It is common to refer to an STD by a slang term due to the taboo and social stigma that surrounds discussing or talking about them. Sometimes people confuse chlamydia as the clap because the actual chlamydia nickname is very similar to the clap. The slangs or nicknames for the disease are usually based on the disease itself or a very prominent aspect that defines the disease. As for the clap, there are different theories speculating the origin of the term.
Here we mention three of why gonorrhea is called the clap? Due to the active sex life of rabbits, the term was then used to discuss houses of prostitution. Since at the time, gonorrhea was commonly contracted in these establishments, the name translated began being used for the disease itself. When infected, gonorrhea can lead to pain and burning during urination and a throbbing painful condition in the genitals caused by inflammation from the infection.
When gonorrhea was first known as a disease, medical knowledge was limited, and treatment options with often painful, with little or no improvement. One of the early treatments for gonorrhea in males involved clapping both sides of the penis at the same time in an attempt to push the pus and discharge from the urethra. A penis was also sometimes clapped between a hard surface and a book to achieve the same results.
It is no surprise that his form of treatment caused major damage and did little to vacate the infection. When infected, a penis may leak or ooze a discharge or drip. Gonorrhea can spread quite rapidly from person to person through vaginal, oral, or anal sex. The actual infection passes through infected semen or discharge from either the vagina, throat or the rectum.
Gonorrhea can be prevented through the use of condoms or a dental dam, during sexual activities. You can also reduce the risk of an infection getting worse or passing it to an uninfected person by having regular healthcare checkups, STI testing , and seeking treatment when you have the disease. Many people have few to no symptoms when they initially contract gonorrhea.
They may also get swelling or redness in their penis or testicles or pus-like discharge. Legend has it that once upon a time, people believed that clapping their hands hard on both sides of the penis could forcefully expel the pus and cure the infection. Are you wincing in pain yet? It reminds me of another antiquated treatment for a type of skin bump called a ganglion cyst.
Back in the 18th century, some people believed that hitting the cyst really hard with a bible! Complications of gonorrhoea include pelvic inflammatory disease, when the bacterial infection spreads into the uterus or fallopian tubes — which can lead to infertility or even death — inflammation of the epididymis, septic arthritis, endocarditis.
Around people die each year from the disease. This usually stems from complications caused by the bacteria, for example that lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility and even death. There is a cure, and thankfully it does not involve clapping discharge out of your penis. A course of antibiotics or antibiotic injection should get rid of gonorrhoea.
The drugs usually used to treat gonorrhoea are ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth. If you have a single shot of antibiotic, you will need to wait 7 days after the shot before having sexual contact.
If your sexual partner is not treated, you will probably contract the disease again — so make sure you are both treated. In less good news, some drug-resistant forms of gonorrhoea have been identified. It stems from a wider problem relating to over-prescription of unnecessary antibiotics and patients not completing all dosages of an antibiotic, leaving some bacteria — the strongest ones — remaining. These strong bacteria will have had some exposure to the antibiotic and are then able to replicate in a form that can survive it.
The resistant strains need higher doses of antibiotic or may not respond to that antibiotic at all.
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