has any one had chlamydia, i've just found out i have it and have no idea where i got it from, i have not had unprotected sex for about 4 years and that was when i was in steady relationship. im worried i will be infertile as ive had it for so long.
2006-10-26 23:38:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Settle down. There are treatments for this! Check out the web site (Center for Disease Control site) and talk to your docor. Unfortunately, it can cause you to be sterile. Talk to your doctor! They can help you determine if this has happened to you or not. Also, you can always sue the X who gave it to you. It is the American way!
2006-10-27 00:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
u could get checked out by a fertility specialist and tell them u r concerned. even though u r not trying right now for a baby, it would benefit u in the future to know now.
i am surprised that no complications arose, chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease. a few years ago i had chlamydia, we took the medication. we were soppose to abstain from sex for 10 days. well we didn't wait the 10 days and reinfected each other. the symptoms i had was occasional pain during sex and spotting for weeks after my period.
2006-10-27 00:14:43 · answer #2 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they gave me some medicine and it went away, i also didn't have sex for a couple of months before i found out that i had it luckily i got a pap smear and they found it i still wonder how long i had it for
2006-10-27 19:36:45 · answer #3 · answered by ya girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have not had unprotected sex then it seems likely taht you have had it that time. It is ONLY passed on through sexual intercourse!!!
The site below gives good clear info.
2006-10-26 23:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes i had it, id not had sex in 2 years, unfortantly you dont hhave to have sex to contact this. i had it for a few months and unfortantly i never had any symptons, so i didnt no untill i had a smear test, but its all cleared now, doc gave me a tablet and all gone. i think you should go and see your doc and discuss this with them, as i do feel for you. good luck!!!
2006-10-26 23:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by amethyst2 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The second link takes you to complications.
2006-10-26 23:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by Star 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chlamydia is a common term for infection with any bacteria belonging to the phylum Chlamydiae. This term derives from the name of the bacterial genus Chlamydia in the family Chlamydiaceae,order Chlamydiales, class and phylum Chlamydiae. The genus Chlamydia includes three species: Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia muridarum, and Chlamydia suis. Chlamydia trachomatis infection is described below.
Chlamydia trachomatis is a major infectious cause of human eye and genital disease. C. trachomatis is naturally found living only inside human cells and is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in people worldwide — about four million cases of Chlamydia occur in the United States each year. Not all infected people exhibit symptoms of Chlamydia. About half of all men and three-quarters of all women who have Chlamydia have no symptoms and do not know that they are infected. It can be serious but is easily cured with antibiotics if detected in time. Equally important, Chlamydia infection of the eye is the most common cause of preventable blindness in the world. Blindness occurs as a complication of trachoma (chlamydia conjunctivitis). [1].
There are many other species of Chlamydiae that live in the cells of animals (including humans), insects, or protozoa. Two of these species cause lung infection in humans: Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Chlamydophila psittaci. Both of these species previously belonged to the genus Chlamydia.
Almost half of all women who get chlamydia and aren't treated by a doctor will get pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a generic term for infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. PID can cause scarring inside the reproductive organs, which can later cause serious complications, including chronic pelvic pain, difficulty becoming pregnant, ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, and other dangerous complications of pregnancy. Chlamydia causes 250,000 to 500,000 cases of PID every year in the U.S. [2]
Chlamydia is known as the "Silent Epidemic" because in women, it may not cause any symptom and will linger for months or years before being discovered. Symptoms that may occur include: unusual vaginal bleeding or discharge, pain in the abdomen, painful sexual intercourse, fever, painful urination or the urge to urinate more frequently than usual.
In men, chlamydia may not cause any symptoms, but symptoms that may occur include: a painful or burning sensation when urinating, an unusual discharge from the penis, swollen or tender testicles, or fever.
Chlamydia in men can spread to the testicles, causing epididymitis, which can cause sterility. Chlamydia causes more than 250,000 cases of epididymitis in the USA each year.
Chlamydia may also cause Reiter's Syndrome, a form of arthritis, especially in young men. About 15,000 men get Reiter's Syndrome from chlamydia each year in the USA, and about 5,000 are permanently affected by it.
As many as half of all infants born to mothers with chlamydia will be born with the disease. Chlamydia can affect infants by causing spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), premature birth, blindness, and pneumonia.
[edit] Conjunctivitis effects
See article on Conjunctivitis discussion of conjunctivitis symptoms without red eye among chlamydia patients.
[edit] Treatment
Fortunately, Chlamydia trachomatis infection can be effectively cured with antibiotics once it is detected. Current Centers for Disease Control guidelines provide for the following treatments:
Azithromycin 1 gram oral as a single dose, or
Doxycycline 100 milligrams twice daily for seven days.
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
[edit] Pathophysiology
Chlamydiae replicate intracellularly, within a membrane-bound structure termed an inclusion. It is inside this inclusion, which somehow avoids lysosomal fusion and subsequent degradation, that the metabolically inactive "elementary body" (EB) form of Chlamydia becomes the replicative "reticulate body" (RB). The multiplying RBs then become EBs again and burst out of the host cell to continue the infection cycle. Since Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular parasites, they cannot be cultured outside of host cells, leading to many difficulties in research.
[edit] Diseases caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis can cause the following conditions:
Cervicitis
Conjunctivitis
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pneumonia in infants
Reiter's syndrome
Urethritis
2006-10-27 00:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by Alen 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋