What is Chlamydia? List and describe the symptoms and treatment in both men and women.

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What is Chlamydia

With over three million cases in the United States and ten million worldwide added each year , chlamydia has become the most prevalent and commonly contracted sexually transmitted disease (STD . Like the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS , it is spread through sexual contact - vaginal , oral , and anal intercourse - with an infected partner . A bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis that lives in an infected woman 's vaginal secretions or in an infected man 's semen causes the infection . Higher infection rates are found in sexually active teenagers especially females

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Chlamydia is known as a silent yet dangerous disease . Statistics shows that as many as 50 percent of the men and 75 percent of the women who have chlamydia are symptoms free . If the infection is severe enough women may experience genital inflammation , vaginal or urethral discharge , difficulty in urinating and a burning sensation during urination , painful intercourse , and itching around the inflamed area . In males , signs of infection are visible with prostatitis (symptoms include pain when urinating and a watery mucous discharge from the penis inflammation of the seminal vesicles , and pain and swelling in the testicles (Balch , 2006 ,

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When symptoms of chlamydia are detected , it is very important to seek urgent treatment . For women , untreated infection may lead to sterility To make sure that the disease is not transmitted back and forth , both partners must be medicated . Antibiotics can also easily cure chlamydia-infected people . Natural therapies , like water fast or fasting using...