If a sexual infection is present, the test conducted using a Home STI Kit will be positive even in the absence of symptoms. The test must be performed following symptoms of urethritis, which occurs in women, with unusual vaginal discharge or bleeding, accompanied by burns and pains during sexual intercourse, and in humans, with urethral burning and white-greyish losses from penis.
In some cases, not uncommon, the clinical picture is much more nuanced and sneaky: minor annoyances such as itching or slight burns referred to the tip of the penis and the urethra. These symptoms are often mistakenly attributed to chronic abnormal prostatitis and treated, therefore, with incorrect medical care. The suspicion of Chlamydia infection is founded above all if the symptomatology arises after recent sexual relations with a new partner.
What are the possible consequences of Chlamydia infection?
Spreading the germ to nearby organs can cause serious complications. In women, inflammation can go back to the tubes and the peritoneum causing the so-called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can cause permanent damage to the reproductive system, such as closing the tubes (resulting in infertility), risk of uterine pregnancies, abdominal adhesions and chronic pelvic pain.
In humans, the most frequent complication is the onset of a chronic inflammatory process affecting the epididymis, a small duct where the sperm cells are stored and stored by the testis. The outcome of the infection is a fibrosis of the duct, with obstruction and subsequent sterility. Hence, the need for a Home STI Kit.
What is the most appropriate treatment to combat the infection?
Chlamydia infection is treated with antibiotics to which the germ is very sensitive. There are several antibiotics used in treatment and all equally effective. The drug of first choice is azithromycin. In the case of uncomplicated acute episodes, a single dose of antibiotic is sufficient. The same treatment must be followed by the partner.
It is advisable to avoid sexual intercourse for at least three weeks after the end of the therapy. Healing does not make you immune: new repercussions are possible. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to prevention.
Can Chlamydia be prevented?
Prevention consists of correct sexual behavior: a mutually monogamous relationship and / or the use of barrier methods of contraception, such as condoms, greatly reduce the risk of infection.
Screening, that is the diagnosis of chlamydia in asymptomatic subjects, is recommended annually in people under 25, especially if at risk and following unprotected relationships with new partners. Chlamydia in pregnancy: how to prevent it and how to treat it. Are there any risks for the unborn child?
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