Symptoms and treatment of chlamydia in women and men
Chlamydia is a disease that belongs to the venereal category. It is this pathology that is most often diagnosed by accident - a woman or a man simply comes to the doctor for a preventive examination or goes to the inpatient department of a medical institution and is diagnosed with chlamydia there. Nevertheless, the symptoms of chlamydia in women and men in some cases are weakly expressed, but they can be noted and the disease diagnosed in time.
How chlamydia is transmitted
Chlamydia are microorganisms that do not live outside the human body, so doctors do not consider the household way of spreading the infection. The answer to the question "How is chlamydia transmitted?" - this is the sexual route, that is, pathogenic microorganisms enter the body of a healthy person only during sexual contact, both vaginal and anal. However, oral sex in terms of chlamydia infection is considered absolutely safe, so doctors cannot name the causes of oral chlamydia infection. It is worth considering that these microorganisms can provoke the development of an infection not only in the reproductive system, but also in the eyes, for example.
As soon as chlamydia enters the human body, the incubation period of the disease begins, which can last 1-3 weeks - the infected person does not experience any symptoms or changes in well-being. However, although a person is in excellent health, chlamydia actively grow and multiply in the body.
If chlamydia has entered the body of a pregnant woman, there is a risk of infection of the child - chlamydia will enter her body during childbirth. Therefore, doctors definitely recommend taking a blood test for chlamydia during pregnancy.
Chlamydia symptoms in women and men
The danger of the disease lies in its asymptomatic course. There are, of course, the first signs of chlamydia, but only an attentive person can notice them:
- Men are characterized by bloody discharge at the time of ejaculation, slight burning/burning in the urethra during urination.
- Women may experience heartburn during urination, itching in the urethra, characteristic discharge from the vagina that is yellowish in color and has an unpleasant odor.
- Both men and women may experience an increase in body temperature, general weakness - these symptoms are non-specific and short-lived.
Can you get chlamydia through kissing? Theoretically, this possibility exists, but in practice, doctors have never recorded this fact.
It is worth noting that this disease is not only almost asymptomatic. The manifestations of chlamydia literally disappear on their own after 10-14 days, but this does not mean that the disease has receded - on the contrary, pathogenic microorganisms actively multiply, spread throughout the body and begin to affect internal organs.
Methods of chlamydia treatment
Diagnosis of chlamydia of the eyes and genitals should be carried out only in medical institutions. The symptoms of the disease are not intense, and only laboratory examination of swabs from the urethra and vagina can detect pathogenic microorganisms. Only after the diagnosis is confirmed, the doctor will prescribe treatment, without taking specific medications.
Treatment of chronic chlamydia with antibiotics (however, as well as acute) should be carried out according to a certain scheme. As a rule, priority is given to drugs that act intracellularly - the tetracycline series, macrolides, fluoroquinolones. If the patient is found to have a mixed infection, the doctor will select an individual scheme for the treatment of urogenital chlamydia. Often along with chlamydia, a fungal infection is diagnosed, and then the patient is prescribed antimycotic drugs - Nystatin, Pimafucin in tablet form.
Many patients ask the question "why and how to treat chlamydia with immunomodulatory drugs." It cannot be claimed that these agents treat chlamydia in particular, but immunomodulators strengthen immunity - the number of antibodies in the body increases, resistance to infections is activated, and this significantly shortens the duration of treatment.
Patients will be recommended to adjust their diet and introduce dairy and fermented milk products into the menu, physical procedures and local drugs (vaginal suppositories) may be prescribed to relieve itching and heartburn.
Detailed information about the possible consequences of chlamydia in children, which tests should be taken for diagnosis and why doctors consider the disease dangerous, can be obtained on our website Dobrobut.com.
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