Contents:
- Medical Video: Chlamydia Symptoms in Women | 6 Signs of Chlamydia STD in Women
- What is chlamydia?
- What are the symptoms of chlamydia in women?
- Can chlamydia in women be treated?
- How do you prevent chlamydia?
Medical Video: Chlamydia Symptoms in Women | 6 Signs of Chlamydia STD in Women
Chlamydial venereal disease can lurk anyone, including women. Women who have or are actively having sex are more vulnerable 75% are exposed to chlamydia, compared to men who are at risk of getting chlamydia by 50%. What things should be known about chlamydial venereal disease in women? Is there a way to prevent and treat it? Check out the reviews in the discussion below.
What is chlamydia?
Chlamydia is a venereal disease caused by bacteria chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. Because there are no specific symptoms or signs when you are exposed to chlamydia, this disease can easily spread and spread quickly, you know.
Chlamydia is caused by bacteria that spread through sexual contact. However, only through fluids that come out of the genitals can the infection be transmitted, not contact kissing, hugging, or taking a bath together.
What are the symptoms of chlamydia in women?
As mentioned above, chlamydia sometimes does not produce certain symptoms. Therefore, it is difficult for women to know whether they have chlamydia or not, because most women do not experience any symptoms.
Therefore, it is very important to see a doctor once a year if you are sexually active. Your doctor can tell you about the test for chlamydia, even if you don't have any symptoms.
Sometimes, there are some symptoms of chlamydia in women that can appear as follows:
- Often experience vaginal discharge
- Pain and pain when urinating
- During intercourse, pain or pain arises in the lower abdomen
- Bleeding during menstruation
- Sometimes your body will feel fever, muscle aches and headaches
If left untreated in women, chlamydia can cause infection of the urethra (the place where urine is released) and inflammation (swelling and pain caused by infection) on the cervix. It can also cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infection of the uterus, uterus, or fallopian tubes. Pelvic inflammatory disease can cause infertility and ectopic pregnancy later in life.
Can chlamydia in women be treated?
Doctors usually diagnose chlamydia by conducting examination tests with your urine. If you have been exposed to chlamydia or are diagnosed with chlamydia, your doctor will prescribe antibiotics, which can cure infection in 7 to 10 days. Also, during the treatment period, you cannot have sex during this time to prevent the spread of chlamydia.
How do you prevent chlamydia?
Like other diseases, chlamydia in women can actually be prevented. It's good that you are only loyal to one sex partner. In addition, when cleaning your vagina you can use feminine cleaning products that contain containing povidone-iodine to prevent vaginal infection, especially during menstruation.
It's better to prevent chlamydia than to treat it, and how to prevent this chlamydial infection is to always use a condom during sex and make sure your sex partner is also free from venereal disease. Only those methods can help prevent chlamydia.
