Treatment for Gonorrhea for Partners
You may get infected with gonorrhea again even if you have undergone successful treatment before. Because the risk of reinfection is high [6], doctors often recommend that treatment includes your sexual partner. This is recommended whether or not they have noticeable symptoms of the infection.
Doctors will test your partner for this bacterial infection then prescribe treatment if they have gonorrhea. In most cases, your partner will be prescribed the same treatment as you. Until you and your sexual partners have completed treatment and a doctor or health professional has given you a go-ahead, you and your partners should abstain from all types of sex.
After treatment, you should remain cautious with your health and ensure neither you nor your partner is putting the other at risk of infection from other sources. Bacterial infections like gonorrhea can get difficult to treat once the bacteria responsible grow resistant to medication. This is why it is best to avoid reinfection after treatment.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [7] recommends that previously infected people get retested three months after their treatment even if they believe their sexual partners were treated successfully.