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Chlamydia
Chlamydia is a bacterial infection and is most commonly caught from sexual contact.
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Typical treatment in pregnancy is one gram of azithromycin -- the same treatment for non-pregnant people with chlamydia. In many states, the partner can be treated without an exam, but laws vary from state to state. Ask your OBGYN about the possibility in your area.
Can you get an STD from penetration for a minute?
Yes, she can get it ... get yourself to a doctor or a clinic if you have something, and get it cured. Until then just don't have sex. If you have had sex (even for just a minute) she now needs to go to a doctor as well to get herself checked, since you may have already given it to her. In the worst case, you might have given her what you have, and then get cured, but then get reinfected from her if she doesn't get treated.
Can only one partner have chlamydia?
Few infectious diseases are transmitted after 100% of exposures. In the case of chlamydia, estimates are that there's a 40-50% chance of getting it from any episode of vaginal sex with an infected partner. This can do with various factors. For instance, the presence of another infectious disease (like herpes) can be a "window of opportunity" for a second infectious disease to enter. Our bodies, and the "shedding" schedule of a present virus or disease have a lot to do with it too. Basically, just luck.
Also, it could be a false-positive or false-negative result.
It's possible that an intervening antibiotic prescription for some other purpose, such as amoxicillin for sinusitis or doxycycline for Lyme disease, could have cleared the infection in one person before they even knew they had it.
In addition, a certain percentage of people clear chlamydia without treatment. The infection may still have done damage before the immune system cleared it.
A few people may have a temporary mild immunity to chlamydia after recent infection, so it's possible that one person just had a little more immune protection against the infection than the other.
The important points to remember:
- Due to the risk of undetected chlamydia, partners of patients who test positive for chlamydia may be treated.
- While couples facing an STD should have a frank discussion about monogamy, you cannot assume that one partner has been unfaithful just because one has a positive chlamydia test and the other doesn't.
A female or male for that reason can get an std from having unprotected sex
Women generally get STDs through sexual intercourse.
However, many STDs can also be spread through other means, and their spread is not limited to sexual contact. For example, the common cold can be spread through sex but also can spread through airborne contact.
Other methods include:
Skin to Skin Contact
Blood Transfusions
Airborne transfer
Transfer through other fluids, eg saliva.
Women get STDs usually from having sex with an infected partner.
How does a male know if he has chlamydia?
Testing is really the only way. Here are signs and symptoms:
Chlamydia is known as a 'silent' infection because most infected people have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they may not appear until several weeks after exposure. Even when it causes no symptoms, chlamydia can damage a woman's reproductive organs.
Some infected men have discharge from their penis or a burning sensation when urinating. Pain and swelling in one or both testicles (known as "epididymitis") may also occur, but is less common.
Chlamydia can also infect the rectum in men and women, either through receptive anal sex, or possibly via spread from the cervix and vagina. While these infections often cause no symptoms, they can cause rectal pain, discharge, and/or bleeding (known as "proctitis").
Is chlamydia associated with having yeast infections?
No yeast infections arn't contagious and chlamydia is and has to be gotten from another person who has it unike yeast infections which are result many different things such as:
- stress
- lack of sleep
- illness
- poor eating habits, including eating extreme amounts of sugary foods
- pregnancy
- having your period
- taking certain medicines, including birth control pills, antibiotics, and steroids
- diseases such as poorly controlled diabetes and HIV/AIDS
- hormonal changes during your periods.
Can you find out in an hour if you have chlamydia?
Depending on the lab facilities at your doctor's office, they can get test results within one or two days. It may be that the evidence based on the physical exam is so compelling that the gynecologist offers presumptive treatment -- treatment before the results are back.
Can you get chlamydia from drinking or smoking after someone?
You can't get chlamydia from drinking alcohol, even if you share a glass with someone who is infected. Chlamydia is spread by sexual contact with someone who is infected.
Why is chlamydia more common than syphilis?
Chlamydia is the most common bacterial STD among teens. Teens have more sex with a greater number of partners, which increases the risk of STDs. In addition, the immature cervix of teen females makes it easier to get chlamydia and other STDs.
What are the symptoms of chlamydia in children?
In babies who get chlamydia after birth to infected mothers, babies may have conjuncitivitis (pinkeye) that shows up after a week or so. Those with pneumonia caused by chlamydia trachomatis can have a cough, rapid breathing, and abnormal x-ray. Children with chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia appear to be more likely to have asthma later in life.
Children who get chlamydia from sexual abuse have the same types of symptoms, or, more commonly, lack of symptoms, as adults with chlamydia.
What is a symptom of chlamydia?
In females, 80-90% have no symptoms at all. Many men have chlamydia without having symptoms. For this reason, annual screening is recommended for females under 26 years old, and for anyone with a new partner or multiple partners.
Females with symptoms may have discharge, pelvic pain, irregular bleeding, bleeding after sex, painful sex, painful urination,
Males may have penile discharge, itching, pain with urination, pain the the testicles, redness at the tip of the penis, or pain between the scrotum and anal area and difficult and frequent urination (prostatitis).
On rare occasions, chlamydia infection in men and women can develop outside of the genital areas. These patients may have infections at the following sites:
* the eyes (due to a contaminated hand touching the eyes): itching, redness and itching of the eyelids
* the throat (following oral sex with infected men): throat irritation or no symptoms
* the anus (following anal intercourse with infected men): rectal bleeding, mucous rectal discharge, diarrhea, and pain with bowel movement.
Can a female with chlamydia be asymptomatic for months and then get symptoms?
It's possible to develop symptoms after having chlamydia for a long time.
What if you vomit after taking treatment for chlamydia?
According from the research conducted at the Arkansas Children's Research Institute, it has been found out that chlamydia can survive in a person's stomach, even after it has been cleared away from the genitals by antibiotics, it can re-infect the person. A thorough testing needs to be done in order to ensure a clear bill of health.
Does nitrofurantoin cure chlamydia?
Nitrofurantoin does not cure chlamydia. You should see a doctor and have a treatment. Typical treatments for chlamydia include doxycycline, azithromycin or herbal medicine called Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill.
Can you have chlamydia for two years and then start having symptoms?
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.
What if you're too scared to get tested for chlamydia?
Chlamydia testing is painless, and treatment is easy. Putting off a chlamydia test will complicate your life, not make it easier. Bring a friend with you for moral support.
Also, consider whether you need to avoid having sexual contact until you are ready to deal maturely with the consequences. STDs and pregnancy are problems that don't get better from lack of courage to get help. If you're not able to deal with these possibilities in an adult way, you are not ready to have a sexual relationship. Wait for another year to resume sexual activity, and then consider whether you're ready.
Is a heavy period while having chlamydia a sign of a miscarriage?
Yes, chlamydia can cause a miscarriage.
Not surprisingly, evidence suggests that it is a good idea to do whatever you can to not have chlamydia during pregnancy. Previous chlamydia infection may double the risk of ectopic pregnancy, in part by increasing the risk of pelvic inflammation.
As far as typical miscarriage goes, there is some evidence that chlamydia infection could also play a role. In a 2008 review, researchers concluded that evidence suggests that several microorganisms similar to chlamydia may be related to miscarriage. And researchers in 2007 also uncovered a possible biological mechanism by which Chlamydia trachomatosis, the strain that causes the STD known as chlamydia, could cause miscarriage by attacking early pregnancy cells, although more research is needed to flesh out the concept.
To add to that, according to the CDC, chlamydia can increase the risk of preterm delivery. In short, although researchers do not fully understand the relationship between chlamydia and miscarriage, getting treatment is always a good idea if you have the disease. If you feel you have symptoms of chlamydia or that you may be at risk, promptly talk to your doctor about testing and treatment.
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Can somebody die from having chlamydia?
Chlamydia responds well to treatment and is not usually fatal.
Who is most likely to have chlamydia?
Chlamydia is the most frequently reported bacterial sexually transmitted infection in the United States. In 2011, 1,412,791 cases of chlamydia were reported to CDC from 50 states and the District of Columbia, but an estimated 2.86 million infections occur annually. A large number of cases are not reported because most people with chlamydia do not have symptoms and do not seek testing. Chlamydia is most common among young people. It is estimated that 1 in 15 sexually active females aged 14-19 years has chlamydia.
How long do you have to take azithromycin for reiter's syndrome?
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 -- even with a condom -- until seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.
Can chlamydia cause pinguecula?
Yes, chlamydia trachomatis can cause conjunctivitis. It's usually spread from someone touching their own infected genitals and then touching their eyes. Babies born to women infected with chlamydia can also get it.
What does an inconclusive chlamydia urine test mean?
Inconclusive urine tests are no longer reported, but used to be common. At that time, the inconclusive result meant that on an arbitrary scoring range created for the test, the result was in the middle -- neither positive nor negative. Since then, all results previously labeled inconclusive have now been labeled positive.
