chlamydia

Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. This infection is easy to spread because it often causes no symptoms and can be passed without knowing to sexual partners. Chlamydia is primarily progressed during oral, vaginal, or anal sexual contact with your partner. In fact, about 75% of infections in women and 50% in men are without symptoms. New chlamydial infections are more numerous than any other sexually transmitted diseases. Some estimate that the actual incidence could be high as 6 million new cases per year. For every reported case in men, more than five cases are detected in women. The low rates in men suggest that many of the sex partners of women with Chlamydia are not diagnosed or reported. Chlamydial infections of the lower reproductive tract are usually mild or asymptomatic.

How do I know if I have Chlamydia? It is not easy to tell if you have become infected with Chlamydia since symptoms are not always apparent. However, when they do occur, they are usually noticeable within one to three weeks of contact and can include the following:

A couple of symptoms in women are, abnormal vaginal discharge that may have an odor, bleeding between periods, painful periods, abdominal pain with fever, and, pain when having sex. Chlamydial infections may also increase the possibility of premature and stillborn births. If a newborn is exposed to Chlamydia during delivery, pneumonia or infection of the eyes can result.

A couple of symptoms in men are small amounts of clear or cloudy discharge from the tip of the penis, and painful urination.

If you have chlamydia you can get it treated. Your doctor may prescribe oral antibiotics appropriate to treating Chlamydia for anyone who has gonorrhea, becaus...

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...se is an infection of the uterus and Fallopian tubes. It also affects the ovaries often. Whatever is responsible for the infection usually travels into the uterus from the vagina or the womb. It can also result in scarring of the tissues.

A known cause of pelvic inflammatory disease is from a sexual transmitted infection; it moves on to that person you are having sexual intercourse with. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most found causes of pelvic inflammatory disease.

Lastly chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial pathogen, which spends the reproductive part of its life cycle inside of the cells host and responsible for diseases clinical and public health importance. It’s an essential element in the pathogens life cycle so chlamydia trachomatis is called an obligate intracellular pathogen. Chlamydia is named for the tiny bacterium that causes it, Chlamydia trachomatis.