Chlamydia

Chlamydia can be treated in a woman.

Blood screening is not a normal way to test for chlamydia. With the normal testing for chlamydia, the tests are accurate again in the future (although possibly not accurate within the first month after treatment, depending on which test is used.) You should consider yourself contagious until seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.

Chlamydia can't live in water. The bacteria can live for only a few minutes outside the body.

The CDC reports 7,091 cases of chlamydia reported in Broward County in 2011, giving the county a rate of 405.6 cases per 100,000 population. (see related link).

Technically, if the doctor did say something, it would be a huge breach of patient-doctor confidentiality, but I can also tell you that I have many, many times heard a doctor do just that. After the comments are made, they cannot be undone, so to be sure of whether he will or will not, you could CALL the doctor's office beforehand and make sure your wish for confidentiality is upheld. You can even have them write a note at the top of your chart stating that this is a concern you have. Sometimes, just having a Mom or other person much older than you in the room implies you have already shared information with them. Also, it seems pregnancy-related topics are seen as a family social event and more openly discussed... and the line regarding your body and privacy gets quite blurred. Also, If you tested positive than your boyfriend did too, right? Make sure you aren't going to be passing it back and forth to each other by one of you not getting treated. Chlamydia is extremely common and it is a disease, not a moral failure. That said, it is not something to be ashamed of but it certainly is private information.

No, there is no need for an injection of any kind to cure chlamydia. It can be cured with a single dose of antibiotics in pill form.

Both chlamydia and UTI can cause burning with urination. Testing will easily differentiate between the two.

Studies exploring the link between Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia pneumonia, and ankylosing spondylitis are ongoing.

In the US, typically azithromycin or doxycycline, same as for women.

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.

Chlamydia is not fatal.

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 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.

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.

No, rickettsias require an arthropod for transmission, but not chlamydias.

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.

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Chlamydia is not a fungus, and can't be cured with a fungistatic medication.

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.

The statement is false; chlamydia won't turn into HIV or AIDS.