NEET2018ZoologyExcretory Products and their EliminationActual
It is a disease which mainly affects mucous membrane of urinogenital tract. In males, burning feeling on passing urine, after a yellow discharge occurs, that is accompanied by fever, headache and feeling of illness. Its name is
Options
- Aphenylketonuria
- Bgonorrhoea
- CAIDS
- Dnone of these.
Correct answer
B. gonorrhoea
Step-by-step solution
Gonorrhoea is caused by a bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It spreads through sexual contact, common toilets and underclothes. Gonorrhoea affects both male and female genitals. The bacterium lives in genital tubes, produces pus-containing discharge, pain around genitalia and burning sensation during urination. It damages the eyes of babies born to infected mothers.