Be careful about getting infected with Chlamydia trachomatis

　　Chlamydia trachomatis is sexually transmitted disease In particular, it plays an important role in infectious diseases of the genitourinary tract of men and women, attracting the attention of countries around the world. In 2003, 877,478 cases of genitourinary tract infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis were reported in the United States, ranking first among sexually transmitted diseases.

　　In 2003, my country reported 255,863 cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (cervicitis) (the main pathogen is Chlamydia trachomatis), which also ranked first in the number of reported cases of seven sexually transmitted diseases in the country; this number increased by 5.42% in 2004, of which the number of cases in Chongqing increased by 46% compared with 2003. 63%. Visible severity of Chlamydia trachomatis infection

　　Not everyone gets sick

　　Although the number of people infected with Chlamydia trachomatis sounds scary, not everyone gets sick. does not appear clinical Symptoms account for 40%. In other words, these people do not feel sick at all and do not feel any physical discomfort. 60% of patients showed clinical symptoms. with clinical symptoms male Among them, 50% are often ignored by themselves or their doctors because their symptoms are mild, and they are not accurately diagnosed.

　　What are the symptoms after being infected with Chlamydia trachomatis?

　　What are the symptoms of genitourinary tract infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis? In men, the main symptom is urethral secretion. The secretion is small, thin, white or milky white, which is obvious in some people. In some people, when the condition is atypical, a small amount of thin secretion is easily washed away by the urine flow, and the patient feels that there is no secretion. In addition, dysuria is also a symptom, and this symptom manifests itself in different ways: some people have itching and discomfort in the urethra; some people have intermittent tingling in the urethra, which is sometimes mild and sometimes severe; and some people have some redness and mild swelling in the urethral opening. Precisely because the symptoms are not severe, some statistics show that about 50% of patients are delayed in diagnosis during the initial diagnosis.

　　The disease has many complications, such as acute epididymitis (mostly unilateral), prostatitis , seminal vesiculitis, Rett syndrome, infertility, etc. exist female Urinary tract symptoms are milder, and only a few people have symptoms of dysuria and urethral discomfort, mainly mucopurulent Cervicitis , increased leucorrhea, vulvar itching, etc. More attention should be paid to comorbidities such as: pelvic inflammatory disease diseases, female infertility, ectopic pregnancy , there may also be miscarriage, premature birth , stillbirth, etc.

　　How is chlamydial infection treated?

　　Even if you are infected with chlamydia, you may have no symptoms. Treatment is not necessary. If a spouse develops symptoms due to an infection, both partners need treatment to avoid reinfecting each other and leaving the disease incurable.

　　If symptoms occur, treatment is necessary. It is not difficult to treat Chlamydia trachomatis infection. It does not require intravenous infusion or "various physical treatments". Oral medicine can completely cure it. .

　　There are three major categories of oral drugs: tetracyclines (including tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline, etc.), macrolides (including erythromycin, erythromycin, azithromycin, etc.), and quinolones (including levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, etc.). These three types of drugs should be taken orally for one course of treatment under the guidance of a specialist. If it does not heal, you can switch to another one and take another course of oral treatment. Although the rate of Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital tract infection is relatively high, with regular treatment, the vast majority of patients can achieve a good cure rate.

　　There are three major categories of oral drugs: tetracyclines (including tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline, etc.), macrolides (including erythromycin, erythromycin, azithromycin, etc.), and quinolones (including levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, etc.). When treating, patients must pay attention to two points: ① Stop sexual life during treatment (including sexual life using condoms). ②Husbands and wives or sexual partners must be treated at the same time, otherwise one party will be cured and the other party will be infected again, which means there is no cure.