Chlamydia

Introduction: Chlamydia

Chlamydia: Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium, which can damage a woman's reproductive ... more about Chlamydia.

Chlamydia: Common sexually transmitted disease often without symptoms. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chlamydia is available below.

Symptoms of Chlamydia

• No symptoms - many cases are asymptomatic (as many as 85% of female cases and 40% of male cases)
• Vaginal discharge
• Penile discharge
• Anal discharge
• Pain while urinating

See full list of 16 symptoms of Chlamydia

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Medical Textbooks Online about Chlamydia

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Diagnostic Tests for Chlamydia

• Pus sample analysis
• Urine tests

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chlamydia?

• Misdiagnosis of Chlamydia
• Failure to diagnose Chlamydia
• Failure to diagnose Chlamydia

Misdiagnosis and Chlamydia

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Causes of Chlamydia

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Treatments for Chlamydia

• Antibiotics - though not Penicillin which does not cure Chlamydia.
  • Azithromycin
  • Doxycycline
  • Erythromycin
  • Ofloxacin

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Prevention of Chlamydia

Prevention information for Chlamydia has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Chlamydia.

• Safe sex
• Condoms

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Statistics for Chlamydia

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Types of Chlamydia

• Chlamydia pneumoniae
• Chlamydia psittaci - causes psittacosis
• Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for Chlamydia

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Article Excerpts about Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Because symptoms of chlamydia are mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD)

Definitions of Chlamydia:

Type species of CHLAMYDIA causing a variety of ocular and urogenital diseases. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia - (Source - WordNet 2.1)