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Chlamydia is known as the silent STD because for many people it has no symptoms. In women, 80-90% don't have symptoms, and half of men don't get symptoms.
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What is the silent epidemic of STD?
Chlamydia is generally coined the silent disease, but most STDs fall into this category.chlamydiaChlamydiaChlamydia is known as the silent STD.Many of the STDs can be termed silent because there may be no signs or symptoms of the infection until serious damage is done. It is silent while doing damage to the human body.
Is the Chlamydia in psittacosis same as the STD and could it show up in a vaginal culture?
Chlamydia psittaci is a different bacteria from the one that causes the STD known as chlamydia. That infection is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The tests for chlamydia are built to avoid cross-reaction with Chlamydia psittaci.
Can an STD lead to chlamydia?
Chlamydia is an STD caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Other STDs do not cause, turn into, or lead to chlamydia.
Does chlamydia affect animals?
Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes the STD known as chlamydia, does not affect any animal other than humans. Other types of chlamydia, such as Chlamydia psittaci, affect animals.
What diseases are caused by Chlamydia trachomatis?
There are three subtypes of Chlamydia trachomatis that each cause different diseases. One causes endemic trachoma, the leading cause of blindness in the developing world. One causes the STD known as chlamydia. The third causes the STD known as lymphogranuloma venereum.
Is chlamydia the most dangerous STD?
Chlamydia is not the most dangerous STI.
What are the first stages of chlamydia?
Chlamydia is not a disease that has stages. Syphilis is the STD with distinct stages.
Can chlamydia be spread through?
Sex. It is an STD.
Is AIDS the most common STD in the US?
Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STD in the US, and the most common reportable STD. You should know that not all STDs are reportable, so the CDC doesn't get direct reports about HPV or trichomonas.
Why is chlamydia considered an STD if it is curable?
"STD" describes how you get chlamydia. It is not a descriptor of whether or not it's curable.
Where can chlamydia be found in nature?
Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacteria the causes the STD known as chlamydia is carried only by humans. It infects and reproduces in columnar epithelium, the kind of tissue found in the urethra, cervix, throat, rectum, and conjunctiva.
Is trachomatis the same as trichomonas?
Trachomatis is not the same as trichomonas. Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial STD, and trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoal STD.
