Chlamydia trachomatis

Chlamydia are bacterium similar cell parasites very sensitive to cold and out drying (Chlamydia trachomatis). You can increase only within cells. Chlamydia have different sub-types which can trigger different diseases inguinal like the clamydia trachomatis or the lymphogranuloma. The different bacterium sub-types can affect the mucosas of the eye, the urinary tracts and the sexual organs. Only this one explains Chlamydia diseases which the genitals concern here be. The bacteria affect only people. As a rule, the prolonged gestation is carried out via sexual intercourse. A woman infected with Clamydia can put her child on with the causative agents during the birth. The consequences are conjunctivitis, lung inflammation or bronchitis. In addition, the infection can trigger a premature delivery with pregnant women.

Chlamydia is part of the most frequent sexually transmissible diseases. Endangered particularly there are persons with frequently changing sex partners and with an unprotected sexual intercourse. The disease can be prevented effectively with use of condoms.

At first the Chlamydia infection remains unrecognized with approximately over 80% of the women and at approximately the half of the men since it is very unobtrusive. This is particularly dangerous since the infected ones pass the disease on to partners unnoticedly.

A clear till purulent mucus leaves the os uteri with women a couple of weeks after the infection. The urethra also can be affected by the Chlamydia infection so that the urination is painful and itches.

The urethra ignites at men after a couple of weeks. This manifests himself by a clear, rarely purulent discharge and by pruritus. At a great urgency the urination is difficult and is of painful burning accompanies. Depending on species of the sexual intercourse the rectum also can ignite.

If the disease remains untreated, then the causative agents climb up with women into the oviducts. Oviduct or abdominal pregnancies are the consequences at adhesions even sterility. Epididymises and prostate can ignite at men. The spermatic ducts also can be affected, what can lead to the sterility.

Both at men and with women the disease can to further complications do like to the so-called rider disease lead. She speaks in joint pains, inflammations of the urinary tracts and in eruptions on the mucosa.

Diagnosis

The pathogens can by a smear from the urethra or womb with the help the lay out a cell culture be proved. Approximately the half of the patients fallen ill with Chlamydia infection is infected simultaneously with gonorrhea. It recommends itself an examination for further sexually transmitted diseases.

Therapy

The medical treatment is carried out with antibiotics. The prognosis is good at an early medical treatment. The partners must be treated jointly to these avoid reciprocal re-infections. After the medical treatment a control smear is necessary. Remains the Chlamydia infection untreatedly, the troubles abate. You, however, appear later again and again and can lead to the sterility.