Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease that is quite common in the United States and other countries. It is caused by any number of bacteria from the family Chlamydiaceae. There are estimates that over one million people are infected with chlamydia in the United States alone. Luckily, there is treatment available for people who need it and it can be cured with antibiotics over a two week period of time.
Chlamydia when left untreated can cause a host of problems such as blindness and is a major cause of blindness throughout the world. It can also cause problems in childbirth and other short and long-term effects. It can easily become a problem for women since it may not cause any symptoms at all and many women have it but do not know it. The symptoms in men are obvious as pain when urinating and discharge from the penis alert men to the problem sometimes within a day or so of being infected.
Chlamydia can be transmitted via oral, vaginal, or oral sex and it can be transmitted from a mother to a baby. The infection can also be spread from eye to eye via the fingers, from shared towels or other cloths, by coughing, and flies. This disease may also cause reactive arthritis and while this can happen to either sex, it is most common in men.
To prevent this disease you need to have a regular examination by a doctor. If you have had new sex partners recently tell your doctor so he can check for the presence of the bacteria. The treatment is safe and easy and modern antibiotics can clear up the disease most often in a matter of a couple of weeks. Even if you don't have any symptoms, that does not mean that you don't have this common venereal disease.
Chlamydia when left untreated can cause a host of problems such as blindness and is a major cause of blindness throughout the world. It can also cause problems in childbirth and other short and long-term effects. It can easily become a problem for women since it may not cause any symptoms at all and many women have it but do not know it. The symptoms in men are obvious as pain when urinating and discharge from the penis alert men to the problem sometimes within a day or so of being infected.
Chlamydia can be transmitted via oral, vaginal, or oral sex and it can be transmitted from a mother to a baby. The infection can also be spread from eye to eye via the fingers, from shared towels or other cloths, by coughing, and flies. This disease may also cause reactive arthritis and while this can happen to either sex, it is most common in men.
To prevent this disease you need to have a regular examination by a doctor. If you have had new sex partners recently tell your doctor so he can check for the presence of the bacteria. The treatment is safe and easy and modern antibiotics can clear up the disease most often in a matter of a couple of weeks. Even if you don't have any symptoms, that does not mean that you don't have this common venereal disease.
