As one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases,
chlamydia is not easy to be found since symptoms are not apparent and unknowingly passed to sexual partners.
When infected chlamydia, some female patients don’t care about it because they think symptoms of Chlamydia are common for women, some others think: “what happens if I get my chlamydia untreated?” Dr. Lee said females will run the high risk of several health problems if they get chlamydia untreated.
First of all, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can be caused by chlamydia infection. And PID, an infection of the female reproductive organs, is the main killer for the fallopian tubes, which means fallopian tubes may be blocked because of chlamydia infection. Then the following fatal consequence is infertility for women.
Secondly, when patients with chlamydia infection are pregnant, it is easy to result in ectopic pregnancy. Because of the
blocked fallopian tubes caused by chlamydia infection, the fertilized egg can’t implant in the uterus but developing in the fallopian tube. Therefore, patients have to bear the huge harm from not only physically but also psychologically.
Thirdly, ever if it is successful to be pregnant in the uterus, chlamydia infection may cause premature births which are dangerous for both mothers and new babies. What is worse, those new babies may be infected with chlamydia when they born because the infection can be passed along from the mother to her baby during childbirth. So those new babies maybe suffer from eye infection, blindness or pneumonia.
Last but not least, patients who have been infected by chlamydia have to be troubled by the long-term pain. Symptoms of chlamydia infection include painful periods, pain when urinating and having sex, abdominal pain with fever, bleeding during periods, abnormal vaginal discharge that may have an odor, itching or burning in or around the vagina, which can influence the daily life severely.
To sum up, it is not a piece of a cake for chlamydia infection. Dr. Lee suggests women should go the hospital and have an exam if they are not sure about infecting chlamydia. And
fuyan pill, the Chinese herbal medicine, is alternative with its efficacy of eliminating inflammation, killing bacteria, clearing heat and promoting blood circulation.
