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- Non-monogamous relationships
- STI stigma in society preventing discussion and lack of willingness to pursue testing
- Inadequate resources for testing and treatment
- Poor adherence by health care providers to recommended screening guidelines
- Fear among minors about getting testing and treatment for STDs; fear of involving parents
- Poor sex education (as evidenced by some of the questions on this board, no insult intended.)
- Increase in infertility
- Fragmentation of health care (e.g. woman presenting to emergency room with dysuria likely to get treated for cystitis if leukocytes on urine dip, without evaluation of sexual history and risk of chlamydia)
What else can I help you with?
What are risk factors for chlamydia?
Risk factors for chlamydia include age under 25, new partner, multiple partners, history of prior STD, and men who have sex with men.
Is HIV in chlamydia bacteria?
No. HIV virus is different from chlamydia, although they share risk factors. Someone diagnosed with one should be tested for the other.
Are chlamydia and thrush related?
Chlamydia and yeast infection are caused by different microbes, have different risk factors, and different symptoms. They both can affect the female reproductive tract.
Does chlamydia cause hpv or cervical cancer?
No, cancer is not a complication of chlamydia. Long-term effects of untreated chlamydia can include chronic pain or infertility, but not cancer. Almost all cervical cancer is due to HPV, a different germ from chlamydia. Chlamydia doesn't cause cervical cancer. However, the same risk factors for chlamydia are risk factors for cervical cancer -- multiple sexual partners, a history of sexually transmissible infection, etc. As for treatment of chlamydia infection, antibiotics are the most common but it will cause drug resistance and can be easily recurrent. Herbal medicine like Fuyan Pill maybe a better option compared with antibiotics, because it is made from Chinese herbs without any side effects and drug resistance.
If you've had chlamydia in the past is it easier to get HIV?
It's easier to get HIV while you have chlamydia because of changes in the reproductive tract due to infection. Also, if you haven't changed the risk factors that made getting chlamydia possible, you are also at risk for HIV. I don't know of any research or mechanism by which past chlamydia can increase the risk of future HIV.
What is the scientific name for chlamydia?
Chlamydia trachomatis is the scientific name for the bacteria that causes chlamydia.
What is a chlamydia probe?
"Chlamydia probe" is a name for a chlamydia swab.
What are the types of chlamydia?
There are three major types of Chlamydia: Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia trachomatis. Each of these has the potential to cause a type of pneumonia.
Can same sex partners contract chlamydia?
Yes, men can give chlamydia to men and women can give chlamydia to women.Yes, a female can get chlamydia from a female, and a male can get chlamydia from a male
Can you get chlamydia from sweat?
Sweat does not carry chlamydia and can't transmit chlamydia.
Can you get chlamydia during your period?
Yes, you can get chlamydia during your period.Yes, if he is infected with chlamydia.
Do hummingbirds get chlamydia?
No they do not. Only humans get chlamydia trachomatis. There are other chlamydia species that affect animals. Chlamydia psittaci is the chlamydia species that most often affects birds.
