Chlamydia Research Paper

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The risk factors for Chlamydia include sexually active people, new or multiple sex partners, history of STD, oral contraceptive user, lack of barrier contraception, ethnicity (more common in African American), sex (high rates in women), excessive alcohol or illegal drug use (increases the risk of risky sexual behavior), Men having sex with men, first intercourse before age 18, Birth control factors like Women with an intrauterine device (IUD) are at greater risk of getting chlamydia than those who do not, hygiene factors like Douching increases risk of chlamydia. etc.
Protective factors
Protective factors guards young minds from indulging in unhealthy sexual behavior. Generally, protective factors are not studied as extensively as risk factors.
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It is a highly transmissible infection with more than 50% of sexual partners acquiring the infection. Ejaculation does not have to occur for chlamydia to be transmitted or acquired. 60 to 70% of infants exposed during passage through birth canal acquiring the infection, resulting in ophthalmia neonatorum (conjunctivitis) or pneumonia in some exposed infants.. It can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy as well. Chlamydia is a common STD caused by infection with Chlamydia trachomitis. Occasionally, the condition may spread to the upper genital tract in women causing pelvic inflammatory disease(PID) or to the epididymis in men causing inflammation of the …show more content…
Objectives of which include reducing the proportion of adolescents and young adults with Chlamydia, increasing the proportion of sexually active females aged 24 years and under enrolled in commercial health insurance plans who are screened for Chlamydia. Culture was considered to be the gold standard test for diagnosis of Chlamydia. Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) provides superior sensitivity and specificity and is now the recommended method for diagnosis. Chlamydia can be effectively cured with antibiotics.
On an individual level, anyone with genital symptoms such as discharge, burning during urination, unusual sores, or rash should refrain from having sex until they are able to see a health care provider about their symptoms. The only way to avoid Chlamydia is not to have vaginal, anal, or oral sex. If you are sexually active, being in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and has negative STD test results and using latex condoms the every time while having sex are ways to prevent Chlamydia.
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