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What STD Does Loren From '90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days' Have? Gonorrhea Diagnosis Details
After traveling thousands of miles to meet his online girlfriend, Faith Gatoc, in the Philippines on season 6 of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, Loren Allen was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease.
How Did '90 Day Fiance' Star Loren Allen Get an STD?Loren learned he contracted gonorrhea after receiving a text during his overseas trip. "So, about a week ago, I was out partying with one of my friends. You know, she spends the night, it's great, and then in the middle of the night, she was … she went to f--k me," he explained to producers during the September 22, 2024, episode. "And I got a text from her this morning, turns out she has gonorrhea of the throat, which means I most likely have gonorrhea of the penis."
He told producers that his "penis was upset," and was experiencing "a little discharge."
"I'm really nervous to tell Faith about this. I don't know if she fully understands that I haven't been monogamous," he said in a confessional interview. "I always planned on talking to Faith about having an open relationship once I got to the Philippines, but this probably isn't the best way."
What Is Gonorrhea?Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria and is an "infection spread mainly by contact with genitals or bodily fluids," according to the Mayo Clinic. In many individuals, the infection often presents no symptoms, but when it does, it typically affects the genital tract.
Symptoms for males include painful urination, pus-like discharge from the tip of the penis or pain or swelling in one testicle. Meanwhile, for women, symptoms include increased vaginal discharge, abdominal or pelvic pain and painful urination.
Gonorrhea is typically treated with an antibiotic injection, but it can still be contagious for up to seven days after treatment.
How Did 90 Day Fiance's Loren Tell Faith About His STD Diagnosis?Loren and Faith spent a day exploring the Wawa Dam, enjoying the sun while swimming and bonding as a couple. However, at the end of the day, Loren dropped that bomb on his girlfriend that they couldn't "kiss."
"Well, I have gonorrhea. It's a sexually transmitted disease," the U.S. Native replied when Faith asked why they couldn't lock lips.
Loren dropped more details about his diagnosis, telling Faith that it happened around Halloween after a girl from Thailand spent the night at his home.
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"They said, 'I have gonorrhea … and that means maybe you have it too,'" he explained during the September 29, 2024, episode. "So you need to get checked before I give it to somebody. And I said, 'Oh my gosh.'"
Loren said it "didn't count" as cheating as they were only dating online and had yet to meet in person. "This is still cheating because we are talking about you go here to meet and that part is cheating," Faith clapped back. In a private confessional, Faith explained her disappointment with Loren's infidelity.
"Six months of chatting together with Loren, I thought that, you know, he is so faithful of me and our relationship," the Philippines native told the cameras. "I know that he sleep at other houses, but he never told me that I'm sex with other girls. And I was never suspicious because I trusted him. That really hurts."
Are '90 Day Fiance' Stars Loren and Faith Still Together?After learning about Loren's gonorrhea diagnosis, the hotel employee was furious, accusing him of being a cheater and a liar, and said she needed time to process everything.
Encouraged by her friends to talk things over with Loren, Faith eventually decided to give him a second chance.
The 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days couple is seemingly not together after their time on the spinoff. Loren — who originally planned on moving overseas indefinitely — is seemingly back in the United States. He was spotted working at TJ Maxx, a clothing retailer, in Las Vegas in October 2024, according to footage shared by 90 Day Fiancé blogger Shabooty.
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5 Reasons Gonorrhea Is Becoming More Difficult To Treat
Gonorrhea symptoms are more pronounced in men than in women. [Courtesy of iStock]The front page picture of The Star newspaper released into the market on Thursday, January 12, 2023 featured significantly on Kenyans' WhatsApp and social media statuses.
The newspaper's lead story was titled 'Super gonorrhea strikes Nairobians', with the report stating that the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) was concerned about the increase in the number of gonorrhea cases that are becoming more difficult to treat among city dwellers.
Typical of Kenyans, they took to social media to warn their friends and followers that reckless sex was becoming costlier by the day.
Many captioned the front-page image with the Swahili words "soko ni chafu", to mean "more and more people have STIs out here", and, therefore, caution is needed when engaging in sexual intercourse, especially with new partners.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a recent report that in 2020, there were 82.4 million new gonorrhea infections among adolescents and adults aged 15 to 49 years worldwide, with most of the cases registered in Africa and the western Pacific regions.
Gonorrhea is the second most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) after chlamydia.
In 2020, the WHO said there were 129 million new chlamydia infections in the world, followed by gonorrhea at 82.4 million.
In total, there were 374 million new STIs registered that year, with trichomoniasis leading with 156 million cases. Syphilis new infections that year were 7.1 million globally.
The WHO says that more than one million STIs are acquired every day worldwide, the majority of which are asymptomatic.
Gonorrhea, one of the commonest STIs in Africa, is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
It infects the mucous membranes of the reproductive tract, including the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in women, and the urethra in women and men.
The bacterium can also infect the mucous membranes of the mouth, throat, eyes, and rectum.
Symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says gonorrhea is transmitted through sexual contact with the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus of an infected partner.
Ejaculation does not have to occur for gonorrhea to be transmitted or acquired. Gonorrhea can also be spread perinatally from mother to baby during childbirth.
The signs of gonorrhea infection among men include a white, yellow, or green smelly urethral discharge that usually appears one to 14 days after infection, a burning pain when passing urine, testicular or scrotal pain.
Most women with gonorrhea are asymptomatic. Even when a woman has symptoms, they are often so mild and nonspecific that they are mistaken for a bladder or vaginal infection, the CDC says.
The initial symptoms in women include increased vaginal discharge, or vaginal bleeding between periods. Women with gonorrhea are at risk of developing serious complications from the infection, regardless of the presence or severity of symptoms, says the CDC.
Serious health problems
Untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men.
In women, gonorrhea can spread into the uterus or fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which can lead to internal abscesses and chronic pelvic pain. PID can also damage the fallopian tubes enough to cause infertility or increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy.
In men, untreated gonorrhea may lead to infertility. It can also spread to the blood and cause arthritis, tenosynovitis, and/or dermatitis, which can be life-threatening, says the CDC.
Gonorrhea can be diagnosed by testing urine, urethral specimen for men, or endocervical or vaginal specimen for women. It can also be diagnosed using gonorrhea culture, which requires endocervical or urethral swab specimens.
'Super gonorrhea'
Gonorrhea treatment has been effective over the years, though of late, the disease has become more resistant to drugs.
Dr. Teodora Wi, the WHO Medical Officer specialising in STIs, says the drug-resistant gonorrhea is now famously known as super gonorrhea.
"When we say 'super gonorrhea' we mean 'gonorrhea superbug'. These are extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhea (ceftriaxone and azithromycin) including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones, macrolides," said Dr. Wi as quoted by the WHO official website.
Why gonorrhea is resisting treatment
According to Dr. Wi, there are five reasons for the increased drug-resistance in gonorrhea treatment.
The reasons are unrestricted access to antimicrobials (products that kill or slow the spread of microorganisms), inappropriate selection and overuse of antibiotics, poor quality antibiotics, inherent genetic mutations within the organism which have contributed to the development of a pattern of resistance, and extra-genital infections (infections in the anus, throat and eyes).
Compared to other STIs such as syphilis, gonorrhea has the highest level of drug-resistance, the WHO says.
"The first line treatment of Benzathine penicillin remains highly effective, there has been evidence of resistance to azithromycin," said Dr. Wi.
Dr. Wi further said gonorrhea is extremely cruel to the reproductive system if left untreated.
If left untreated, gonorrhea exposes one to a five-fold increase of HIV transmission, infertility, inflammation; leading to acute and chronic lower abdominal pain in women, ectopic pregnancy and maternal death, first trimester abortion; and severe neonatal eye infections that may lead to blindness, said Dr. Wi.
Adults with gonorrhea are treated with a combined dose of antibiotics. Due to emerging strains of drug-resistant gonorrhea, the CDC recommends that uncomplicated gonorrhea be treated with the antibiotic ceftriaxone - given as an injection - with oral azithromycin (Zithromax).
If you're allergic to ceftriaxone, you might be given oral gemifloxacin (Factive) or injectable gentamicin and oral azithromycin.
"Increasing resistance to the last-line treatment for gonorrhea, poses a big challenge because it limits the treatment choices available for gonorrhea infections. The development of resistance clearly outpaces the development of new antibiotics. There is an urgent need to develop new treatment options for gonorrhea," says WHO's Dr. Teodora Wi.
Using a condom or other barrier method when engaging in sex can help lower one's chances of transmitting or contracting gonorrhea.
These barrier methods, however, won't always completely eliminate the risk of infection, especially if they aren't used properly.
Gonorrhea: Signs And Symptoms
Gonorrhea is a very common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that you may hear referred to as "the clap" or "the drip." An infected person can pass it to a partner during vaginal, anal, and/or oral sex. It can also be spread via contaminated sex toys and close genital-to-genital contact, even if there's no penetration. You can also get it if the infection touches your eyes. If left untreated, it can cause serious complications, including:
Gonorrhea symptoms normally show up within 14 days after you get the infection. Some people don't experience any symptoms until after they've had the infection for months. Many people with gonorrhea — usually people with vaginas — never have symptoms at all.
Know the signs of this common STI so you'll have a better chance of recognizing and curing it quickly.
You get gonorrhea from a bacterium. This germ infects you when someone who has it passes it to you during sexual contact. The most common symptoms show up in the mucous membranes (the linings of certain openings in your body) involved in these types of intercourse. These include your genital tract, rectum, and throat.
Gonorrhea can also cause problems with other parts of your body, such as your joints, or even your eyes.
Often, gonorrhea has no symptoms. Symptoms typically don't start immediately, because the infection may not trigger your immune system for up to several weeks. Most people who contract gonorrhea will begin to have symptoms within 14 days.
It's possible for people with penises not to have any symptoms. But when they do have symptoms, they commonly include:
People with vaginas are more likely to not have symptoms of gonorrhea than people with penises. People with vaginas also tend to have milder symptoms. Its symptoms can be mistaken for those of a bladder infection. The symptoms include:
Pelvic pain can be a symptom of gonorrhea for women and those assigned female at birth. (Photo Credit: Moment/Getty Images)
Symptoms of gonorrhea can affect any infected area. It generally depends on what type of sex has spread the infection. You may experience symptoms in the following areas of your body:
Rectum
Gonorrhea in your rectum typically occurs following unprotected anal sex. However, if you have gonorrhea, you can spread the infection from your genitals to your rectum. For example, if you touch your rectum with infected toilet paper after wiping your vagina, you may spread the infection. Most of the time, you won't have any symptoms. Possible symptoms include:
Throat
Unprotected oral sex can lead to gonorrhea infection in your mouth and throat. Such infections usually don't cause symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they can include:
Eyes
If you touch your eyes after touching bodily fluids infected with gonorrhea, you could get gonococcal conjunctivitis, a contagious eye infection sometimes referred to as pink eye. Symptoms include:
Joints
If the bacteria that cause gonorrhea infect your joints, it's called septic arthritis. You'll notice the affected joints are painful, red, swollen, and warm to the touch. It'll hurt to move them.
Gonorrhea infections can lead to many complications if they go untreated. Some complications can be quite serious, even life-threatening. These complications and their symptoms include:
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
PID is a serious infection that develops in your uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or your ovaries. It can lead to infertility, chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and potentially life-threatening abscesses called tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOA). Symptoms of PID include:
Epididymitis
This is inflammation of the epididymis, a tube that leads from each testicle to another tube called the vas deferens. Both the epididymis and the vas deferens are parts of male reproductive organs. The epididymis stores sperm as it matures, while the vas deferens moves that sperm along shortly before you ejaculate. If left untreated, epididymitis can become chronic. It can also lead to infertility and cause the death of tissue in your testicles. The symptoms of epididymitis include:
Prostatitis
This is an often painful swelling of the prostate gland, a part of the male reproductive system that helps make semen. It can lead to sexual dysfunction, inflammation in other parts of your reproductive system near your prostate, an abscess in your prostate, and dangerous bacterial infections of your bloodstream, called bacteremia, which can cause sepsis. The symptoms include:
Urethritis
This is swelling of the urethra, the tube that carries pee from your bladder to the outside of your body. If left untreated, it can cause blockages of the urethra, boosting your risk of infections in your bladder and kidneys. Urethritis may not cause symptoms, but if it does, they can include:
Sepsis
This is a life-threatening medical emergency. It occurs when your immune system goes haywire in response to an infection. Rather than continuing to fight that infection, your immune system begins to attack your organs and other parts of your body. This causes damaging inflammation. Sepsis can also trigger blood clots that can block the flow of blood to essential organs, leading to damage or organ failure. Gonorrhea infections, as well as infections that can occur when gonorrhea goes untreated, can result in sepsis. It requires immediate treatment and can be quickly fatal. Sepsis has many potential symptoms because it can affect many parts of the body. These symptoms include:
If you notice any of the symptoms listed above, get tested for gonorrhea. You should also be tested if you're having sex with someone who has symptoms.
At your appointment, your doctor will ask about your sex life to get a better idea of your risk for this STI. They'll also ask what symptoms you are having and when they started.
To test you for the infection, they'll take a sample from or swab one or more of the following places:
Your doctor will send the sample to a lab, where it'll be tested for the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. Having it increases your chances of getting other STIs (such as chlamydia), so your doctor may recommend that the lab test your sample for those, too.
If you're a woman or AFAB, there are also home test kits that you can use to check for gonorrhea. These come with swabs you use on your vagina to collect a sample. You mail the sample to a lab. The lab will contact you with your results.
Gonorrhea is a common and serious sexually transmitted infection (STI). For many people, it does not cause symptoms. When symptoms do occur, some of those will depend on whether you have a penis or vagina. If you have symptoms or think that you may have gonorrhea, see a doctor right away. The infection usually can be treated with a single dose of antibiotics. Without treatment, it can cause potentially life-threatening complications, such as sepsis.
How serious is gonorrhea?
It can be very serious. If untreated, gonorrhea can lead to a long list of complications, including infertility, liver, heart, and brain damage, and sepsis.
Can gonorrhea be cured?
Most of the time, gonorrhea can be cured by a single injection of antibiotics. However, antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is becoming more common. That makes it even more important to avoid the infection in the first place. Practice safe sex and avoid sex with people who have gonorrhea or symptoms of gonorrhea.
What is the 7-day antibiotic for gonorrhea?
The antibiotic is called ceftriaxone. It's given once, by injection. You should avoid sex for at least 7 days after your injection to keep the infection from spreading. The CDC recommends that you get tested for gonorrhea 3 months after treatment to be sure you have not been reinfected. Your sexual partner or partners also should be treated.
How transmissible is gonorrhea from women to men?
There's about a 1 in 5, or 20%, chance of an infected woman passing gonorrhea to a male partner if they did not use a condom during sex.
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