If you swallow semen infected with chlamydia, you can get a chlamydia infection in your throat. If you think you may have been exposed to chlamydia, see your health care provider for testing.
Mucus is produced in many location, some that may and some that may not be infected with chlamydia. You can get chlamydia from semen, pre-ejaculate, and vaginal fluid.
In young men, blood in semen is often caused by chlamydia. If you may be at risk for STDs, it makes sense to get tested. Urine testing for men is quick and painless.
Like other females, 80-90% of females with a hysterectomy will have no symptoms from chlamydia. If a woman with a total hysterectomy has chlamydia, she may be infected in the urethra and may have painful urination.
Chlamydia doesn't typically cause constipation, but if someone is infected anally, they may have pain and difficulty emptying their bowels. Someone can get anal chlamydia from anal sex, but it can also affect women who have had vaginal sex, and in whom the bacteria have moved from the vagina to the rectum.
Babies born to mothers infected with Chlamydia trachomatis can suffer from early infant pneumonia and conjunctivitis. It is important for pregnant women to be tested and treated for chlamydia to prevent complications in newborns.
chlamydia. you may also see blood.
If a 12 year old has sex or genital-genital contact with an infected person, he or she can get chlamydia. People of any age, from babies to the elderly, can get chlamydia. If you are 12 and think you may have chlamydia, find an adult that you can talk with and get help as soon as possible.
No. Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are both caused by bacteria that have nothing to do with HIV. In order to get HIV you have to come in contact with the bodily fluids (blood, semen etc.) of someone who has HIV.
Semen is not known to be harmful to swallow. It may even possess protein. The only deterrent may be its taste.
No, you can not catch chlamydia from someone that is not infected. You can only get chlamydia by having intimate contact with someone who has chlamydia. If you and your partner don't have it, you can't catch it from each other.
Changes to the cervix from the hormones of pregnancy may make it easier for pregnant women to get chlamydia. The same can be said of young teens. Because of the high-estrogen state, the cervix presents more columnar epiehtelium, which may make it easier for it to be infected with chlamydia and a host of other STDs.
Chlamydia can be a chronic or temporary disease. Ideally, a patient quickly learns about the infection and gets treatment; this treatment is completely curative and long-term infection will not occur. In addition, some patients will clear chlamydia without antibiotics, although nobody infected with chlamydia should avoid antibiotics. If chlamydia is left untreated, it can cause chronic complications, but these complications may persist after chlamydia is cleared with effective treatment. Lastly, it's possible to have untreated chlamydia for years without knowing. In that sense, chlamydia may be chronic.