
This may cause pelvic pain and can lead to infertility and increase the risk of having an ectopic pregnancy. Untreated gonorrhoea infection in a vagina can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). If you do not get treatment for gonorrhoea, it can lead to serious complications in the future. Infection in the rectum may cause pain and discharge. Infection in the throat does not normally cause any symptoms. You can get gonorrhoea in the rectum or throat by having anal or oral sex. You may also experience pain when passing urine, inflammation of your foreskin or pain in your testicles (this is less common). This discharge may be white, yellow or green. The most common symptom is a discharge from the tip of your penis. You may also experience bleeding in between your periods.

Lower abdominal pain or tenderness is a less common symptom.

You may experience a burning feeling when you pass urine. This discharge may be yellow or green in colour. The main symptom of gonorrhoea is a change in your vaginal discharge. For those people who do have symptoms, they usually appear about 2 weeks after the initial exposure but in some cases it may take several months for symptoms to appear. For those people who do have symptoms, they usually appear about 2 weeks after the initial exposure but in some cases it may take several months for symptoms to appear.Īround 10% of men and 50% of women who are infected with gonorrhoea may have no symptoms therefore it is important to test regularly if you think you have come into contact with gonorrhoea. Around 10% of people with gonorrhoea of the penis and 40% of those with gonorrhoea of the vagina may not have any symptoms, therefore it is important to test regularly if you think you have come into contact with gonorrhoea.
