Chlamydia

You will not get chlamydia from a public toilet or swimming pool.

"Strong" and "weak" are layperson's concepts of antibiotics. They have no clinical meaning. Azithromycin and doxycycline are highly effective for treating chlamydia. Ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin are equally effective but cost significantly more, with no advantage in cure. Erythromycin is also effective, but difficult to take multiple times daily and is more likely to cause side effects.

Chlamydia treatment failure is rare. People who still have chlamydia after treatment usually got reinfected.

The sexually transmitted disease chlamydia is not life-threatening. It can cause sterility and other complications but it does not result in death. Chlamydia acquired at birth from an infected mother can be life-threatening to the baby as it can invade the lungs and cause a form of pneumonia. The risk only occurs in the birth canal as chlamydia cannot pass the cervix while a woman is pregnant.

Chlamydia trachomatis can cause several serious sequelae, including pelvic inflammatory disease, increased risk of subsequent ectopic pregnancy and infertility, peritonitis (infection of the abdominal cavity), and Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, which is a peri-hepatic infection involving the chlamydial organism as well as other anaerobic organisms.

Chlamydia has symptoms in men which include (from related link):

a white/cloudy and watery discharge from the penis that may stain underwear;

a burning sensation and/or pain when passing urine;

pain and swelling in the testicles.

Men are more likely to notice chlamydia symptoms than women, though they may be asymptomatic (no symptoms).

Chlamydia infection in men may develop in the urethra, epididymis and/or the prostate. Approximately 50% of infected men do not have any symptoms.

Some women experience spotting with chlamydia. Many other conditions can cause that symptom, as well. Time for an exam with your health care provider.

At this time, there are not typically medications that can cure both chlamydia and the typical causes of UTIs. See your health care provider for appropriate diagnosis and treatment, and for STD screening.

Yes, chlamydia is a common cause of prostatitis in young men. It may be responsible for almost 40% of cases of prostatitis overall. (see related link)

In 2014, chlamydia is most often diagnosed via urine testing in males, and with urine testing, cervical swab, or self-administered vaginal swab in females. For rectal or pharyngeal testing, a swab is used. Laboratory testing may involve growing chlamydia from the swab (rarely used in 2014), or looking for chlamydial DNA.
You get tested by the doctor.

It's possible to have chlamydia without having symptoms. Once it's treated, the infection is gone. Chlamydia doesn't have a "dormant" phase. However, it's possible for chlamydia to infect people without causing symptoms.

Chlamydia can damage the body, but the germ is gone after effective treatment is completed. Patients being treated should avoid oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse until 7 days after single-dose treatment is complete, or until seven-day treatment is finished.

You will not die from genital herpes.
Yes you can. Like all diseases there can be a complication with the disease.

Percocet is a pain medication. It does not cure chlamydia. See your health care provider for an antibiotic to cure chlamydia.

once you have been tested clear of it then yes

It is not; they are separate causes. Chlamydia is bacterial, and yeast is fungal.

You've been misinformed. Chlamydia is very easy to treat.

There's no way to tell.

Chlamydia can affect your eyes in two ways. First, chlamydia can infect the mucous membranes of the eyes, causing conjunctivitis. If treatment is not effective and prompt, scarring may result.

Second, untreated chlamydia can lead to Reiter's syndrome, which can cause uveitis.

Alcohol does not affect typical treatments for chlamydia and gonorrhea. There are no known drug interactions between alcohol and azithromycin, doxycycline, amoxicillin, and ceftriaxone. If you are using some other medication, contact your health care provider or pharmacist for advice specific to your situation.

Chlamydia will not cause hair loss.

That's not a typical complaint, but a woman could have chlamydia and an odor-causing infection at the same time. Best to get screened for chlamydia if you're at risk, as it can be completely without symptoms.
Chlamydia typically doesn't cause odor. But just because you have an odor, doesn't mean you can't have chlamydia. If you are at risk for STDs, get tested, regardless of symptoms.
no

It's possible, but the answer depends on what type of lab test was used to look for chlamydia. Ask your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.

A yeast infection is diagnosed by looking at vaginal discharge under a microscope. Chlamydia is diagnosed via a cervical swab or urine test. If laboratory testing is used, you can't mistake one for the other.

No. Kidney infections are typically diagnosed with urine culture, which will not say if chlamydia is present or not.

• Non-monogamous relationships
• STI stigma in society preventing discussion and lack of willingness to pursue testing
• Inadequate resources for testing and treatment
• Poor adherence by health care providers to recommended screening guidelines
• Fear among minors about getting testing and treatment for STDs; fear of involving parents
• Poor sex education (as evidenced by some of the questions on this board, no insult intended.)
• Increase in infertility
• Fragmentation of health care (e.g. woman presenting to emergency room with dysuria likely to get treated for cystitis if leukocytes on urine dip, without evaluation of sexual history and risk of chlamydia)

Sexual health is usually a private matter, and there are no reports of celebrities divulging their chlamydia status. Given that 50% of females get chlamydia before age 30, and 1.4 million reported cases occur in the US each year, it is likely that many people from all walks of life have a history of chlamydia.