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What is Chlamydia?

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 15:46:48 UTC

Chlamydia is a frequent STD that can infect both men and women. It may harm a woman's reproductive system, irreversibly. Causing a woman to have trouble getting pregnant later on in life, it might even make it impossible. Additionally, chlamydia can result in an ectopic pregnancy- a pregnancy that develops outside of the womb- which can be devastating for both the mother and baby.

Name of the Pathogen that causes Chlamydia

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 16:04:10 UTC

The bacteria that causes chlamydia is known as chlamydia trachomatis. Antibiotics are a simple treatment and cure for chlamydia.

Symptoms of Chlamydia

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 16:11:27 UTC

Many who have chlamydia do not experience symptoms, but they still infect others through sexual contact.

Although many do not experience symptoms, if they do some of the symptoms would include: pain in the eyes, lower abdomen, pelvis, testicles, or vagina. The pain might occur during sexual intercourse or during urination. You might have abnormal vaginal discharge, penis discharge, or vaginal bleeding. It is also common to have eye discharge or spotting.

How does chlamydia effect newborns?

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 16:23:51 UTC

Neonatal conjunctivitis, or ophthalmia neonatorum(ON), effects between 30% to 50% of newborns born to mothers who are actively infected with chlamydia. Neonatal infections typically effect the conjunctivae, although they can also effect the lungs, vagina, urethra, and rectum. Most babies born to mothers with chlamydia are born prematurely effecting their health.

Long Term Effects of Chlamydia

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 16:47:07 UTC

Chlamydia frequently causes initial harm that is not noticeable. On the other hand, chlamydia can cause major health issue.

Untreated chlamydia infection in women can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Among the PID's complications are:

Chronic pelvic/abdominal pain; ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the womb); formation of scar tissue that obstructs the fallopian tubes; and infertility.

Chlamydia rarely causes health issues in men. Fever and soreness in the tubes leading to the testicles may be symptoms of the infection. In rare instances, this may result in infertility.

Untreated chlamydia can also raise your risk of HIV infection or transmission.

Treatments for Chlamydia

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 16:53:25 UTC

Chlamydia treatment consist of antibiotic therapy for affected patient and the patient's sexual partner is recommended. Screening for other sexually transmitted infections should also be performed. The two most commonly prescribed antibiotics for chlamydia are: doxycycline taken every day for a week or azithromycin one dose of 1g, followed by 500mg once a day for 2 days.

Additional information on Chlamydia

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 17:02:01 UTC

A person who has chlamydia is contagious for up to fourteen days and must get medical attention. If chlamydia is not treated early enough your symptoms will be long term and could cause you to never be able to have kids. Approximately 4 million people in the US develop new chlamydia infections each year.

Chlamydia in the mouth

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 17:06:40 UTC

Most people do not realize they can get chlamydia through vaginal, anal, or oral sex. If the person they are sleeping with has the infection they will more than likely receive chlamydia as well.

How chlamydia effects a woman's reproductive system

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 17:16:05 UTC

If you want children you need to be having protected sex. Just because STD's aren't transmitted during every sexual encounter you have, even if your partner is infected, that does not mean you should not protect yourself during sexual intercourse.

Chlamydia invading the host cell

montgomeryautumn3 — 2024-04-14 17:25:05 UTC

This image shows the science behind what doctors see in sexually transmitted infection screenings, this is chlamydia invading the host cell in the body.