Join us in finding a new name for gonorrhea!
Gonorrhea is blooming among students. Is it because it sounds harmless? Join the competition to find a name that better describes what this STI actually feels like!
No suggestions are stupid!
Maybe you or someone you know knows what gonorrhea feels like? Then maybe one of you has the new name for gonorrhea up your sleeve? All name suggestions are welcome!
Should gonorrhea be called ‘Discharge Hell’ or ‘Satan's Piss’?
Enter the competition to win a travel gift voucher for two people to the value of NOK 20,000. You can travel wherever you want! How about Gonore in France (yes, it's a real place in Bordeaux).
To enter the competition, visit our Instagram @ssn.student. Leave your name suggestion as a comment and wait in suspense (winners are drawn 8 October 2024).
The competition is a collaboration between many of the country's student welfare organisations. Read more at big brother SiO.
What is gonorrhoea?
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is transmitted through oral, anal and vaginal sex. The gonorrhoea infection most often settles in the cervix or urethra if you have a vagina, and in the urethra if you have a penis. The infection can also be found in the throat, anus and eye.
The best protection is a condom!
Very contagious
The risk of becoming infected after unprotected vaginal intercourse with an infected partner is 50-70 per cent for women and 20-30 per cent for men.
Time from infection to symptoms is usually 2-7 days.
Since the autumn of 2022, there has been a large increase in gonorrhoea infection, especially among women. Most are infected heterosexually and are adolescents/young adults.
What are the symptoms of gonorrhoea?
Vagina:
yellow or greenish discharge from the vagina
burning pain when urinating
pain in the lower abdomen
bleeding between periods
Penis:
burning or stinging pain when you urinate
fluid or yellow-green (pus) discharge that comes out of the penis and can cause stained underwear
sore testicles
redness or soreness at the tip of the penis
Fortunately, gonorrhoea is easy to treat if you have been infected. If left untreated, it can lead to serious complications, such as chronic pain, infertility or ectopic pregnancy as a result of clogged fallopian tubes following inflammation of the fallopian tubes.
Free examination and treatment
If you have symptoms of gonorrhoea, you should get tested by a doctor or health centre. Both testing and treatment of gonorrhoea (and chlamydia) are free in Norway. The test consists of a urine sample and/or brush sample from the urethra, cervix, rectum, throat or eye.
If you have gonorrhoea, you will receive antibiotic treatment. Remember to notify any partners you have had in the last three months so that they can get tested.
Pick up or order FREE condoms! 🍆
The most powerful weapon against STDs is THE CONDOM.
The Norwegian Directorate of Health is so concerned about using condoms that it has set aside 4 million kroner to provide free condoms.
Pick up free condoms on campus (in most cases at the SSN office).
👉 Read more about gonorrhoea at FHI
Source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Gonorrhoea. [Internet]. Oslo: Norwegian Directorate of Health; updated Monday 6 March 2023 [retrieved Tuesday 10 September 2024]. Available from: https://www.helsenorge.no/sykdom/kjonnssykdommer/gonore/