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Chlamydia is easy to treat and cure. It's important that you get treated early so that more serious health problems don't occur. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US. The number of people with Chlamydia is rising. Chlamydia is a sexually transmissible infection that can affect women and men. If left untreated, Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women, which can lead to chronic pain and infertility.
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the USA. In men the Chlamydia bacteria can infect the penis (urethra), anus, or eye. The early symptoms of Chlamydia include- painful intercourse in women, vaginal discharge, penile discharge, difficult urination, etc. Sometimes these symptoms are very mild and are ignored. These symptoms appear after about two weeks of sexual contact. If Chlamydia is left untreated it can cause serious complications. In the early stage antibiotics can clear Chlamydia within a week or two and you are free of the disease. Afterwards, it becomes a long drawn process to get treated. Therefore it is important that you get treated immediately as soon as you see any symptoms described above. Your doctor will take a swab and test you. If the test is positive, you will be prescribed antibiotics. Let us find out about the later complications.
Chlamydia and women. Women may lose fertility if Chlamydia is left untreated. Untreated Chlamydia leads to Pelvic inflammatory disease in women. This is an infection of the reproductive organs of women. She may get her ovaries, cervix, and uterus, fallopian tubes infected. If the diseases progresses, she may lose her ability to be fertile. Many times PID develops without showing any outer signs. Some women may have lot of pelvic pain with PID.
Chlamydia can spread from mother to baby during birth. This can cause pneumonia or a serious infection in the baby's eye that may lead to blindness. Chlamydia is a bacterial infection. There are 2,800,000 new cases each year with some individuals accounting for multiple cases. Chlamydia is a leading cause of early infant pneumonia and conjunctivitis (pink eye) in newborns. Chlamydia, is a curable sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis. It is estimated that Chlamydia is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease with 3 - 4 million new cases each year. Chlamydia and other bacterial sexually transmitted disease are curable with proper diagnosis and treatment. |