Chlamydia Infection

Chlamydia Infection – General Information

The Chlamydia Infection is a sexually transmitted infection (abbreviated STI), which is caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. The Chlamydia Infection can damage the reproductive organs of the women. This infection can be transmitted during sex, be it vaginal, oral or anal, and it can also be transmitted from an infected mother to her baby during normal (vaginal) childbirth. Any person who has an active sexual life can be infected with chlamydia and the risk rises with the number of sexual partners. As the opening of the uterus, also called cervix, is not fully developed in teenage girls and young women, there is a higher risk for them to get this infection. As chlamydia can be transmitted sexually men can get infected, too, only if they have sex with another man.
The Chlamydia Infection can lead to the following complications:

• It can cause a pelvic inflammatory disease (also known as PID) in women.
• It can damage the Fallopian tubes, by making them not to work properly or by blocking them.
• It can lead to infertility, because once the fallopian tubes are blocked the pregnancy can not install, as these tubes carry the eggs from the ovaries to the womb.
• The women who have their tubes blocked can get pregnant, but it is more probably for the pregnancy to be ectopic – this means that the pregnancy develops in the tubes and not in the womb. Because of the ectopic pregnancy the tube can split apart which leads to serious bleeding and pain and if these are let untreated they can be life threatening.
• It can cause serious pain in the lower abdomen
• It can affect the sperm function and male fertility
• It can cause joint inflammation in men

Chlamydia Infection – Symptoms

It is well known the fact that any medical disorder (including Chlamydia Infection) can trigger a variety of symptoms. Therefore, some of this medical condition's most uncommon symptoms have not been listed (mentioned) here. This is why we strongly recommend you to contact your personal health care provider whenever you develop any unusual, bothersome or unpleasant symptoms. Your personal physician will be able to tell you if you are suffering from Chlamydia Infection or from any other medical disorder. Here is a list of the most common symptoms that a person who suffers from Chlamydia Infection, may experience:

• Women
• may experience cystitis and even mild lower abdominal pain
• may also experience a change in the vaginal discharge
• can also have a burning sensation when they are urinating
• can have lower abdominal pain
• can have lower back pain
• nausea
• Fever
• pain during intercourse
• bleeding between the menstrual periods
• this infection can spread to the rectum causing rectal pain, discharge and bleeding
• Men
• Can feel pain, swelling and redness on the affected side of the scrotum
• Can experience a discharge from the penis and also an irritation of the urethra that usually passes in a few days.
• Can feel a burning sensation when urinating
• Fever
• Can feel a itchiness around the opening of the penis
• Can also spread the infection to the rectum causing rectal pain, discharge and bleeding

This medical condition is also known as a “silent” disease because more than half of the persons who are infected with chlamydia have no symptoms at all. If the symptoms do not occur, they will usually develop after a period of time from 1 to 3 weeks after the sexual contact.

Chlamydia Infection – Treatment

• Macolides – such as Azithromycin
• Tetracyclines – such as Doxycycline

Here is a list of the most common drugs prescribed to the patients who are suffering from Chlamydia Infection:

• Adoxa
• Ala – Tet
• Amoxicilin
• Amoxicot
• Amoxil
• Amoxil Pediatric Drops
• Biomox
• Brodspec
• DisperMox
• Doryx
• Doxy
• Doxycycline
• E-Mycin
• EryPed
• EryDrops
• Erythro
• Erythrocin Stearate Filmtab
• Erythrocot
• Erythromycin Topical
• Floxin
• Gantrisin
• Gantrisin Pediatric
• Gantrisin Suspension
• Llosone
• Levaquin
• Levofloxacin
• Monodox
• My – E
• Ofloxacin
• Oracea
• Panmycin
• PCE Dispertab
• Periostat
• Robimycin
• Robitet 500
• Sulfisoxazole
• Sumycin
• Tetracap
• Tetracon
• Tetracycline
• Trimox
• Truxazole
• Vibramycin
• Wymox

These medicines are usually administered orally, and the patient should take them once a day or twice, depending on the prescription that they will receive from their doctor. The treatment usually does not last less than five days or more than ten days. In the majority of the cases the Chlamydia Infection usually resolves in about a week, but during that week the patients are recommended to abstain from any king of sex.
The surest way to avoid the Chlamydia infection is to:

• Use condoms at each sexual contact
• Limit the number of partners that you have
• Get regular screening for sexually transmitted diseases
• Avoid douching – females should avoid douching because this decreases the number of the good bacteria that are found in the vagina and this increases the risk of infections.