The incubation period for gonorrhea is usually 2-10 days, which is about 2-10 days after the occurrence of high-risk sexual behavior. Clinically, it is usually between 3-5 days, which is the incubation period for gonorrhea in men. A clearer incubation period can be found in men because the symptoms are more pronounced. In women, the incubation period is not easy to determine because the symptoms are not obvious, and may be longer, even 20 days or 2-3 weeks before symptoms appear. Patients who have high-risk sex and suspect that they may be infected with a related STD, but are not sure which STD, can go to an STD clinic and be tested accordingly. Common clinical means of detecting gonorrhea include microscopic observation of smears, in addition to the more accurate molecular biology test, which is a nucleic acid test, or PCR test, which detects whether the patient is still infected with gonococcus.