Routine vaginal discharge examination is actually a common gynecological examination, but some small hospitals may tell patients that they have gonorrhea and need timely treatment during the examination. Can routine vaginal discharge examination detect gonorrhea?
In fact, routine vaginal examination is mainly used to determine whether a woman has abnormal vaginal discharge, so it only has an effect on checking gynecological inflammation and other diseases, so it cannot detect whether there is gonorrhea. If a patient wants to check for gonorrhea, a smear test is required. At the same time, it is necessary to cooperate with high-power microscopy and blood tests, which cannot be detected by routine vaginal discharge tests. So what are the symptoms of gonorrhea?
The main symptoms of gonorrhea include painful urination, frequent urination, urgency, purulent discharge from the urethral opening, and purulent discharge from the cervical and vaginal openings. In addition, there may be symptoms such as gonococcal conjunctivitis, proctitis, pharyngitis, etc. If the patient's spouse has a history of infection and has provided items to them, it can also be used as a direction for suspected gonorrhea.
The routine examination for vaginal discharge is usually for common gynecological inflammations, so if you want to check for gonorrhea, other examination items need to be done. Gonorrhea is actually a relatively common and high incidence disease, so if there are some suspected symptoms, it is better to go to the hospital for examination in a timely manner.
