Which kind of pathogen causes chlamydia?
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A bacterium
It lives inside the cells of the mucous membranes.
💡 Did you know? It is the most common bacterial STD.
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Chlamydia infection is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease of all and at the same time one of the most underestimated. It is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, transmitted during unprotected sexual contact. The tricky thing about this disease is that it very often causes no or only slight symptoms: many of the infected, especially women, notice nothing of the infection for a long time. That is exactly what makes chlamydia so dangerous, for unnoticed it can spread and damage the reproductive organs. In women an untreated infection can lead to pelvic inflammation and is one of the most common causes of unwanted childlessness; in men too it can cause inflammation. Because the disease is so widespread and so often runs silently, young people are advised to be tested for it regularly. The good news: once chlamydia is recognised, it can be treated simply and reliably with antibiotics. The most important protection against infection is, as with other sexually transmitted diseases, the condom. In this way this quiet but consequential infection can be well controlled: if one thinks of it.
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A bacterium
It lives inside the cells of the mucous membranes.
💡 Did you know? It is the most common bacterial STD.
During sexual contact
Unprotected sex is the main route.
💡 Did you know? It can also be passed during birth.
It often runs without symptoms
Women in particular often do not notice it.
💡 Did you know? Unnoticed it can do great damage.
Infertility
In women it can inflame the pelvis.
💡 Did you know? It is a common cause of unwanted childlessness.
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