Chlamydia Examination for Women

A pelvic exam is done to check a woman's pelvic organs. It may be done as part of a routine physical exam or if a woman is having pelvic problems. During the exam, the woman lies on a table on her back, with her knees bent and her feet and legs supported by stirrups. The health professional inserts a metal or plastic device (speculum) into the woman's vagina. The speculum opens up and holds the sides of the vagina apart.

This allows the examiner to see the opening to the uterus (cervix) and to collect samples of cervical cells for a Pap test (a screening test for cervical cancer).The health professional also feels (palpates) a woman's pelvic organs to check their size and texture by inserting one or two gloved fingers into the vagina and pressing on the lower abdomen with the other hand. Sometimes this exam involves placing a finger in the vagina and rectum at the same time to feel the structures deeper in the pelvis. The woman should tell the health professional if it hurts when her organs are touched or moved.

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Ways to Prevent Chlamydia

During my research, I found out that condom and vaginal pouch are some ways to less the chance of getting Chlamydia during sex intercourse. You need to have also a full awareness about this sexually transmitted disease in order to prevent it. What is Chlamydia? and What is the symptoms of this kind of disease? Ask yourself.

According to CDC – Center for Disease Control that the chances of contracting Chlamydia during sex is by using condoms. Planned Parenthood estimates that four million people will get chlamydia every year and many are not aware of it as they do not have any symptoms. Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease (STD) that can be contracted from sexual contact via anal, oral or vaginal intercourse. Straight and gay couples can get this STD unless they are tested and practice safe sex using barrier methods such as condoms. Women who are infected can pass the STD to their infants. Wearing a condom during intercourse reduces the risk of getting Chlamydia but you might still get it if you engage in any form of unprotected sex.

The Centers for Disease (CDC) states that the only ways to prevent getting chlamydia are to abstain from sex or to have sex within a monogamous relationship where both partners are tested for STDs and disease-free. The CDC reported 1,030,911 cases of chlamydia in the U.S. of people not incarcerated.

Diagnostic Suggestion for Chlamydia

-->There are some ways on how to diagnose if you infected by chlamydia. There are some organizations like NHC, UK who offer free test. These are the things normally happened in diagnostic procedure:

• Examination of the cervix and of cervical discharge
• Laboratory culture or chemical tests of cells taken from the penis, cervix, urethra, or anus.

Patient must be aware that pap test may indicate if test for chlamydia are appropriate, but cannot diagnose chlamydia by themselves.

In terms of taking a medicine without prescription of any doctors, gonorrhea and chlamydia have similar symptoms but it doesn’t mean that penicillin will work. Let me repeat that, penicillin has no effect on Chlamydia but it can kill gonorrhea. Other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may also mask the symptoms of Chlamydia. You need to be aware of that. You need to take a medicine that is really design, tested and effectively cure chlamydia.