is poor, the sex life is excessive, alcoholism and other factors can shorten the incubation period, so the incubation period is 2-10 days, and the average is 3-5 days.

The current medical method for treating gonorrhea generally involves sexual isolation of the patient first, that is, prohibiting the patient from having sexual intercourse; then the gonorrhea patient is given adequate rest time, during which time the patient is supplied with water, and the genitals are properly sterilized.