Gonorrhea Question: What are the two most popular treatments or contraceptives for gonorrhea?
Treatment of gonorrhea and prevention are two different problems. In general, gonorrhea is fairly penicillin sensitive, although resistant strains are beginning to emerge. In 1986, the CDC changed its recommendations from penicillin only, to include this information also. Since then, treatment has been tetracycline or equivalent plus a cephalosporin. This is to treat gonorrhea and the common chylamydia co-infections. Many STD clinics treat patients with one dose of IM antibiotics like claritomycin or spectinomycin due to the traditional non- compliance with one week of antibiotics. Prevention is best performed by condoms. Herpes Simplex Question: If one partner has genital herpes, it can be transmitted to the other partner. Once this partner has it, can it be re-transmitted back and forth over and over again, or, once you have it in your system, is it there and no further transmission between two partners would matter? Also, is there any relationship between genital herpes and herpes z
