0
Chlamydia in the eye (chlamydial conjunctivitis) in adults is usually caused by transferring the germ from the genitals to the via the fingers. You could have transferred it to your eye by touching someone else's genitals and rubbing your eye without washing, in which case you might not have other symptoms. You also could be infected genitally and transferred the bacteria from your genitals to your eye. Many men with chlamydia have no symptoms, anyhow; if you think you might be at risk for chlamydia, you should get tested, regardless of symptoms.
What else can I help you with?
How often will you get chlamydia symptoms?
Half of men and only 10-20% of women get symptoms of chlamydia.
How do you know if someone has chlamydia?
Most women and many men have no signs or symptoms of chlamydia. For that reason, testing is the only way to know for sure.
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.
Can you be a dominant carrier for chlamydia?
The concept of dominance applies only to genetic diseases. Chlamydia is an infectious disease, not a genetic disease. You can be a carrier of chlamydia; that is, you can be infected and capable of passing the infection without having symptoms.
What percentage of 16-24 year olds have chlamydia?
Probably 1 in 10 (10%) of 16 - 24 year old have chlamydia. In 2011, 70% of the reported cases of chlamydia in the US were in males and females age 15 to 24. The CDC estimates that 6.8% of sexually active females age 14 to 19 have chlamydia (see related link).
Can you have chlamydia without having symptoms?
Yes, 80-90% of females and many males with chlamydia have no symptoms. Chlamydia can cause damage to the body, but it is easily curable with antibiotics. After effective treatment, the germ is gone. Patients should abstain from oral, anal, and vaginal sex before treatment and for 7 days after single-dose treatment, or until 7-day treatment is completed.
How long can you have chlamydia before giving it to your partner?
You can have chlamydia for years without knowing, but it can be spread during this time. Each time you have sex, there is about a 40% chance of transmitting chlamydia. The chances of having sex ten times without transmitting the infection are very small -- about 6 in 1000.It's important to remember, though, that the person who gets chlamydia may have no symptoms either. In women, 80-90% have no symptoms, and half of men don't have symptoms. Your health care provider can't tell you how long you've had chlamydia. It's not unusual for someone to enter a relationship with chlamydia, and for neither partner to know they're infected until they are screened.For that reason, you should get tested for STDs whenever you have a new partner.Yes, you can get chlamydia, or first get chlamydia symptoms, four months after your partner did.
Do i have chlamydia?
Chlamydia is an infection and if you are sexually active it is the only way you could have come into contact with it. Once you have it you can pass it on. You will need to confirm you have it by being tested.
Is doxycycline safe for males to take for chlamydia?
Doxycycline has many different uses. In some cases it should not be the only medicine used. In some situations it is quite dangerous. Ask your doctor.
What causes Chlamydia trachomatis?
Chlamydia, or chlamydia infection, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), a bacterium that only infects humans. Although we usually think of the sexually transmitted disease (STD), chlamydial infection refers to infection caused by any species of the Chlamydiaceae bacterial family. Chlamydia is a common infectious cause of genital and eye diseases in humans. It is the leading bacterial STI worldwide.
How many hosts does chlamydia have?
Chlamydia trachomatis has only the human host.
Can chlamydia be mistaken for another problem?
When chlamydia is diagnosed by laboratory testing, rather than a clinical diagnosis, it is not likely to be a mistaken diagnosis. Mistakes occur when health care providers don't think about chlamydia when seeing someone with painful urination. It's not unusual for a patient to be treated for a UTI without testing, get only partial relief, and then later find out she has chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis.
