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Chlamydia trachomatis genital
infection
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Injury by Chlamydia
trachomatis. Frothy discharge
Research to detect this infection,
should be directed at high-risk groups
such as: youth, sex, sex with multiple
partners, ulcers of the cervix and
possibly the use of oral contraceptives.
The teenagers meet in a group at high
risk for acquiring sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) It is estimated that
nearly half of the 20 million patients
with STDs in the U.S. are under 25 years
of age, and one in 7 teens have an STD.
The timely detection is appropriate in
this age group.
Oral contraceptives have
been shown to cause a detection of
chlamydia trachomatis infection. It is
unclear whether the picture that the
young woman is more prone to suffer this
type of infection by the very fact of
their age, the presence of an ulcer on
the cervix or because the use of oral
contraceptives predisposes. In any case,
sexually active young women who take
oral contraceptives run a relatively
high risk of getting this type of
infection.
It is believed that barrier methods
reduce the risk of infection in lower
genital tract. Patients who use condoms
or diaphragms reduce the risk of
infection compared with those who do
not. To be effective, barrier methods
must be used consistently and correctly.
Contraceptive use progesterone cause
thickening the cervical mucus and thus
help prevent upper genital tract
infection.
