also increase your risk ofectopic pregnancy(when the fertilized egg implants and develops outside your uterus). Chlamydia may also cause premature births (giving birthtoo early). If mothers pass the infection to their children during childbirth, thenewborncould haveeyeinfections, blindness, or...
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Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, oral, or anal sexual contact with an infected partner. In addition, a pregnant woman may pass the infection to her newborn during delivery, with subsequent neonatal eye infection or pneumonia. Chlamydia can also lead to premature birth or low...
Chlamydia is most commonly spread viavaginal,oral, oranal sex; however, it is possible for a mother to spread chlamydia to her child duringdelivery, resulting in pneumonia or a serious eye infection (chlamydial conjunctivitis) in the newborn if left untreated. Risk factors for chlamydia are simi...
In pregnant women, untreated Chlamydia has been reported to cause premature birth of babies. The child is also at high risk of neonatal pneumonia, eye infection and even blindness. For the safety of your sexual partner and children, it is important to get lab tests done, if any of the sym...
Reactive arthritis (ReA; formerly known as Reiter syndrome), is a reactive arthritis secondary to an immune-mediated response that has been associated with a primary chlamydial infection. It may present as asymmetric polyarthritis, urethritis, inflammatory eye disease, mouth ulcers, circinate balaniti...
Anyway, if a mother has been suffering from Chlamydia, a child can develop an eye infection or pneumonia. If conjunctivitis is present, the baby would experience red and swollen eyelids and thick and yellow discharge, which usually develop within the first 10 days of life. ...
damage their ovaries, cervix, and uterus. Chlamydia can also cause infertility if it reaches the fallopian tubes. Pregnant women with chlamydia can transfer the disease to the newborn baby. Common complications include pneumonia and eye infections. Chlamydia has also been linked to a higher risk ...
Chlamydia can be passed from the mother to a newborn child at birth, possibly causing ophthalmia neonatorum (conjunctivitis or an eye infection) or pneumonia. Individuals should abstain from sex during the treatment period. All sexual partners of the individual should also be treated for chlamydia,...
Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. If there is infected vaginal fluid on your fingers, or discharge from the penis, touching your hand to your eye can also infect your eye. If you have anal sex, you can also get the infection in the rectum. ...