Treat chlamydia before it causes complications

Chlamydia Infection in men and women

A sexually transmitted infection or STI can be a major disruption to your health. If these are left untreated, these infections can also cause damage to your sexual organs. It is understood that an STI like chlamydia isn’t always detected straight away because of a lack of symptoms. So before any STI can cause any further damage to your health, it’s important to go for regular STI tests so that they can be detected early enough.

Chlamydia is a bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and this is the most common STI. In the UK there are new cases reported almost daily. Although everyone who is sexually active is at risk of contracting this infection, it’s more common in people between the ages of 16 and 24. Sexually active individuals or persons who have sexual relationships with multiple partners are at a greater risk of getting affected by STI causing microbes.  Luckily treating chlamydia is straightforward, provided that it’s administered before the infection has had time to cause other complications

The common symptoms of chlamydia are discharge from the rectum and/or genitals in both men and women. Sexual intercourses can also become more difficult for women who suffer from chlamydia. The usual treatment for chlamydia is antibiotics. Antibiotics like azithromycin, doxycycline, etc. are generally prescribed for treating chlamydia.

Doxycycline slows down the spread of infection and is taken in low doses over a few days. It is also prescribed for preventing malaria. This antibiotic has fewer side effects and is a wide spectrum drug. In other words, it can cure a wide range of ailments, but doxycycline is found to be an effective treatment for malaria and sexually transmitted infections.