Early detection is the best way to avoid such risk as infertility caused by STDs is highly preventable. This is one of the most common STDs. PID affects the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, often leading the woman to become infertile. In some rare cases, a woman may experience signs of the infection including unusual vaginal discharge, a burning sensation while urinating, and painful sex. Fortunately, chlamydia can be cured with antibiotics which is why it is so critical that it is caught and treated early.
Here is another example of an STD that rarely shows symptoms. People who do show symptoms may experience spotting between periods, burning while urinating, or vaginal discharge that is white, yellow, or green. If you are given an antibiotic, it's important to take the entire dose prescribed even if symptoms disappear. If symptoms don't disappear in one to two weeks after you finish taking the antibiotic, see your health care provider.
You should abstain from sexual intercourse while you are being treated for the infection, and for up to seven days after a single dose of antibiotics, or after completing a seven-day course of antibiotics. This will prevent you from infecting your partner. You should tell your sexual partners that you have chlamydia so they can be tested. If you are a woman and aren't sure your partner has been treated for chlamydia, you should get retested for the infection three to four months after your treatment.
Retesting after several months is a good idea even if you are sure that your partner has been treated. The CDC recommends that all sexually active women 25 and younger be screened at least every year for chlamydia.
Women older than 25 who have multiple sex partners or a new sex partner should also be screened every year. Pregnant women should be screened, as well. Therefore, ELISA can be suggested as a screening test for detecting infection in patients with infertility.
For those who have a positive result for C. ELISA is also suggested for subgroups of patients with endocervical, urethral, or conjunctival specimens The sensitivity of PCR test for detecting C. PCR has a reported sensitivity of Specificity PCR for C. Therefore, PCR can be used as the confirmatory test for diagnosis of C.
Although nucleic acid amplification tests NAATs need more time and are more expensive but their accuracy and non-invasiveness are noticeable. It seems that C. Due to the effects of chlamydia infection, tubal involvement and findings of this study, Chlamydia screening is highly suggested in infertile women before infertility management.
Besides, prevention of maternal-fetal complications, indicates C. This project was supported by grant No. J Reprod Infertil. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Journal List J Reprod Infertil v. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. E-mail: ri. Received Aug 18; Accepted Nov This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background Nowadays, Chlamydia trachomatis is known as a causative agent of infertility.
Methods Overall, infertile and pregnant women, as the fertile group, participated in this hospital-based case-control study. Results PCR results revealed that 29 Conclusion We found no significant differences among fertile and infertile women for Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Keywords: Case control study, Chlamydia trachomatis , Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Infertility, Polymerase chain reaction.
Introduction Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection 1. Methods Setting This case-control study was performed at the infertility clinic, prenatal clinic and delivery room of Vali-e-Asr Hospital, one of the central public hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran from April to April Participants Calculating an odds ratio to 1. Results In this study, we recruited infertile and fertile women.
Open in a separate window. Discussion Using different diagnostic methods, we found no significant differences between fertile and infertile women for C. Conclusion It seems that C.
Acknowledgement This project was supported by grant No. Conflict of Interest None of the authors had any conflict of interest. References 1. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. Nov, Sexually transmitted diseases surveillance.
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