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I need to know about chlamydia pneumonae....any doctors out there who've treated it, or anyone who's had it? |
After giving oral to my boyfriend, I contracted symptoms identical to that of chlamydia pneumonae (I looked up my symptoms online doing a std search). I've had these symptoms for three months now--ever since I first gave him oral. I stopped giving him oral a month ago, I've taken antibiotics, but the symptoms still won't go away. My hospital apparently isn't advanced enough to test for this type of chlamydia, and my doctor knows nothing about it. Can anyone help me by telling me more about it from their personal experience? First let me say that this is all out of my head and from my notes, I am not just copying this from a website. A trained monkey can do that, it takes skill to be able to make sense of it all. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a completely different bacteria from the sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis. They are cousins, but not the same animal, kind of like tigers and lions. If your boyfriend had chlamydia in his penis, he would have had Chlamydia trachomatis as Chlamydia pneumoniae does not grow in the urogenital epithelium, just like if you moved a tiger from India to Africa it would still be a tiger, not a lion. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a mutant of Chlamydia psittaci, a bacteria that humans can only get from parrots and other birds, the mutation being that it can be transmitted from human to human through respiratory droplets, instead of just from birds to humans. Anyway, the way to test for it is through fluorescent antibody staining or complement fixation based serology, something not every hospital can do. The main problem I see in your presentation is that you are basing this on your symptoms, and the symptoms of Chlamydia pneumoniae are very generic, often called walking pneumonia, and can be caused by dozens of other pathogens, many of which are not sexually transmitted (my microbiology book says "these infections cannot be differentiated from other atypical pneumonias, such as those caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, legionella pneumophilia and respiratory viruses). That combined with the fact that Chlamydia pneumoniae cannot cause infection in the penis means that most likely your boyfriend did not give you Chlamydia pneumoniae. I'd like to know exactly which antibiotic you've been on, but assuming that it was broad spectrum it probably didn't do anything because your infection is being caused by a virus, which don't respond to antibiotics. If I were you I would just go to the doctor's office, tell them your symptoms, tell them what antibiotics you've been on, and get a diagnosis straight up without trying to tell them what you've got. Source(s): I'm a medical student I know some one who had it and the doctor prescribed an antibiotic Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. This infection is easily spread because it often causes no symptoms and may be unknowingly passed to sexual partners. In fact, about 75% of infections in women and 50% in men are without symptoms. How Do I Know if I Have Chlamydia? It is not easy to tell if you are infected with chlamydia since symptoms are not always apparent. But when they do occur, they are usually noticeable within 1-3 weeks of contact and can include the following: Symptoms in Women Abnormal vaginal discharge that may have an odor Bleeding between periods Painful periods Abdominal pain with fever Pain when having sex Itching or burning in or around the vagina Pain when urinating How Is Chlamydia Diagnosed? There are a few different tests your doctor can use to check for chlamydia. He or she will probably use a swab to take a sample from the urethra in men or from the cervix in women and then will send the specimen to a laboratory to be analyzed. There are also other tests which check a urine sample for the presence of the bacteria. How Is Chlamydia Treated? If you have chlamydia, your doctor will prescribe oral antibiotics, usually azithromycin (Zithromax) or doxycycline. Your doctor will also recommend your partner(s) be treated as well to prevent reinfection and further spread of the disease. With treatment, the infection should clear up in about a week or two. It is important to finish all of your antibiotics even if you feel better. Women with severe infection may require hospitalization, intravenous antibiotics (medicine given through a vein), and pain medicine. After taking antibiotics, people should be retested to be sure the infection is cured. This is particularly important if you are unsure that your partner(s) obtained treatment. Do not have sex until you are sure both you and your partner no longer have the disease. What Happens If I Don't Get Treated? If you do not get treated for Chlamydia, you run the risk of several health problems. For women. If left untreated, the infection can cause pelvic inflammatory disease which can lead to damage of the fallopian tubes (the tubes connecting the ovaries to the uterus) or even cause infertility (the inability to have children), and untreated chlamydia infection could increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy (when the fertilized egg implants and develops outside the uterus.) Furthermore, chlamydia may cause premature births (giving birth too early) and the infection can be passed along from the mother to her child during childbirth, causing an eye infection, blindness or pneumonia in the newborn. How Can I Prevent Infection? To reduce your risk of infection: Use condoms correctly every time you have sex. Limit the number of sex partners, and do not go back and forth between partners. Practice sexual abstinence, or limit sexual contact to one uninfected partner. If you think you are infected, avoid sexual contact and see a doctor. Any genital symptoms such as discharge or burning during urination or an unusual sore or rash should be a signal to stop having sex and to consult a doctor immediately. If you are told you have chlamydia or any other STD and receive treatment, you should notify all of your recent sex partners so that they can see a doctor and be treated. Because chlamydia often occurs without symptoms, people who are infected may unknowingly infect their sex partners. Many doctors recommend that all persons who have more than one sex partner should be tested for chlamydia regularly, even in the absence of symptoms. For More Information Contact the CDC National STD Hotline: 1 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) webmd.com you need to get your boyfriend tested too ,i just read alittle about it and it said you may get it from person to person transmission by respitory secretions.i have never heard of it before.you may need to go to another hospital. i found in for by putting it in the search and it took me to the site.good luck too you! www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseas... |
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