3.  Definition  Signs and Symptoms › Males and females  How it’s transmitted  How it’s diagnosed  Treatment  Complications if not treated  Prevention  Statistics  Cite and Sources

4.  It is a curable infection  It may infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, eye, or throat  Most common infection in the US  The pathogen is a bacteria called Chlamydia Trachomatis (“kla-MID-ee-uh”)

5. FemaleMale Bacteria affects the –Cervix –Urinary If the move to fallopian tubes it may cause pelvic inflammatory Abdominal pain Bacteria affects the –Urinary –Epididymis Inflammation in testes

6. FemaleMale Bleeding between menstrual periods Cervical or rectal inflammation Vaginal bleeding after intercourse Painful intercourse Abnormal vaginal discharge Rectal inflammation Pus or watery or milky discharge Pain when urinating

7.  Being sexually active  Oral sex  Low defense  Contact with infected area

8.  Chlamydia is often mixed with gonorrhea  Doctors usually do laboratory testing such as › Collect fluid from vagina or penis › Urinal sample

9.  Antibiotics › Azithromycin (1 day) › Doxycyaine (7 days) › Erythromycin › Ofloxacin › Amoxicillin

10.  Infertility  Chronic pain  Increases person’s vulnerability to getting HIV.  Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)  Fatal ectopic pregnancy.

11.  Abstinence  Latex male condoms  Annual screenings › Sexually active women (25 and younger) › Older women with risk factors (new sex partner) › All pregnant women

12.  Most widespread STD in the USA.  In 1997 there were 537,904 reported diagnoses  By 2007 the annual total had more than doubled to 1,108,374

13.  http://www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/f act_sheets.htm http://www.cdc.gov/std/healthcomm/f act_sheets.htm  http:///www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/ communicable/nongonoccoal_urethritis /fact_sheet.h. http:///www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/ communicable/nongonoccoal_urethritis /fact_sheet.h  http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_nhu. cfm http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_nhu. cfm  http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/chlamy dia.htm http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/chlamy dia.htm