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Your body defends against chlamydia in a number of ways:
- Intact, healthy skin prevents entry of the germ;
- Blood lymphocytes and T cells fight the bacteria after infection;
- Humoral factors also fight infection.
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Can chlamydia cause black spots on your body?
Chlamydia is not known to cause black spots on your body.
Can chlamydia replicate?
Once infected, the chlamydia bacteria will multiply in the body.
Can you get chlamydia from sharing a washcloth?
Chlamydia can only live outside the body for minutes. You can't get it from sharing a sponge.
Can you get chlamydia from sharing body scrubs?
Nope
Can you get chlamydia from body spray?
You can't get chlamydia from body spray. Chlamydia is caused by bacteria spread by oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or birth to an infected woman.
Does chlamydia affect the outside of your body?
Chlamydia does not affect the outside of your body, and shows no external signs other than red eye if you get chlamydial conjunctivitis.
What body part does chlamydia infect if a woman had a hysterectomy?
Chlamydia can infect the urethra, which is not removed during a hysterectomy.
What does chlamydia need from your body?
Chlamydia can't make its own energy, so it uses ATP from the host cell.
What is the portal of entry for chlamydia?
The portals of exit for chlamydia are the urethra, vagina, and rectum.
What are the infective forms of chlamydia that enter the host cell?
The elementary body is the infective form of chlamydia that enters the host cell.
Can chlamydia live in water?
Chlamydia can't live in water. The bacteria can live for only a few minutes outside the body.
Can you transmit chlamydia from hand to mouth?
Chlamydia can be transmitted through vaginal, anal, or oral sex with an infected partner. Chlamydia is spread by coming in contact with the dischargeIt is certainly possible, but highly unlikely.You can not get Chlamydia if someone had it but they only touched you.
