Chlamydia - a disease, sexually transmitted pathogen that is Chlamydia trachomatis.
Infection with chlamydia occur only through sexual contact or during childbirth infection passes from mother to child. Often, the diagnosis of this disease are found, and other genital infections - mycoplasmosis, ureaplasmosis, trichomoniasis, etc. If you have had unprotected sex with a casual partner, you can get an STD prevention.
The causative agent is Chlamydia, primarily affecting women's cervical canal through which the organism enters the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing:
cervicitis
urethritis
salpingo-oophoritis
pelvioperitonit
Particularly at risk when exposed to chlamydia pregnant women (see reproductive tract infections and pregnancy), in which the infection can cause miscarriage, non-developing pregnancy, premature detachment of the placenta, etc. In children infected with Chlamydia trachomatis during delivery are often pneumonia and conjunctivitis.
In men, primarily affects the mucous urethra. Chlamydia infection often causes:
urethritis
prostatitis
orhiepididimit
parauretrit
The incubation period of chlamydia is from 5 to 30 days, but in most cases the disease is asymptomatic. Depending on the extent of lesions of the urogenital tract and the duration of the disease produce a fresh and chronic. If the first form differs uncomplicated lesions and only the lower parts of the urogenital tract (itching and discharge from the genitals), it is observed in chronic infections and the upper parts of the genitourinary system.
Chlamydia - a sexually transmitted disease, the treatment is carried out all the sexual partners, otherwise there is a risk of reinfection. Currently, there are modern methods of diagnosis, allowing to pinpoint particular pathogen and its sensitivity to antibiotics, which makes it possible to choose the most effective drug.