Chlamydia Transmission

Budget Chlamydia one of the most frequently reported sexually transmitted disease in North America. Are more than 89 million people worldwide are currently infected with the disease. It is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.

Chlamydia can be transmitted through oral, vaginal, or anal sex. It can also be transmitted from mother to baby during a vaginal delivery. Anyone who is sexually active is at risk of contracting chlamydia, and the number of sexual partners, the greater the risk. Even physical contact can cause transmission if body fluids are exchanged. Penetrating sex is not necessary to contract or spread chlamydia.

The bacterium Chlamydia is similar to gonorrhea in the symptoms it produces and how it spreads. Such as gonorrhea, it can live in the cervix, urethra, throat, and rectum. Infected persons, men and women, perhaps not all the symptoms and can spread the disease unknowingly to other sexual partners.

Chlamydia symptoms (men and women)

Chlamydia symptoms usually become evident in one to three weeks after infection. However, chlamydia is a STD silent because some people have no symptoms at all. It is estimated that about 75 percent of women and 50 percent of men show no signs of the disease.

In women, chlamydia symptoms include vaginal discharge, burning or painful urination, abdominal pain and back pain, pain during intercourse, fever, nausea and vaginal bleeding between periods. In men, symptoms include joint pain or burning urination, discharge from penis, burning or itching around the opening of the penis, and swelling of the testicles.

Chlamydia Treatment

If used properly, antibiotics can cure it completely sexually transmitted disease. Chlamydia treatment can be achieved in a single dose of azithromycin. Another commonly used antibiotic is doxycycline, but repeated doses over a week are needed.

Although there is generally no resistance to antibiotics by the bacterium Chlamydia, recent discoveries of strains resistant to antibiotics have been made. Whether these strains are present in humans, and further research should be conducted. However, this could be a problem for anyone new contracts or at risk of contracting the disease.

Complications

When left untreated, this sexually transmitted disease can cause serious complications. PID occurs when infection moves up into the female reproductive tract. This complication develops in about 40 percent of women who do not seek treatment. The damage caused by PID can lead to infertility, chronic pelvic pain and potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy. Women infected with chlamydia are five times more likely to contract HIV if exposed, that women with a system of reproductive health.

Like gonorrhea, chlamydia is also responsible for an increased risk of preterm delivery. The child is also likely to become infected during a trip through the birth canal. This can lead to serious eye damage or pneumonia. However, all newborns are treated with eye drops that kill the bacteria chlamydia to prevent serious damage to eyes. This practice is common because so many women carry the infection without knowing it and without symptoms.

In men, complications are rare chlamydia, but can occur. The infection can spread to the epididymis, or the tube that carries sperm from the testicles. This can lead to pain, fever, and in very rare cases, sterility. Other rare side effects of this sexually transmitted disease include skin lesions, eye inflammation, arthritis, and meningitis.

Prevention

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