A 48-year-old male patient who has been diagnosed with gonococcal urethritis tells the nurse he had recent sexual contact with a woman but says she did not appear to have any disease. In responding to the patient, the nurse explains that
a. women do not develop gonorrhea infections but can serve as carriers to spread the disease to males.
b. women may not be aware they have gonorrhea because they often do not have symptoms of infection.
c. women develop subclinical cases of gonorrhea that do not cause tissue damage or clinical manifestations.
d. when gonorrhea infections occur in women, the disease affects only the ovaries and not the genital organs.
ANS: B
Many women with gonorrhea are asymptomatic or have minor symptoms that are overlooked. The disease may affect both the genitals and the other reproductive organs and cause complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Women who can transmit the disease have active infections.
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