Gonorrhea Rapid Test

Rapid Gonorrhea Testing Kits

The Home Bio Gonorrhea test is an easy to use, accurate and reliable assay that will detect antibodies to the bacteria that cause gonorrhea present on swab samples collected from the cervix or the urethra.

The test is easy to use and the result is available within minutes – in the privacy of your own home.

Accurate and Specific

Our test kits are the same as those used by doctors and other healthcare professionals to screen for infection with gonorrhea. The test is specific for Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria and has an accuracy of greater than 99.8%.

Performing the test

Using the swab provided, a sample is taken from the cervix (women) or urethra (men) and transferred to the extraction solution. A second solution is added and then the test strip is briefly into the solution and removed. The easy to read result will develop after ten minutes and you will learn if you have a gonorrhea infection or not.

The test comes with an easy to understand instruction sheet.

Gonorrhea is a potentially fatal, sexually transmitted disease which can affect fertility in both men and women. The bacteria can be passed through heterosexual or homosexual sex, oral sex and anal sex. The infection can be passed from an infected mother to her unborn child during delivery.

Gonorrhea is caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium. The bacterium thrives in moist, warm spaces within the body. The same bacteria can also be responsible for eye, mouth throat and anal infections. The Center for Disease Control estimate that 700 000 cases of infection with gonorrhea occur in the USA each year, making it a very common infectious disease.

In most victims, a gonorrhea infection will not produce any overt symptoms of the disease. For this reason, it is referred to as a silent disease. Symptoms may appear between 2 to 5 days after infection, but may take 30 days to manifest, if overt symptoms do occur. Most women with the infection will be asymptomatic and in women who do display symptoms, they are usually mild and frequently misascribed to another bladder or vaginal infection. The following symptoms could be presented:

In women

An abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation during urination and bleeding between menstrual cycles may occur. However, gonorrhea can cause serious complications irrespective of the presence or absence of symptoms.

In men

A burning sensation may be experienced during urination; there may be a discharge from the penis and sufferers may experience painful, swollen testicles.

In both sexes, having receptive anal sex with an infected partner can result in the infection spreading to the rectum where it can cause painful bowel movements; discharge or bleeding, but equally, sufferers may be asymptomatic. Similarly, oral sex may lead to a throat infection which may, or may not, result in a sore throat.

A potential complication of untreated gonorrhea in men is epididymitis in which the ducts from the testicles become painfully inflamed; the condition can lead to infertility.

Gonorrhea may also have serious consequences in women if untreated. It is a common cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID may result in permanent damage to the fallopian tubes, uterus and neighbouring tissues. Damage to the fallopian tubes may result in infertility and increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy which could be fatal.

The disease can become life-threatening if it should spread into the bloodstream and the joints. Sufferers of gonorrhea are at increased risk of contracting HIV than the rest of the population. An HIV-infected person with gonorrhea is also more effective at transmitting HIV to their sexual partners than an HIV-positive individual without the disease.

Gonorrhea is treated with a course of anti-biotic medicine; however, drug resistant strains are emerging, even in the USA. The patient should refrain from sexual activity until the treatment has been completed. Recent sexual partners should be informed and should also be screened for the disease.

Common Misspellings: gonorrhoea, gonnorhea, gonorreah