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Chlamydia
What is chlamydia?
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Chlamydia is a bacterial infection, which means that it can be cured by antibiotics. However, Chlamydia is a silent infection, as lots of people (both male and female) who have the disease, do not realize it because they do not have any symptoms of the disease.
How do you get chlamydia?
Chlamydia can be transmitted by having unprotected oral, anal or vaginal sex. Chlamydia is typically more serious for women than for men, but women are less likely than men to develop symptoms.
Is it a dangerous disease?
The disease is at epidemic levels among the teen population between 15-19 years.
Chlamydia is especially dangerous because, if left untreated, the disease can travel into the vas deferens or fallopian tubes and cause damage to these body parts, which may result in the person becoming infertile.
Chlamydia is a leading cause of infertility among couples who want to have a child.
How is it treated?
If you are diagnosed with chlamydia, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics, which should clear up the infection in 7 to 10 days.
Anyone with whom you've had sex will also need to be tested and treated for chlamydia because that person may be infected but not have any symptoms.
It's better to prevent chlamydia than to treat it, and the only way to completely prevent the infection is to abstain from all types of unprotected sexual intercourse.
Preventing chlamydia:
Using condoms can help prevent the spread of chlamydia. Condoms can also be used for protection during oral sex.
Abstain from having multiple sexual partners, especially teenagers.
When can I have sex again?
Generally, it is safe to have sex one week after you have completed the entire duration of antibiotic treatments, provided all symptoms have disappeared. You can be re-infected with chlamydia immediately after your infection has been cured.
Sexual relations can be pleasurable only if you make them safe and healthy.