Chlamydia is actually a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) created by bacteria. People who have chlamydia often don’t have outward signs and symptoms in the early stages. That might make you feel you shouldn’t worry. However, chlamydia can cause health problems after all, including preventing women from getting pregnant or even endangering their pregnancies.

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If you have unprotected sex with someone whose STI status you’re not sure of, get tested for chlamydia and other STIs. You should get tested every time you might be exposed.

The treatment for chlamydia is oral antibiotics offered either in multiple doses or just one dose. Take all medication as prescribed by the doctor until the pills are gone. Waiting too long to treat chlamydia can create serious complications. Make sure you talk to a doctor as soon as you think you might have been exposed.

CAUSES

Causes

Sex without a condom and unprotected MouthAction are the main ways a you can contact chlamydia infection. You don’t have to experience penetration to get it. Touching genitals together may transmit the bacteria. It can equally be contracted during anal sex.

Newborn babies can get chlamydia from their infected mother during birth. Most prenatal testing includes a chlamydia test, but it doesn’t hurt to cross-check with your OB-GYN during your first prenatal checkup.

You can acquire a chlamydia infection in the eye through oral or genital contact with the eyes, but this is not common.

Risk factors

Men and women can both acquire the infection, but women are more likely to be diagnosed. Statistically, you’re most likely to get an STI if you have sex with more than one person. Infection levels are highest among younger women, partly because their immature cervical cells are more vulnerable to infection, but older age isn’t a protection.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all sexually active women aged 25 years and younger should get screened for chlamydia every year, as well as older women with risk factors like multiple or new partners.

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Other risk factors include having had an STI in the past or currently having an infection, since that could lower your resistance.

An act of sexual assault puts you at risk for chlamydia and other STIs. If you were actually forced into any sexual activity, including MouthAction, you should get tested as soon as possible. Organizations like the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) give support for survivors of rape or sexual assault. You can call RAINN’s 24/7 national sexual assault hotline at 800-656-4673 for anonymous, confidential help.

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