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Chlamydia
Chlamydia is a bacterial infection and is most commonly caught from sexual contact.
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Can you have a healthy normal birth if you have chlamydia?
Yes a woman can have had chlamydia and have a healthy normal birth; even being infected precautions can be taken to minimize risks to the infant.
Why are females more likely to get chlamydia than males?
While reported cases are higher in females than in males, studies in the general population suggest that males and females are equally likely to be infected with chlamydia. Because routine screening of males is not common in general health care practices, their infections may go undetected more often. See related links for references.
If chlamydia is found far in your fallopian tubes what should that mean?
If chlamydia is found in your fallopian tubes, then you have pelvic inflammatory disease. You should carefully follow your health care provider's recommendations for treatment to minimize the risk of long-term complications.
What eye condition can affect a newborn whose mother is infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea?
Both infections can cause newborn conjunctivitis--a discharge of pus from the eyes.
Your symptoms could be related to scarring or damage from chlamydia or could be completely unrelated. See your health care provider for effective diagnosis and treatment.
Do chlamydiae require an arthropod for transmission?
No, rickettsias require an arthropod for transmission, but not chlamydias.
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.
What disease causes you hair to fall out?
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss, resulting in patches of baldness on the scalp and other areas of the body. In this condition, the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles, leading to hair falling out. Other forms of hair loss, such as telogen effluvium and androgenetic alopecia, can also cause hair thinning and loss but have different underlying causes.
Does fungistat cure chlamydia?
Chlamydia is not a fungus, and can't be cured with a fungistatic medication.
How do you know the STD is gone?
For some infections or antibiotic regimens, test of cure is recommended. For others, the treatment is so reliable that retesting isn't recommended unless you have continued or recurring symptoms. Talk with your health care provider for information specific to your infection.
Is it true that if you get chlamydia more than once it could turn into AIDS?
The statement is false; chlamydia won't turn into HIV or AIDS.
How has the approach to chlamydia changed over the years?
The approach to chlamydia has changed over the years in a number of ways:
- Increased options for testing: when chlamydia culture was the only choice, it was hard to detect chlamydia. Culture is difficult and has a high risk of false positive. In addition, urethral swabs were not something men looked forward to. The advent of nonculture testing has decreased the risk of false positives, and the introduction of effective urine testing and self-administered vaginal swabs means that chlamydia screening is noninvasive and doesn't require the presence of a health care provider to complete the exam.
- More indications for testing: routine chlamydia screening became much more common in the 1990s. Rather than testing only people with symptoms, more people were tested for risk factors such as age or multiple sex partners. Screening of pregnant women decreases the chances of chlamydia-related disease in newborns.
- More options for treatment: single-dose treatment with azithromycin increases the chances of compliance with treatment.
- Better understanding of the consequences: Since chlamydia is the leading cause of infertility, governments have set aside money for screening to prevent chlamydia-related infertility through early detection and treatment. In addition, US states in the 1990s and early 2000s made chlamydia reportable, and increased the use of contact tracing to decrease chlamydia in local communities.
Can you have chlamydia if your test was negative a week after sex but you have symptoms?
Depending on the type of test you got, a week might be a bit early to get a reliable result. Get retested. If you know that you had sex with an infected partner, explain that to your health care provider.
Naproxen is an anti-inflammatory pain reliever, not an antibiotic. It does not cure chlamydia.
Are you more likely to get chlamydia from a female or male?
Research suggests that the transmission rates from males and females are probably equal. Females have more reported cases, probably due to screening programs, but in the general population, infection rates appear to be equal in males and females.
