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Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for the development of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

STDs are creating a staggering public health issue all over the world. It is the major reason why most of the women often seen in gynecology practice.

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is one such sexual transmitted disease developed by the three strains (L1, L2, L3) of bacteria “chlamydia trachomatis”.

The disease affects the lymph nodes as well as the lymphatic system.

How Chlamydia Trachomatis Develops Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)?

The bacteria exclusively enter the body sexually through the warm moist skin of the mouth, penis or in the rectum. The bacterium crosses from one body to another when the mucosal surfaces (the warm moist skin of the mouth or in the rectum) of an infected person contacts with an uninfected mucosal surface. During sexual contact, a minute abrasion in mucosal surfaces allows the chlamydia trachomatis to get into the body.

Once the bacteria enter the mucosal surfaces, it gradually progresses its movement towards the lymphatic channels. Once it enters there, it starts replicating.

Chlamydia is caused by a tiny bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis.

It is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can spread easily through sexual intercourse with an infected person.

It also spreads from mother to child during pregnancy.

Chlamydia treatment is easy and effective with antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline.

For effective results, you need to continue the treatment according to the prescribed dosage.

It is also important to stay away from sexual activities until the infection is treated completely.

Remember that you can get re-infected with chlamydia trachomatis if your sexual partner is left untreated.

On the other hand, if you are with chlamydia and left your condition untreated then the infection can pass into the uterus and cause another sexual transmitted disease called PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease), which can easily damage the reproductive parts. It also leads to infertility or ectopic pregnancy.

The Chlamydia trachomatis damage a woman’s reproductive organs: the cervix, the urethra, and the fallopian tubes. As the chlamydia symptoms are very mild or absent, you may have permanent damages to the organs before you recognize the infection or disease in the body.

Chlamydia, a general curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by tiny bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is a bacteria-related sexually transmitted disease, which can injure a woman’s reproductive organs.

Also, it’s estimated that annually the rate of chlamydia infection is rising to more than 2.8 million and up to 40% of sexually active women are infected with unaware of its existence.

Today, still there arepeople at risk of this infection and really don’t know what it is even if they heard about it.

It is referred to as a “silent” disease where you do not experience chlamydia symptoms though you are at risk. In some cases, if they do occur, they appear within 1-3 weeks after infection.

As chlamydia is an asymptomatic infection, it often goes undiagnosed unless it directs to major complications and if it is not treated soon enough, then severe damages can takes place to the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and uterus, causing infertility.

In general, the diagnosis for chlamydia is carried out at STI clinics or GUM clinics.

For this, in the past, women were used to test by taking a swab from the cervix with an instrument called a speculum.

Chlamydia is the most rising sexually transmitted disease (STD).

In the United States, about four million new cases of Chlamydia are frequently occurring among sexually active adolescents, young adults and individuals with multiple partners are at highest risk.

Actually, a tiny bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis cause chlamydia.

This sexual transmitted disease (STD) is known as a “silent” disease because about 75% of infected women experience no chlamydia symptoms.

Sometimes, the chlamydia is asymptomatic and it becomes very difficult to find out how long you remain infectious but if chlamydia symptoms appear, they usually emerge within one to three weeks after infected.

When the chlamydia symptoms do appear in women, like you, they may be mild and passing, making them easy to overlook. Moreover, the bacteria primarily infect the cervix and the urethra.

Then, you may have symptoms such as yellowish vaginal discharge; smelly vaginal discharge; painful or frequent urination; a burning sensation during urination.

But when the infection passes from the cervix to the fallopian tubes, tubes that carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus, you may experience lower abdominal and lower back pain, pain during intercourse, nausea, fever, or bleeding between menstrual periods. Sometimes, you may not experience even these signs or symptoms.