Essay On Chlamydia

One of the most common sexually transmitted diseases is Chlamydia, this STD can go undetected due to the symptoms being indistinct, therefore many people won't know if they have this bacteria infection, sadly chlamydia can really damage your body if kept untreated, and no one is immune to STD's. Most of the time you can't treat an STD because it becomes an epidemic like AIDS. Although STDs can affect anyone and everyone, although mostly young people, especially college students around the ages of 19 and 25. "Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the U.S, with the greatest prevalence in people younger than 25" (CDC). Chlamydia is drawn in through the vaginal area, anal, and oral sex. Chlamydia can be passed from a mother to
To begin with people, yes men can get chlamydia as well, can reduce their chances of obtaining a sexually transmitted disease by using protection of course. Protection is very important to keep ones body safe from harm, and every time someone has sex, about "85% of women and 40% of men have no symptoms untreated Chlamydia leads to PID or male infertility". Continuing on chlamydia is cause by the organism trachomatis, this means that it causes conjunctivitis and trachoma. "Trachoma causes the cornea to become cloudy and may lead to blindness"(gsbs.utmb.edu). However, If one is diagnosed, it is highly recommended "for a treatment regimen of 1 g of azithromycin in a single dose or 100 mg of doxycycline taken orally twice a day for seven days"(CDC). Another thing to do is include testing all sexual partners and those who turn up positive should get treated. Since this STD is known as the Silent epidemic due to how many people don't know they are infected, or even if a person that suspects they might be infected should be screened. A person should be screened at least once a year regardless if they think something