Chlamydia in women: the disease requires medical supervision!

Every woman who comes to see a gynecologist, tests for infection, including chlamydia. Why? Because the prevalence of STIs (sexually transmitted infections) is quite high. So, for example, 40% of women who have tested have chlamydia. Let's take a closer look at this disease and try to understand how the microbe affects the female body, and what consequences can lead to a prolonged illness.

What is the causative agent of the disease?

The microorganism of the causative agent of chlamydia is a small rounded microbe, affecting, in the first place, the mucous membranes of the urogenital system. In addition, chlamydia have a unique property - to affect tissues that are under the mucous membranes.

Chlamydia in women and men have their own cycle of development, different from other bacteria, consisting in manifesting simultaneously signs of bacteria and viruses. The microbe begins its development after it enters the cells of the human body. This process takes from 40 to 72 hours. This period depends: on the state of the immune system, the aggressiveness of the microbe. After 4-5 hours after entering the cells, the microbe begins to actively develop and multiply. After several cycles, the elementary corpuscles begin to destroy the cell and exit into the intercellular space. There is further infection and destruction of healthy cells of the mucosa.

What are the effects of chlamydia in women?

As we already know, the microorganism affects the mucous membranes, therefore in women it develops mainly on the cervix. The first symptoms are found, as a rule, 30 days after the alleged infection. In women, bleeding of the cervix is observed, purulent discharge begins and erosion develops. Sometimes the disease is accompanied by itching, burning and white discharge.

Chlamydia in women, whose treatment was not timely, can adversely affect the uterus and cause inflammation (endometritis), which is manifested by bleeding, blunt pain in the sacrum and in the lower abdomen.

Similarly, the microbe extends to the ovaries and fallopian tubes and causes inflammation. This disease is one of the most dangerous and, often, causes infertility.

In addition, chlamydia in women, as in men, cause inflammation of the urethra (urethritis). The disease manifests itself in rapid urination, accompanied by sharp pain and burning. In the analysis, patients have a large number of white blood cells, which indicates an inflammatory process.

How does the infection occur?

There are three ways of infection:

1. Sexually transmitted infection.
2. Infection during the birth process. A child in 90% of cases is infected from an infected mother. In such children, conjunctivitis develops in 40% of cases, in 20% of cases - pneumonia. In addition, the risk of infection of the nasopharynx, vagina, anus and eyes is large enough.
3. Intrauterine infection. After this, the premature or small child is born. The level of infant mortality of such babies is quite large.

How is the treatment?

Treatment of chlamydia in women takes about 20-30 days. But this is only if both partners are treated at the same time. Moreover, intimate contacts at this time are strictly prohibited, otherwise the disease can resume. If there is a diagnosis of chlamydia, treatment for women and men, as a rule, is practically the same. The doctor prescribes antibiotics and immunomodulators. In rare cases, physiotherapy is prescribed.

At the initial stage, chlamydia is treated with azithromycin (preparations - Azitroks, Sumamed, Azivok, etc.) by 1 gram once inside and doxycycline (preparations - Doxycycline Nycomed, Apo-Doksi, Doxal, Unidox Slutab ", etc.) for 100 mg.x 2 times a day for 14 days.

It is worth noting that the doctor selects treatment with drugs only after a thorough check and based on the results of the tests. Self-treatment of chlamydia can only aggravate the situation and lead to irreparable consequences!