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It is disease which mainly affects mucou...

It is disease which mainly affects mucous membrane of urinogental tract. In males, burning feeling on passing urine, a yellow discharge accompanied by fever, headache and feeling of illness occurs. Its name is

A

phenylketonuria

B

gonorrhoea

C

AIDS

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
B

Gonorrhoea is caused by a bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It spreads through sexual contact, common tiolets and under-clothes. Gonorrhoa affects both male and female genitals. The bacterium lives in gential tubes, produced pus-containing discharge, pain around genitalia and burning sensation during urination. It damages the eye of babies born of infected mothers.
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