Are teens at risk for chlamydia?
Children can catch Chlamydia trachomatis (the one that causes a sexually transmitted infection). The most common mode of infection is being born to a woman with chlamydia. It's possible for the child to remain undiagnosed for years after infection. In addition, children can get infected from sexual abuse.
There are other types of chlamydia, such as Chlamydia pneumonia, that more commonly infect children.
Can chlamydia cause discharge?
Yes, chlamydia can cause discharge, irregular vaginal bleeding, and lower abdominal or pelvic pain. If you're having these symptoms, you may be experiencing pelvic inflammatory disease, a possible complication of chlamydia. Contact your health care provider today for urgent evaluation.
How can you get reinfected with chlamydia?
It happened by having oral, anal, or vaginal sex with someone who is infected. The most common way this happens is when two partners get treated, but have oral, anal, or vaginal sex before the medication had enough time (one week) to elminate all the germs from the body.
What is the treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea?
Here are a few treatments for Chlamydia: Amoxicillin, Zithromax and Erythromycin are common forms of antibiotics used to treat Chlamydia. Your doctor will prescribe an antibiotic and be sure to follow the directions exactly. You need to take a certain amount of the antibiotic at the same time to ensure that the bacteria is killed and the infection is gone.
Can chlamydia cause blindness in babies?
A baby infected with chlamydia during birth can have conjunctivitis which, if left untreated or inadequately treated, can affect vision. Prompt treatment will prevent complications from this infection.
Can chlamydia cause pregnancy?
No, chlamdydia could cause a miscarriage though. Chlamydia does not cause problems if you treat it right away. But left untreated, it can lead to serious problems, especially for women: * If it spreads it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease. This serious infection can make it hard or impossible for a woman to get pregnant. * Pregnant women who have chlamydia often pass it to their babies at birth. If the infection gets in a baby's eyes, it can cause blindness. They can also have other problems, like pneumonia. Pneumonia can be deadly in a newborn. * Having chlamydia makes a person more likely to get HIV from someone who is infected with HIV. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Does azithromycin cure chlamydia?
Both medications are listed by the CDC for treatment of chlamydia. Doxycycline used to be cheaper, and azithromycin easier to take, but since the 2013 doxycycline shortage started, azithromycin is both cheaper and easier.
Can you get chlamydia from giving birth?
A baby born to a woman with chlamydia may be infected at birth. Children can get perinatal eye infections or pneumonia from chlamydia. The silver nitrate eyedrops used to prevent infection with gonorrhea at birth are not effective against chlamydia.
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 long does a urine sample take to tell if you have chlamydia?
It depends on the type of test your health care provider uses. Call them for advice specific to your situation. The CDC does not recommend routine testing after chlamydia. You may get a false positive if you get tested within weeks of treatment, due to the technology used for the test. Ask your health care provider for advice specific to the type of test they use.
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chlamydia makes it looks like theres mushrooms growin on your trouser snake or fish taco.
What STDs affect future fertility?
The same way it affects adults. Of course it depends on the individual; their pre-existing health and the type of STD they are affected by.
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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.
Can having chlamydia once harm you?
Yes, having chlamydia once can harm you, but most people are cured of chlamydia without long-term effects.
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.
How long do you have signs and symptoms of chlamydia?
In women, 80 to 90% with chlamydia will have no symptoms at all, so it's unusual for a female to notice any change after being infected. If they do have symptoms, it usually takes 1 to 3 weeks for symptoms to show up.
Can you get pregnant after having chlamydia for a long time?
Yes. One of my best friends got chlamydia about 2 years ago and she just gave bith in May of this year with her first child. Good luck and God Bless:) Yes. You can still get pregnant if you have chlamydia or ever have had chlamydia although without treatment it can cause Pelvic Inflammatory Disease which can cause infertility if you suspect you have any stds go get checked out and treated immediately !!!
More than likely, you will be able to have a child after being infected, and treated for chlamydia.
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Most women who have or had chlamydia can get pregnant. One in five women with chlamydia gets PID, and one in five of those is infertile.
Does azithromycin cure syphilis?
Bactrim is an antibiotic, and herpes is caused by a virus. Bactrim can't cure herpes. Herpes doesn't have a cure, although antiviral medications can reduce the frequency and severity of symptoms.
What are chlamydia and gonorrhea?
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are sexually transmitted infections. These both are stds that you get from oral, anal, or vaginal sex. They are caused by bacteria. If you think you have one of these, you need to get tested, get the results and they will issue you an antibiotc and it will be gone in a week or so. Ask for testing for sexually transmissible infections; a Pap smear will not detect gonorrhea or chlamydia.
Can a blood test detect chlamydia or gonorrhea?
The diagnostic process begins with a thorough physical examination and a detailed medical history that documents the patient's sexual history and assesses the risk of infection.blood tests and other tests that may be relevant to the specific infection.
STDs are usually diagnosed via examination, cultures, urine tests, and blood tests.
You have to see a doctor and ask them to test you for stds. Usually urine test, swabs of any unusual discharge and or bumps are taken, blood tests are usually done. But you would have to confirm with your doctor and ask them what they do to test you for stds.
To diagnose an std you would have to see a doctor and talk to them about getting tested for stds. Usually a swab is taken of any unusual discharge or bumps on the genitals, urine and blood tests are also done.
STDs are diagnosed via examination, cultures, urine tests, and blood tests.
By going to a Sexual Health Clinic every 6 months.
STDs are detected via examination, cultures, urine tests, and blood tests.
Can you get chlamydia from sitting right behind an infected person?
You can't get chlamydia from sitting right behind an infected person. Chlamydia is spread by sexual contact with someone who's infected. You can get it from oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or birth to an infected woman.
Will a pap smear make you bleed?
Pap smears may cause spotting, particularly if you're pregnant. The spotting should stop within a day or two.
How do you tell someone you have chlamydia?
Tell him privately, but tell him straight out. He may very well deny it, but at least he will know. He may not know at this point and depending on his sex life others may be in the same place you are. Get treatment and if you can't tell the guy, the doctor or clinic where you get treatment will.
Is chlamydia curable if you had it for a long time?
Chlamydia is bacterial, and, like so many bacterial illnesses, it can be cured with antibiotics.