Essays Tagged: "Chlamydia infection"

Chlamydia.

What is chlamydia?Chlamydia (klah-MIH-dee-ah) is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in ... IH-dee-ah) is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the U.S. Its full name is chlamydia trachomatis (trah-ko-MAH-tis). It is a kind of bacteria that can infect the penis, vagina, ... MAH-tis). It is a kind of bacteria that can infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, urethra, or eye.Chlamydia is the name of several types of bacteria. Chlamydia trachoma, for example, has been a majo ...

(6 pages) 88 0 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Chlamydia, a sexual transmitted disease.

Chlamydia is known as one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases that exist today. A reaso ... ay. A reason to differ is that many people don't even have a clue that they have it because usually Chlamydia has no symptoms. Up to eighty-five percent women and forty percent men who have Chlamydia ... ating, itching in the genital area, and swollen aching testicles. It is caused by a pathogen called Chlamydia Trachomatis.Chlamydia is spread by having unprotected oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an i ...

(3 pages) 68 0 2.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Chlamydia

A human infected with Chlamydia can see these long strips of bacteria in his/her urine.Chlamydia infection is a curable se ... ia infection is a curable sexually transmitted disease (STD), which is caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. You can get genital Chlamydia infection during oral, vaginal, or anal sexual ... er. It can cause serious problems in men and women as well as in newborn babies of infected mothers.Chlamydia infection is one of the most widespread bacterial STDs in the United States. The U.S. Cent ...

(3 pages) 59 2 4.1 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Nursing Intervention for Sexually Transmitted Infection

number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the world. The number of people diagnosed with Chlamydia, the most common STI, tripled between 1995 and 2005. STI incidence rates remain high in mo ... illion people were being infected daily. An estimated 340 million new cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia and trichomniasis occurred throughout the world in 1999.A sexually transmitted infection ( ...

(3 pages) 24 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Public Health and Teenage STD's

us (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. About one in twenty-five girls carries Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacterium (ashastd.org).Some STDs have no symptoms but if symptoms ... and are deadly (cdc.gov). The most common STDs are genital herpes, HPV/genital warts, Hepatitis B, Chlamydia, Syphilis, and Gonorrhea known as "Clap" (ashastd.org). Treatment can cure many STDs, less ...

(2 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Chlamydia Prevelance among Female College Students in Alabama: A Social Epidemic

Running head: CHLAMYDIA PREVALENCE AMONG FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �1� CH ... CHLAMYDIA PREVALENCE AMONG FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �15� Chlamydia Prevalence among Female College Students in Alabama: A Social EpidemicCharles C. MuellerTr ... MuellerTroy University��AbstractThe prevalence of the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia in female college students aged 18 to 24 in Alabama post-secondary institutions has topped ...

(15 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology