Chlamydia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chlamydia is currently one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases - about 4 million cases of chlamydia occur in the USA each year. However, about half of all men and three-quarters of all women who have chlamydia have no symptoms and don't know that they have the disease. The disease is transmitted by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium . It can be serious but it is easily cured if detected in time. Almost half of all women who get chlamydia and aren't treated by a doctor will get pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a generic term for infection of the uterus fallopian tubes , and/or ovaries . PID can cause scarring inside the reproductive organs , which can later cause serious complications, including chronic pelvic pain, difficulty becoming pregnant ectopic (tubal) pregnancy , and other dangerous complications of pregnancy. Chlamydia causes 250,000 to 500,000 cases of PID every year in the U.S. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/STI-SAFESEX/chlamydia.htm In women, chlamydia may not cause any | |
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