What Increases Your Risk

Risk factors for getting gonorrhea include:

• Having multiple sex partners (more than one sex partner in the past year).
• Having a high-risk partner (partner has other sex partners, unprotected sex, or gonorrhea-infected sex partners).
• Having unprotected sexual contact (not using condoms).

Any child with gonorrhea needs to be evaluated by a health professional to determine the cause and to assess for possible sexual abuse.