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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.
What should you know about chlamydia screening?
"Screening" for disease means finding cases in which patients don't have symptoms. Current chlamydia screening programs involve identifying patients most likely to have chlamydia, or most likely to suffer severe consequences of chlamydia, and testing them routinely. Recommendations include:Annual testing for women aged 25 and under, and men who have sex with men.Testing during pregnancy.Testing two to three months after chlamydia treatment.Testing when a patient has a new partner.
What if you had chlamydia for five years?
If you had chlamydia for a long period, you may have experienced complications of chlamydia such as pelvic inflammatory disease or epididymitis. Most people with chlamydia do not experience long-term complications. Talk to your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
Should you get your 7 month old son tested for chlamydia if you have it?
Yes, if you think you had chlamydia at the time of your son's birth, you should ask the pediatrician to test him. Chlamydia in infants is often missed; it can present no obvious distress that would prompt specific testing for chlamydia, but can affect the child's health for years before someone thinks to check.
What type of food should you avoid after being treated for chlamydia?
There are no special food restrictions or recommendations for people with chlamydia, except that if you're being treated with doxycycline, you should separate dairy food and your antibiotic by three hours.
Can chlamydia lie dormant for 13 years and you be able to give your partner chlamydia of 13 years?
Yes, this is possible.
Can chlamydia symptoms appear after five years?
Yes, chlamydia symptoms can appear after five years, but it's not very likely.
How rare is recurrence for chlamydia?
Chlamydia will likely recur in exposed to the bacteria again. Among teen females, one in four to one in five will have chlamydia again within two years of treatment. It is critical that all patients get retested for chlamydia three months after treatment. Annual testing and testing with a new partner are also important.
Is chlamydia an acute disease?
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.
When is chlamydia contagious and how long can you have it without knowing?
Chlamydia can be spread from the time you are infected. You can have it for years without knowing.
Can you be infertile after having chlamydia for three weeks?
Yes, you can be infertile after having chlamydia, but most people who had chlamydia are not infertile. You should abstain from vaginal sex or use contraception if you don't want to get pregnant. Untreated chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause scarring which can impair fertility, but a history of chlamydia doesn't mean you can't get pregnant. In women, one in five with chlamydia develops pelvic inflammatory disease, sometimes without knowing. Of that fraction, one in five will be infertile.
Could chlamydia cause swollen glands if left untreated for years?
Chlamydia does not cause swollen glands.
