Chlamydia

what causes Chlamydia infections?

• A bacteria that infects the mucous membranes
• in your body, such as the urethra in males
• and the Urethra and Cervix in females
• Chlamydia is similar to gonorrhea in this ways 
• The Bacteria of Chlamydia is called Chlamydia Trachomatis

Prevelance of chlamydia

• Most frequently Reported disease in US
• spreading to more people
• Quick spread due to mild, or no symptoms
• People Transmit without knowing

PREVALENCE in numbers

• 15-19 is the  age group with most risk
• In 2012:
•  1,422,976 cases of chlamydia were reported to CDC  
• An estimated 2.86 million infections occur annually.

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Who is at highest Risk?

• WOMEN
• Age group 15-19 
• 1 in 15 sexually active femalesaged 14-19 years
• Black people
• south, and south east asia

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Incubation Period

• 2-3 weeks
• can be asymptomatic 

diagnosis

• Nucleic acid amplification tests
• A nucleic acid test, often called a “NAT”
• is a molecular technique used to detect  
• a virus or bacterium 
• Urine Sample

symptoms

• it's a silent infection so it doesn't present 
• many/strong symptoms
• men can tell with discharge, and painful 
• urination

what to look for?

• pain when peeing?
• weird discharge
• pain and swelling on testicles
• Rectal pain, Pain when having sex
• bleeding 

treatment

• Medication (oral antibiotics)
• Need to be tested after 3 months
• azithromycin (Zithromax) or doxycycline
• clears in 1-2 weeks

potential complications

• IN women it can spread to Uterus, and
• fallopian tubes, causing PID
• PID can lead to infertility, and constant Pelvic pain
• Can lead to ectopic pregnancy (deadly)

Potential complications

• Men rarely get health problems
• can get pain and fever
• Untreated Chlamydia can lead to easy
• spread and gain of HIV

How to prevent getting chlamydia

• No sexual intercourse
• Commit to a long term relationship
• Use latex condoms, and dental dams 

More...

• If a baby is born from a mother with chlamydia 
• it can generate aye,and lung problems
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wI3NLEYjlo&safe=active
• 15-19 age groups stands for half the statistics 
• in 2006 over 1 million chlamydia cases were treated

more...

• misdiagnosis with gonorrhea prolongs sickness 
• wondering how it looks like?

in men

in women

sites..

• http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm
• http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/guide/chlamydia
• http://www.medicalook.com/Womens_health/Cervicitis.html 
• http://topmedicaljournal.com/the-causes-of-chlamydia/no-chlamydia-infection...
• http://www.mademan.com/mm/fun-facts-about-chlamydia.html