What Is The Incubation Period For Gonorrhea Infection?

Posted on Fri, 6 Mar 2015

Fri, 6 Mar 2015 Answered on

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : Hi I am 35 weeks pregnant and I've been having unprotected sex with my unborn child's father for the past two months. This pass Tuesday I was scheduled for an OB visit at 10:30 A.M. Before I went to the appointment we had unprotected sex. When I went to my appointment the OB doctor did a std culture on me and today I got the results of having a positive Gonorrhea test result. Could the infection happen that quickly? He said that the did not give me anything and is there such thing as false positive result?

Answered by Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Unlikely to be false positive results.

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for query. I am Dr Bharatesh D Basti answering your query.
Welcome to health care magic.
I have gone through the details.

Gonorrhea is transmitted as STDs . Usually The incubation period is 2-14 days .It may be due to the intercourse prior to the date of testing.As culture for gonorhhea is done, it is unlikely to have false positive results. It is a confirmatory test.
You have been treated for same by your doctor.Please also get your partner tested and treated.
Have a follow up tests done after consulting your doctor.
Avoid intercourse for now .
You can get back for any clarification.
Thank you
Dr Bharatesh D Basti
Dermatologist and venerologist.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (23 minutes later)

My baby's father seemed to be very calm when I asked him about sleeping around and he asked me did I get checked when I first found out that I was pregnant and I did on 7/12/14 and the test was negative. I told him he needed to get tested and he just keeps denying that he gave me anything. Every time I go to my OB doctor they conduct a urine sample on me and I came up positive with UTi, Yeast infection on separate occasions once , but never STd . Can Gonorrhea start off with any of these infections? If he gets tested should he make sure that they do a culture instead of urine testing?

Answered by Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Both urine and culture better with treatment.

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for follow up query.

Gonorrhea can be a coinfection with other infections.
Some infection can be asymptomatic or latent.
So either of you will be transmitting the infection to the other. It continues to act like a ping pong infection between you two.
So it is better he gets tested both urine and culture too.It is better he be given antibiotic treatment simultaneously with you.
You can get back for any clarification.
Thank you
Dr Bharatesh D Basti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar