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Chlamydia

Chlamydia. Jocelyn Porres. Table of Contents. Definition Signs and Symptoms Males and females How it’s transmitted How it’s diagnosed Treatment Complications if not treated Prevention Statistics Cite and Sources. What is Chlamydia?. (“ kla -MID- ee -uh”). It is a curable infection

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Chlamydia

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  1. Chlamydia Jocelyn Porres

  2. Table of Contents • Definition • Signs and Symptoms • Males and females • How it’s transmitted • How it’s diagnosed • Treatment • Complications if not treated • Prevention • Statistics • Cite and Sources

  3. What is Chlamydia? (“kla-MID-ee-uh”) • It is a curable infection • It may infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, eye, or throat • Most common infection in the US • The pathogen is a bacteria called Chlamydia Trachomatis

  4. Signs and Symptoms

  5. Signs and Symptoms

  6. How is it transmitted? • Being sexually active • Oral sex • Low defense • Contact with infected area

  7. Diagnoses • Chlamydia is often mixed with gonorrhea • Doctors usually do laboratory testing such as • Collect fluid from vagina or penis • Urinal sample

  8. Treatment • Antibiotics • Azithromycin (1 day) • Doxycyaine (7 days) • Erythromycin • Ofloxacin • Amoxicillin

  9. Complications if not treated • Infertility • Chronic pain • Increases person’s vulnerability to getting HIV. • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) • Fatal ectopic pregnancy.

  10. Prevention • Abstinence • Latex male condoms • Annual screenings • Sexually active women (25 and younger) • Older women with risk factors (new sex partner) • All pregnant women

  11. Statistics • Most widespread STD in the USA. • In 1997 there were 537,904 reported diagnoses • By 2007 the annual total had more than doubled to 1,108,374

  12. Cite and Sources • http://www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/fact_sheets.htm • http:///www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/nongonoccoal_urethritis/fact_sheet.h. • http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_nhu.cfm • http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/chlamydia.htm

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