Chlamydia and clamidiosis

Nowadays the words chlamydia and clamidiosis can be often met in magazines, newspapers, on TV and on the radio. There is plenty of information regarding sexual health and safe sex. Nevertheless, the fact that these terms are popular does not mean that every infected person understands what kind of disease he or she has. People do not know what chlamydia is and where it comes from.

First of all, let us see what chlamydia is. This is a microorganism that is very similar in its properties to bacteriums, but is about as little as a viruse. One more important chlamydies peculiarity it lives inside cells of human or animals organism, exactly like viruses do. To cut a long story short ,chlamydia is a unique microbe. It is neither a viruse nor a bacterium, it is simply a chlamydia. An important feature of this microbe is its unique manner of life and an unique cycle of developement which does not have any analogies in nature. At the very beginning of its developement chlamydia is harmless. But then it aquires infectious properties and damages healthy cells. This is the beginning of a certain disease.
Chlamydia is not only one kind of microbes. There are about 30 its variants, which cause a great number of various diseases. These diseases have a long history, but microbiologists have managed to detect the true cause of these. It is worth noticing that some typical discriprions of diseases evidently caused by chlamydia have been found in papyruses dated 15 century B.C. And it is as well known that Horatio and Cicero suffered from clamidiosis.

What diseases does chlamydia cause?

The most known, the most dangerous and the most frequent disease is trachoma that is a chronic eyes ailment. Some of you might have not heard this word but there are not less than 400 million people infected with trachoma in South America, Asia and Africa. In some years the number of those who have lost their sight because of this disease is up to 20 million people.
The interest in chlamydia is growing because of a special type of the disease which is called urogenital clamidiosis.
Urogenial clamidiosis is a sexually transmitted disease. It can be severe and chronic.Its symptoms can be various. Since urogenial clamidiosis is a disease that affects urino- genital organs, thus damaging sexual health, its symptoms are evident. These can be discharges, paintful urination, , itch, various kinds of inflammation. But you must know that there are no special symptoms that can make you sure you are infected with clamidiosis. A vast number of other microbes can provoke diseases undistinguishable from clamidiosis .
Urogenial clamidiosis is very spread. The diagnosis of clamidiosis is made 3 million times a year. But in fact the disease has not become more spread. People simply have learned how to identify it.Chlamydia is difficult to reveal. That is why it is very expensive and time-taking to find out whether you are infected or not.
Here are some facts you should be aware of
There is no genetic (inborn) immunity for chlamydies. Everyone is likely to get ill if chlamydia got in the organism. The recovery from the disease does not provide immunity. It means that you can be infected again.
Everything you heard about the ways of being infected with sexually transmitted diseases is closely connected with clamidiosis.
Many specialists studying sexually transmitted diseases consider that if you have symptoms of uretritis (frequent and painful urination) and gonococcus was not found, it means that it is quite possible that you are infected with chlymidia
You can be infected with chlymidia and gonococcus simultaneously.

How can urogenial clamidiosis be prevented?

The most reliable way is to exclude sex life. But many people consider this way to be unacceptable. However, limitation of sex partners + condom are quite reliable methods of chlymidia precaution

What should be done if you got infected?

You should visit a doctor. The number of medicines treating clamidiosis successfully is quite big.
Receiving medical treatment on your own means waste of money. If you have a permanent partner you both should be treated. You know that sexual health implies well-being of both partners.
Urogenial clamidiosis, if untreated can provoke rather serious complications.
It is important to know that clamidiosis is not a disaster, it is an annoyance. No one can die of clamidiosis.
Clamidiosis is treatable. You should know that it is not so easy to choose an antibiotic, to prescribe the necessary medicines, to define the time necessary for treatment, as it seems to be. But that is not very difficult. So you should not lose heart, tear your hair and say good bye to your sexual health and sex life as well as to your life in general.