Hailey Cook by Hailey Cook

Chlamydia

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 01:49:21 UTC

Chlamydia is a very common and treatable sexually transmitted disease. Chlamydia can be spread by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the disease. Both men and women can be affected, but women tend to suffer more long term effects. It is caused by the pathogen Chlamydia Trachomatis.

Symptoms in Women

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 01:56:48 UTC

-Change in vaginal discharge.

-Bleeding during sex or between menstrual cycles.

-Pain or discomfort in lower abdomen.

-Burning during urination.

Chlamydia Statistics

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 01:59:05 UTC

-In 2020, there were an estimated 128.5 million new chlamydia cases globally.

-The likelihood for women to contract the bacteria is 4%, while it is 2.5% for men.

Symptoms in Men

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:13:06 UTC

-Burning during urination

-Discharge from penis

-Pain or discomfort in testicles.

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:15:46 UTC

Many people with chlamydia will be asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms. Symptoms in affected people may not appear until up to 3 weeks after having sexual intercourse with an infected person.

Effect on Newborns

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:36:25 UTC

An infected mother can give the disease to her child if she is pregnant. There is about a 50% chance that a vaginally delivered child will contract the disease if the mother is infected. It can cause eye infection and/or pneumonia. Symptoms include yellow/green eye drainage and swelling, trouble breathing, fever, and coughing.

Effects in Women

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:42:17 UTC

If left untreated, women can contract Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, have abdominal/pelvic pain, and possibly develop an ectopic pregnancy or become infertile.

Effects in Men

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:44:16 UTC

Men can contract a testicular disease called epididymitis.

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:48:23 UTC

In most cases, treatment for chlamydia is very easy and has no complications. Most patients are just given an antibiotic to take for about a week. Patients are told to abstain from having sex while in the treatment process.

Prevention

cookhaileym — 2023-11-20 02:52:08 UTC

The only way to completely prevent chlamydia or any other STI is to abstain from having sex at all. However, if a person is sexually active there are several precautions that can be taken in order to lower the risk of infection, such as only having sex with one partner who has tested negative for chlamydia or using condoms during sex.