Chlamydia - Chlamydia treatment
- Quick diagnosis of symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection.
- Effective antibiotic treatment – without the need for an in-person appointment.
- E-prescription and treatment plan – discreetly and securely.
Online consultation with a doctor
Do you have symptoms of a vaginal infection (e.g. burning, discharge, pain during intercourse)? Get advice online.
Consultation with a doctor + e-prescription
The doctor will conduct a medical interview with you about your ailments and state of health.
After the consultation, if the doctor deems it appropriate, you will receive recommendations and an e-prescription.
How does it work?
Choose a date for a consultation with a specialist
Book a convenient date and time for your consultation.
Complete a medical questionnaire
Answer a few questions that will help the doctor assess your health. If you are continuing treatment, attach your previous prescription.
Wait for the doctor to contact you
At the selected date, the doctor will call you to conduct a consultation.
Collect your documentation
After the doctor's decision, you will receive a prescription and/or recommendations via text message and e-mail - without leaving your home.
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Chlamydia – what is it?
According to the ICD-10 classification, Chlamydia is described as A74. 9.
It is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. Unfortunately, it is difficult to detect because it is very often asymptomatic, and therefore you can be infected by a person who has no symptoms.
It is also possible to unknowingly infect sexual partners, so if you diagnose yourself with such a problem, you should immediately inform the people with whom you have had sexual intercourse.
Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis and is most commonly transmitted through sexual contact.
Chlamydia infection is the most common cause of non-gonorrhoeal urethritis.
That is why it is so important to get diagnosed and, if you frequently change partners, to get tested for Chlamydia infection on a regular basis.
If you test positive for chlamydia (which you can easily buy at the pharmacy) or if you notice the first symptoms of chlamydia, contact a doctor. After a medical consultation, the doctor will be able to make a diagnosis and quickly start treatment.
Chlamydia – what causes it?
Chlamydia is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia (Latin: Chlamydiae):
Chlamydia trachomatis – can be contracted through sexual contact (sexually transmitted – there are about 15 varieties of this bacterium);
Chlamydia pneumoniae – spreads through respiratory droplets;
Chlamydia psittaci – can be contracted from birds.
Chlamydia is a gram-negative bacterium, which means it stains red when examined in a laboratory using the Gram method.
Can chlamydia affect people of any age?
As with many sexually transmitted diseases, chlamydia infections are more common in people who are sexually active, especially those who engage in ‘risky’ sexual behaviour.
What does that mean?
Such behaviour includes having sex without barrier contraception (condoms) and frequently changing sexual partners.
Additional factors that increase the risk of contracting chlamydia include oral and anal sex and, in some cases, having had a venereal disease in the past.
Research by the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that chlamydia infection is most common in people aged 15-24 and slightly less common in the 25-29 age group. Based on this data, it can be concluded that chlamydia is more common in young, sexually active people.
However, chlamydia can also affect children after birth if the mother is infected. The child can contract the disease from the mother during childbirth - both naturally (in which case the child comes into contact with the mother's birth canal) and during a caesarean section (which is less common). In response to the risk of chlamydia infection in children, medicine has developed special procedures to protect newborns from the negative consequences of this disease.
Chlamydia trachomatis - how can you get infected with this bacteria?
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease that you can catch from infected people who do not show any symptoms.
This means that you can become infected through various types of sexual contact. The bacteria can infect not only the genitals, but also cause symptoms in other parts of the body that have come into contact with the bacteria.
Chlamydia can enter the throat through oral sex or petting (the bacteria can be transferred to the mouth area on the hands). In a similar way, Chlamydia can attack, for example, the eye. In other words, any contact with Chlamydia-infected areas of the body can lead to illness and the appearance of symptoms.
Both sexes are also at risk of reactive arthritis (Ritter's syndrome), a rare disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. This disease manifests itself as chlamydial conjunctivitis, urethritis and arthritis.
Chlamydia - what are the symptoms in women and men?
Chlamydia is an insidious disease because it can be passed on without any symptoms or it can cause ambiguous symptoms.
A chlamydia infection sometimes resembles a gonorrhoea infection. It is estimated that half of all men and three-quarters of infected women show no symptoms of a chlamydia infection.
The remaining patients may experience symptoms similar to those of urethritis – itching and burning during urination, sometimes there may be discharge oozing from the urethra.
The discharge can be watery, mucous, mucopurulent or purulent (which is why the symptoms of the infection can be ambiguous), and the disease can be accompanied by redness around the opening of the urethra. These symptoms can be easily confused with other urogenital infections, which is why diagnostics and examinations are so important.
In men, there may be more specific symptoms such as swollen testicles, joint pain, inflammation around the anus (for example after anal sex or other more complicated sexual behaviour) or testicular pain (not related to sexual tension).
In case of an infection of the anus, symptoms of chlamydia are mucopurulent discharge and a burning sensation around the opening of the large intestine.
The most common symptoms in women are the occurrence of vaginal bleeding, pain during sex, pain in the lower abdomen, mucopurulent discharge from the vagina or anus, burning during urination, bleeding that occurs during or after sexual intercourse but is not related to the menstrual cycle or penis dysfunctions (e.g. phimosis).
Chlamydia - diagnostics
The symptoms of chlamydia are ambiguous and in many cases can be confused with other diseases.
If a Chlamydia trachomatis infection is suspected, the test is usually carried out in a diagnostic laboratory.
A venereal disease specialist will write you a referral, but you can also take the test privately at a test laboratory. When making a diagnosis, the doctor will usually also order a urine or blood test and a vaginal or cervical smear.
Depending on the doctor's decision, a urethral or anal smear may also be needed.
Remember that if you suspect that you are infected, you can take a test at home.
Chlamydia tests can be purchased at the pharmacy. After taking such a test (if it is positive), it is worth consulting online at Dimedic.eu to get a reliable diagnosis and start treatment.
Chlamydia trachomatis and symptoms of the disease
Chlamydia is an insidious disease that often does not show any symptoms. This does not change the fact that the disease develops in the body and can cause serious health complications.
Chlamydia during pregnancy
An untreated or asymptomatic chlamydia infection can make it difficult to get pregnant – chronic inflammation of the uterus and fallopian tubes can occur without clear symptoms and can also impair the functioning of the reproductive organs. This can lead to serious problems. For this reason, women who are trying to get pregnant are advised to undergo a full examination, including a check for chlamydia. Pregnant women who are infected or become infected can pass the disease on to their unborn child.
Chlamydia in men - what are the symptoms of an untreated disease?
Chlamydia in men can lead to inflammation of the epididymis (a common symptom is swelling of the perineum, sometimes pain in the groin and high temperature). A serious complication of untreated chlamydia is prostatitis.
Untreated chlamydia and the consequences of the disease
Other complications of untreated, ignored or asymptomatic chlamydia include The onset of chronic pelvic pain caused by adhesions, inflammation of the organs in the small pelvis and, as a result, severe impairment of their function (fallopian tubes, surrounding tissue and the uterus itself), inflammation of the testicles and epididymis.
Chlamydia – learn about treatment methods
First of all, if you have contracted Chlamydia, natural treatment will not work and... you will need to take antibiotics.
Chlamydia – antibiotic treatment
If you have contracted Chlamydia, the only effective medication is an antibiotic containing doxycycline. Chlamydia is usually treated for seven days (two doses per day), but remember that your doctor may decide otherwise.
In our online clinic, you can get a medical consultation for chlamydia. The doctor will contact you by phone and, based on the examination, will decide whether to issue an e-prescription or a cross-border prescription for one of the two drugs with doxycycline as the main active ingredient: Doxycyclinum or Unidox Solutab.
It is worth noting that there are alternative antibiotic treatments that can be used for pregnant women or people with other infections (such as HIV infection), but these should be administered by appropriate specialists.
Chlamydia infection - prevention
The most important prevention for chlamydia is to avoid risky sexual behaviour – frequent changes of partners and having sex (including oral and anal sex) without using a condom.
What can you do to reduce the chances of becoming infected with chlamydia?
Here are a few tips:
Always use a condom when having sex with a new partner (before getting tested). This will protect you from sexually transmitted diseases to a large extent.
If you can (and want to), try to reduce the number of sexual partners.
If you frequently change sexual partners (or have casual sex), get tested regularly for chlamydia, syphilis and other STDs.
Avoid douching – it can change the vaginal pH and negatively affect the bacterial flora in this area of your body, which increases the risk of chlamydia.
Chlamydia – seek treatment under medical supervision!
If you think you may have been infected with Chlamydia trachomatis, because you have the symptoms, you should contact our doctor. He will conduct a thorough interview and decide on the treatment.
At the Dimedic.eu online clinic, you will receive help and a suitable treatment!
Quickly and without leaving home - it's really convenient.