What Are the Effects of Chlamydia?

Chlamydia is a group of extremely small, non-motile, microorganisms that grow exclusively inside cells. Chlamydia can be divided into four types, namely, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Chlamydia bovis.

Basic Information

nickname

Chlamydia

English name

Chlamydia

Multiple groups

Children etc

Common locations

Animal cell

Common symptoms

trachoma

Chlamydia pathogenicity

Chlamydia pneumoniae is considered to be a common cause of pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections; Chlamydia bovis is only found in cattle and sheep; Chlamydia psittaci can cause parrot fever and is infected by humans inhaling dry dust particles from the excreta of infected birds , Onset often has high fever, headache, muscle pain, chills and upper and lower respiratory tract discomfort, and some patients may be complicated by encephalitis, myocarditis, or thrombophlebitis. In addition to causing trachoma, chlamydia trachomatis is also a recognized source of infection for sexually transmitted diseases. Almost half of non-gonococcal urethritis is caused by C. trachomatis infection. It can also cause urethral syndrome and STD lymphogranuloma, male urethritis, epididymitis, female infertility, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and so on. Neonatal infection through the birth canal can cause neonatal ophthalmitis or neonatal pneumonia. Chlamydia trachomatis can also cause adult pneumonia, which is also more harmful to pregnant women, and can cause ectopic pregnancy, abortion, stillbirth, chorioamnionitis, premature birth, and so on.

Chlamydia Transmission Route

Sexual transmission

Sexual transmission is a manifestation of direct transmission. It is a common cause of chlamydia infection. If you do not pay attention to hygiene during sexual life, or have too many sexual partners, or if sexual life is too frequent, it is easy to cause chlamydia infection. Infected with other diseases, we must ensure the health of sexual life, and prohibit the existence of multiple sexual partners.

2. Indirect transmission

There are also many indirect transmission channels of chlamydia infection, such as sharing towels, clothing and other personal items with patients, or using equipment used by patients, or sharing a swimming pool with patients, etc. These conditions may cause chlamydia infection. Therefore, female friends must pay attention not to share personal items and try not to contact with patients infected with chlamydia, so as to reduce the chance of being infected.

3. Vertical transmission from mother to child

Chlamydia trachomatis infections in mothers and infants can occur through birth canal contact infections, intrauterine infections, and puerperal infections, of which infections in the birth canal are more common.

Chlamydia Chlamydia Detection

Chlamydia infection requires a certain laboratory test before it can be diagnosed. Common inspection methods are chlamydia culture, direct fluorescent antibody detection, enzyme-labeled immune response, and molecular biology tests, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and ligase chain reaction (LCR).

Chlamydia culture

Because Chlamydia trachomatis is parasitic within cells, it can only be cultured in tissues. The specificity of the culture method is good, but the sensitivity is low, the test is more complicated, the cost is high, it is rarely used clinically, and it is mostly used for research.

2.Direct fluorescent antibody detection

This is a more commonly used detection method in non-culture methods. This method is easy to operate and has good specificity, but it needs to be checked by an experienced inspector.

3. enzyme-labeled immune response

This is currently the most widely used detection method. The advantage of this method is fast and convenient. But sensitivity is sometimes not high enough.

4.PCR and LCR

It is a molecular biological inspection method that amplifies the target DNA or RNA sequence with a limited number of samples by a factor of one million, which greatly improves the sensitivity. This law has stricter requirements on laboratories, and it is prone to artifacts if the operation is not standardized. In China, it must be a qualified laboratory and approved by the relevant state departments to carry out this test.