Talk:Chlamydia (disambiguation)

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Assessment regarding Chlamydia's importance as a MEDICAL topic: High Importance.

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted disease according to most sources in most years. Though it usually causes signs and symptoms in men (though not immediately), it is often silent in women. Male symptoms of chlamydia include white, cloudy or watery discharge from the tip of the penis; pain, discomfort or a 'burning sensation' when urinating; inflammation, tenderness and pain in and around the testicles. It is the number one cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) and can cause infertility in both men and women. When a person is infected with Chlamydia, the rate of transmission of other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), including HIV, in increased. It can also lead to premature, incurable arthritis.

It is a worldwide health problem that can be prevented, for the most part, through the use of condoms. In this day and age, people need to know from sources like Wiki what it is that they need to use condoms for. They go to the internet in order to figure out why they should go to a doctor. That also points to the need for the Wiki page to have accurate descriptions of the signs and symptoms of a Chlamydia infection.

Both men and women who are sexually active should be tested for Chlamydia (and other STDs) regularly, whether or not they have symptoms. It is fairly easily cured with antibiotics and best caught early. This information needs to be out there.

Because of Chlamydia's widespread incidence, its silence in many women, the severe complications it can lead to (e.g., sterility, PID, increased rate of transmission of more serious STDs), and the lack of information that most of the public seems to have about it, I would urge Wikipedia to place HIGH priority on this page about Chlamydia.

If you haven't already done so, I would create a medicine topic on STDs as an umbrella that encompasses Chlamydia.

By the way, Chlamydia isn't just an STD. However, the other variations (e.g., C. pneumoniae, C. psittaci) do not deserve high priority.Walking Softly 00:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 17:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 03:09, 3 May 2016 (UTC)