Chlamydia by Wasif Johar https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj en-us 2019-04-21 17:29:06 UTC 2025-11-19 18:47:36 UTC hello@padlet.com What Is It? viperc56 https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352934838 Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease. It is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. 

Women can get chlamydia in the cervix, rectum, or throat. Men can get chlamydia in the urethra, rectum, or throat. ]]> 2019-04-21 17:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352934838 Symptoms viperc56 https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352936926 Chlamydia doesn't usually cause any symptoms, so you may not realize that you have it. If you do have symptoms, they may not appear until several weeks after you have sex with an infected partner

Symptoms in women include:
  • Abnormal vaginal discharge, which may have a strong smell
  • A burning sensation when urinating 
  • Pain during intercourse

Symptoms in men include:
  • Discharge from your penis
  • A burning sensation when urinating 
  • Burning or itching around the opening of your penis
  • Pain and swelling in one or both testicles (although this is less common)

]]> 2019-04-21 18:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352936926 Diagnosis viperc56 https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352937192 There are lab tests to diagnose chlamydia. Your health care provider may ask you to provide a urine sample. For women, providers sometimes use a cotton swab to get a sample from your vagina to test for chlamydia. ]]> 2019-04-21 18:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352937192 Treatment viperc56 https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352937262 Antibiotics will cure the infection. You may get a one-time dose of the antibiotics, or you may need to take medicine everyday for 7 days. Antibiotics cannot repair any permanent damage that the disease has caused. 

To prevent spreading of the disease, having sexual intercourse again is not recommended and not ideal. If you have taken the one-time dose antibiotics, you should wait 7 days after taking the medicine before engaging in sex again. It is common to get a repeat infection, so you should get tested again about three months after treatment. ]]> 2019-04-21 18:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352937262 Complications viperc56 https://padlet.com/viperc56/40sk4gro9wkj/wish/352937606 In women, an untreated infection can spread to your uterus and fallopian tubes, causing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can cause permanent damage to your reproductive system. This can lead to long-term pelvic pain, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Women who have had chlamydia infections more than once are at higher risk of serious reproductive health complications.

Men often don't have health problems from chlamydia. Sometimes it can infect the epididymis (the tube that carries sperm). This can cause pain, fever, and, rarely, infertility.

Both men and women can develop reactive arthritis because of a chlamydia infection. Reactive arthritis is a type of arthritis that happens as a "reaction" to an infection in the body.

Babies born to infected mothers can get eye infections and pneumonia from chlamydia. It may also make it more likely for your baby to be born too early.

Untreated chlamydia may also increase your chances of getting or giving HIV/AIDS.

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