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| Chlamydia Treatment. Real Help, Real Treatment |
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The Professor |
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Chlamydia is one of those things that you hear about, but never fully know what it is until it hits you. Millions of people get this std / sti every year, in fact it is the number one std / sti in America and the Uk, so you are not alone.
Chlamydia can affect a man or woman, each having very different symptoms or in some cases no symptoms at all. Find out all about, and why you need to know what it is and how to treat it.
What is Chlamydia?
Chlamydia is an STI caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. It can affect both females and males. In a woman the potential for damage to a woman’s reproductive organs are high if left untreated. The problem with this disease is that many of the symptoms particularly if females are that they are often slight or even non existent. In the man the symptoms are usually more noticeable with discharge from the penis.
How do you get Chlamydia?
Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth.
Any sexually active person can be infected with Chlamydia. The higher the number of sexual partners, the greater the possibility of infection. Teenage girls are often at higher risk, this is because the cervix (opening to the uterus) of teenage girls and young women is not fully matured and is probably more susceptible to infection. Another way of transmission is oral or anal sex, which includes men who have sex with men.
What are the symptoms of Chlamydia?
The biggest problem with Chalmydia is that around 75% of women who have the disease and around 50% of men don’t know that have it, due to the fact there are often no symptoms. This is why Chlamydia is often referred to as the SILENT disease. If there are any symptoms, they usually show themselves within 1-3 weeks.
In females, the bacteria initially infect the cervix and the urethra (urine canal) first. Women who have symptoms might have an abnormal creamy vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes (tubes that carry fertilized eggs from the ovaries to the uterus), some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during intercourse, or bleeding between menstrual periods. Chlamydial infection of the cervix can sometimes spread to the rectum.
Men with signs or symptoms might have a discharge from their penis or a burning sensation when passing urine. Men sometimes also have burning and itching around the opening of the penis. Pain and swelling in the testicles are uncommon.
Men or women who indulge in anal intercourse may acquire a Chlamydial infection in the rectum, which can cause rectal pain, discharge, or bleeding. Chlamydia can also be found in the throats of women and men having oral sex with an infected partner.
What is the solution to a Chlamydia infection?
Well there is good news. If you are found to have a Chlamydia infection a short course of antibiotics is usually enough to cure it. For females it is important that you get regular Chlamydia screening tests.
Chlamydia can be easily treated and cured with antibiotics. A single dose of azithromycin (zithromax) or a week of Doxycycline (twice daily) are the most commonly used treatments. HIV-positive persons with Chlamydia should receive the same treatment as those who are HIV negative.
All sex partners should be evaluated, tested, and treated. Persons with Chlamydia should abstain from sexual intercourse until they and their sex partners have completed treatment, otherwise re-infection is possible.
By: The Professor
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