This convenient, easy-to-read double-sided card warns readers that gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease on the increase, with 650,000 new cases reported every year -- three-fourths of them in people in the 15-29 age group.
It warns that any form of sex with an infected partner can transmit the infection, lists the signs and symptoms of the disease, and stresses that a gonorrhea infection puts both men and women at a greater risk of HIV/AIDS.
It urges prompt treatment, since the disease is curable and long-term infection can cause permanent damage to the reproductive system.
Abstention from sex, restricting sex to a single uninfected partner, and consistent use of condoms are recommended as prevention strategies. Since gonorrhea may not produce any symptoms, readers are also urged to have an annual medical test.
