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Clamydia is a flower within all girls, It`s also called the G-spot. Every boy`s dream is to make a girl come by touching the clamydia. If your dick is black when you take it out, you have hit the right spot. It`s a kind of ticle when, or if for some guys, you hit the clamydia or clam sa we like to call it. Ask girls if you can though their clam, whey will smile ans say: ooooooooooh yes baby. |
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[[Image:SOA-Chlamydia-trachomatis-female.jpg|thumb|Chlamydial [[cervicitis]] in a female patient characterized by [[mucopurulent]] [[cervix|cervical]] discharge, [[erythema]], and [[inflammation]].]] |
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Chlamydial infection of the neck of the womb ([[cervicitis]]) is an [[asymptomatic]] sexually transmitted illness for about 50-70% of the female population. Of those who have an asymptomatic infection that is not detected by their doctor, approximately half will develop [[pelvic inflammatory disease]] (PID), a generic term for infection of the [[uterus]], [[fallopian tubes]], and/or [[ovaries]]. PID can cause scarring inside the [[reproductive organ]]s, which can later cause serious complications, including chronic [[pelvis|pelvic]] pain, difficulty becoming [[pregnancy|pregnant]], [[ectopic pregnancy|ectopic (tubal) pregnancy]], and other dangerous complications of pregnancy. Chlamydia causes 250,000 to 500,000 cases of PID every year in the United States. Women infected with chlamydia are up to five times more likely to become infected with HIV, if exposed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/std/chlamydia/STDFact-Chlamydia.htm#complications |title=STD Facts - Chlamydia |accessdate=2007-10-26 |format= |work=}}</ref> |
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Chlamydia is known as the "Silent Epidemic" because in women, it may not cause any [[symptom]]s in 75% of cases<ref name="asymp">{{cite web |url=http://freetest.me.uk/about-chlamydia |title=FreeTest.Me - About Chlamydia |accessdate=2008-12-15 |format= |work=}}</ref>, and can linger for months or years before being discovered. Symptoms that may occur include: unusual [[vagina]]l bleeding or discharge, pain in the abdomen, painful [[sexual intercourse]] ([[dyspareunia]]), [[fever]], [[Dysuria|painful urination]] or the urge to urinate more frequently than usual ([[urinary urgency]]). |
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<!-- Wikipedia is NOT censored! The images shown here are relevant to the content, please do not remove them.-->[[Image:SOA-Chlamydia-trachomatis-male.jpg|thumb|right|Male patients may develop a white, cloudy or watery discharge (shown) from the tip of the [[penis]].]] |
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In men, Chlamydia shows symptoms of infectious [[urethritis]] ([[inflammation]] of the [[urethra]]) in about 50% of cases<ref name="asymp">{{cite web |url=http://freetest.me.uk/about-chlamydia |title=FreeTest.Me - About Chlamydia |accessdate=2008-12-15 |format= |work=}}</ref>. Symptoms that may occur include: a painful or burning sensation when urinating, an unusual discharge from the [[penis]], swollen or tender [[testicle]]s, or fever. Discharge, or the purulent exudate, is generally less viscous and lighter in color than for [[gonorrhea]]. If left untreated, it is possible for Chlamydia in men to spread to the testicles causing [[epididymitis]], which in rare cases can cause [[infertility|sterility]] if not treated within 6 to 8 weeks. Chlamydia causes more than 250,000 cases of epididymitis in the U.S. each year. Chlamydia is also a potential cause of [[prostatitis]] in men, although the exact relevance in prostatitis is difficult to ascertain due to possible contamination from urethritis.<ref name="urology">{{cite journal |author=Wagenlehner FM, Naber KG, Weidner W |title=Chlamydial infections and prostatitis in men |journal=BJU Int. |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=687–90 |year=2006 |pmid=16536754 |doi=10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06007.x |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=1464-4096&date=2006&volume=97&issue=4&spage=687}}</ref> |
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Chlamydia infection (from the Greek, χλαμύδος meaning "cloak") is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The term Chlamydia infection can also refer to infection caused by any species belonging to the bacterial family Chlamydiaceae. C. trachomatis is only found in humans.[1] Chlamydia is a major infectious cause of human genital and eye disease.
Chlamydia infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide — it is estimated that about 2.3 million individuals in the United States are infected with chlamydia.[2] It is the most common bacterial STI in humans.[3]
C. trachomatis is naturally found living only inside human cells. Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex, and can be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. Between half and three-quarters of all women who have a chlamydia infection of the neck of the womb (cervicitis) have no symptoms and do not know that they are infected. In men, infection of the urethra (urethritis) is usually symptomatic, causing a white discharge from the penis with or without pain on urinating (dysuria). Occasionally, the conditions spreads to the upper genital tract in women (causing pelvic inflammatory disease) or to the epididymis in men (causing epididymitis). If untreated, chlamydial infections can cause serious reproductive and other health problems with both short-term and long-term consequences. Chlamydia is easily treated with antibiotics.
Chlamydia conjunctivitis or trachoma is a common cause of blindness worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that it accounted for 15% of blindness cases in 1995, but only 3.6% in 2002.[4][5][6]
Related conditions
Clamydia is a flower within all girls, It`s also called the G-spot. Every boy`s dream is to make a girl come by touching the clamydia. If your dick is black when you take it out, you have hit the right spot. It`s a kind of ticle when, or if for some guys, you hit the clamydia or clam sa we like to call it. Ask girls if you can though their clam, whey will smile ans say: ooooooooooh yes baby.
Eye disease
Chlamydia conjunctivitis or trachoma was once the most important cause of blindness worldwide, but its role diminished from 15% of blindness cases by trachoma in 1995 to 3.6% in 2002, according to WHO estimates.[6][4][5] The infection can be spread from eye to eye by fingers, shared towels or cloths, coughing and sneezing and eye-seeking flies.[7] Newborns can also develop chlamydia eye infection through childbirth (see below). Using the SAFE strategy (acronym for surgery for in-growing or in-turned lashes, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvements), the World Health Organisation aims for the global elimination of trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020 initiative).[8][9]
Rheumatological conditions
Chlamydia may also cause reactive arthritis - the triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis and urethritis (inflammation of the urethra) - especially in young men. About 15,000 men develop reactive arthritis due to chlamydia infection each year in the U.S., and about 5,000 are permanently affected by it. It can occur in both sexes, though is more common in men.
Perinatal infections
As many as half of all infants born to mothers with chlamydia will be born with the disease. Chlamydia can affect infants by causing spontaneous abortion; premature birth; conjunctivitis, which may lead to blindness; and pneumonia. Conjunctivitis due to chlamydia typically occurs one week after birth (compare with chemical causes (within hours) or gonorrhea (2-5 days)).
Other conditions
Chlamydia trachomatis is also the cause of lymphogranuloma venereum, an infection of the lymph nodes and lymphatics. It usually presents with genital ulceration and swollen lymph nodes in the groin, but it may also manifest as proctitis (inflammation of the rectum), fever or swollen lymph nodes in other regions of the body.[10]
Diagnosis
Screening
For sexually active women who are not pregnant, screening is recommended in those under 25 and others at risk of infection.[11] Risk factors include a history of chlamydial or other sexually transmitted infection, new or multiple sexual partners, inconsistent condom use.[12] For pregnant women, guidelines vary: screening women with age or other risk factors is recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (which recommends screening women under 25) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (which recommends screening women aged 25 or younger). The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends screening all at risk, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend universal screening of pregnant women.[11] The USPSTF acknowledges that in some communities there may be other risk factors for infection, such as ethnicity.[11] Evidence-based recommendations for screening initiation, intervals and termination are currently not possible.[11] There is no universal agreement on screening men for chlamydia.
Screening in England is managed by the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, and a target has been set to screen 17% of those under 25[13]. Screening can be accessed via a number of channels, including walk-in clinics, local events and postal testing. Many regions of England now offer postal testing which can be accessed online via services such as freetest.me.
Laboratory detection
The diagnosis of genital chlamydial infections evolved rapidly from the 1990s through 2006. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT), such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), transcription mediated amplification (TMA), and the DNA strand displacement amplification (SDA) now are the mainstays. NAAT for chlamydia may be performed on swab specimens collected from the cervix (women) or urethra (men), on self-collected vaginal swabs, or on voided urine. Urine and self-collected swab testing facilitates the performance of screening tests in settings where genital examination is impractical. At present, the NAATs have regulatory approval only for testing urogenital specimens, although rapidly evolving research indicates that they may give reliable results on rectal specimens.
Because of improved test accuracy, ease of specimen management, convenience in specimen management, and ease of screening sexually active men and women, the NAATs have largely replaced culture, the historic gold standard for chlamydia diagnosis, and the non-amplified probe tests. The latter test is relatively insensitive, successfully detecting only 60-80% of infections in asymptomatic women, and often giving falsely positive results. Culture remains useful in selected circumstances and is currently the only assay approved for testing non-genital specimens.
Treatment
C. trachomatis infection can be effectively cured with antibiotics once it is detected. Current Centers for Disease Control guidelines provide for the following treatments:
- Azithromycin 1 gram oral as a single dose, or
- Doxycycline 100 milligrams twice daily for seven days.
- Tetracycline
- Erythromycin
Untested Treatments
- Ciprofloxacin 500 milligrams twice daily for 3 days. (Although this is not an approved method of treatment.)
β-lactams are not suitable drugs for the treatment of chlamydia. While they have the ability to halt growth of the organism (i.e. are microbistatic), these antibiotics do not eliminate the bacteria. Once treatment is stopped, the bacteria will begin to grow once more. (See below for Persistence.)
Areas of research
Recent phylogenetic studies have revealed that chlamydia shares a common ancestor with modern plants, and retains unusual plant-like traits (both genetically and physiologically). In particular, the enzyme L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase, which is related to lysine production in plants, is also linked with the construction of chlamydia's cell wall. The genetic encoding for the enzymes is remarkably similar in plants and chlamydia, demonstrating a close common ancestry.[14] This unexpected discovery may help scientists develop new treatment avenues: if scientists could find a safe and effective inhibitor of L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase, they might have a highly effective and extremely specific new antibiotic against chlamydia.
Pathophysiology
Chlamydiae have the ability to establish long-term associations with host cells. When an infected host cell is starved for various nutrients such as amino acids (e.g. tryptophan),[15] iron, or vitamins, this has a negative consequence for Chlamydiae since the organism is dependent on the host cell for these nutrients. Long-term cohort studies indicate that approximately 50% of those infected clear within a year, 80% within two years, and 90% within three years.[16]
The starved chlamydiae enter a persistent growth state wherein they stop cell division and become morphologically aberrant by increasing in size.[17] Persistent organisms remain viable as they are capable of returning to a normal growth state once conditions in the host cell improve.
There is much debate as to whether persistence has in vivo relevance. Many believe that persistent chlamydiae are the cause of chronic chlamydial diseases. Some antibiotics such as β-lactams can also induce a persistent-like growth state, which can contribute to the chronicity of chlamydial diseases.
Footnotes
- ^ "www.chlamydiae.com (professional) - Taxonomy diagram". Retrieved 2007-10-27.
- ^ Chlamydia fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- ^ Gerbase AC, Rowley JT, Mertens TE (1998). "Global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases". Lancet. 351 Suppl 3: 2–4. PMID 9652711.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Thylefors B, Négrel AD, Pararajasegaram R, Dadzie KY (1995). "Global data on blindness" (PDF). Bull World Health Organ. 73 (1): 115–21. PMID 7704921.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Etya'ale D; et al. (2004). "Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002" (PDF). Bull World Health Organ. 82 (11): 844–851. PMID 15640920.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Belland R, Ojcius D, Byrne G (2004). "Chlamydia". Nat Rev Microbiol. 2 (7): 530–1. doi:10.1038/nrmicro931. PMID 15248311.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mabey DC, Solomon AW, Foster A (2003). "Trachoma". Lancet. 362 (9379): 223–9. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13914-1. PMID 12885486.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ World Health Organisation. Trachoma. Accessed March 17, 2008.
- ^ Ngondi J, Onsarigo A, Matthews F; et al. (2006). "Effect of 3 years of SAFE (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental change) strategy for trachoma control in southern Sudan: a cross-sectional study". Lancet. 368 (9535): 589–95. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69202-7. PMID 16905023.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Williams D, Churchill D (2006). "Ulcerative proctitis in men who have sex with men: an emerging outbreak". BMJ. 332 (7533): 99–100. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7533.99. PMID 16410585.
- ^ a b c d Meyers D, Wolff T, Gregory K. et al. USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening. Am Fam Physician. 2008;77(6):819-824.
- ^ U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2007). "Screening for chlamydial infection: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement". Ann Intern Med. 147 (2): 128–34. PMID 17576996.
- ^ "National Chlamydia Screening Programme". Retrieved 2009-03-20.
- ^ McCoy AJ, Adams NE, Hudson AO, Gilvarg C, Leustek T, Maurelli AT (2006). "L,L-diaminopimelate aminotransferase, a trans-kingdom enzyme shared by Chlamydia and plants for synthesis of diaminopimelate/lysine". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (47): 17909–14. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608643103. PMID 17093042.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Leonhardt RM, Lee SJ, Kavathas PB, Cresswell P (2007). "Severe Tryptophan Starvation Blocks Onset of Conventional Persistence and Reduces Reactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis". Infect. Immun. 75 (11): 5105–17. doi:10.1128/IAI.00668-07. PMID 17724071.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Fairley; et al. (2007). ""Doctor, How Long Has My Chlamydia Been There?" Answer:"... Years"". Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 34 (9): 727. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31812dfb6e.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|last1=(help) - ^ Mpiga P, Ravaoarinoro M (2006). "Chlamydia trachomatis persistence: an update". Microbiol. Res. 161 (1): 9–19. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2005.04.004. PMID 16338585.
External links
- Chlamydia Fact Sheet from the CDC
- STI: Chlamydia a website information for adolescents
- NetDoctor Chlamydia fact sheet
- Links to chlamydia pictures at University of Iowa
- Chlamydiae.com - Information for patients, as well as for doctors and researchers about Chlamydial infections. Note: Patient info is in multiple languages.