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Gonorrhoea - Management
What information and advice should I give someone with gonorrhoea?
- Advise the person to attend a genito-urinary medicine clinic or a general practice providing an enhanced sexual health service if possible.
- Inform the person that these services have the resources to ensure effective management and partner notification, and that they are confidential and non-judgemental.
- Discuss the long-term implications if gonorrhoea is left untreated for the health of the person and their partners.
- Reinforce this information with clear and accurate written material where available (patient information from the Family Planning Association, on Gonorrhoea (fpa), is available through CKS).
- Advise the person abstain from sex until they and any partners have successfully completed treatment, and to practice safe sex in the future (where applicable).
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