CHLAMYDIA

CAUSE

• 1. We are researching chlamydia.
• 2. Chlamydia is an infection caused by sexual contact between two people which the bacteria known as Chlamydia trachomatis passes through the vaginal, anal, and oral sex.
• This STI is a bacterial infection.

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• 3. These are some of the symptoms of chlamydia.
• - burning when urinating
• - blood in urine while urinating
• - abdominal pain
• - feeling to urinate a lot
• - pelvic inflammatory disease

TREATMENT

• Chlamydia is very infectious. If you have Chlamydia there is a high chance your partner has it too. All your current sexual partners should be tested and treated. Avoid unprotected sex for seven days after treatment to give it time to work. You also need to wait until your current partner/s is at least seven days past their treatment too, otherwise, you can pass it back to each other.
• - Oral Antibiotics
• - Azithromycim ( Zithromax)
• - Doxicline

PREVENTION

• - Use condoms when having sex or before.
• - Don't have sex.
• - Use a diaphragm
• - Take the morning after pill after sex.
• a) You can best try and prevent or stop it by seeing a doctor and receiving treatment
• b) You insert the contraception devise into the vagina and let it do its magic.
• c) You can buy them at milk bars, Woolworths, supermarkets, and also online or at pharmacies.
• d) The advantages of condoms are that they prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
• The disadvantages of using a condom is that some people might be allergic to the material, they might break, it does not feel good and some people dislike interrupting sex to put it on.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.fpv.org.au/sexual-health-info/contraception/
• http://www.fpv.org.au/sexual-health-info/sexually-transmissible-infections-...
• http://www.sti.health.gov.au/internet/sti/publishing.nsf/Content/sti-overvi...
• Google
• www.health.gov.au