The United States Preventive Services Task Force strongly recommends the following groups of women receive yearly Chlamydia screening:
Sexually active women age 25 and younger
Older women with multiple sex partners
Other women who may be at higher risk even when no symptoms are present
Call your health care professional if you have had sexual contact with someone you think has been infected with chlamydia.
Call your doctor if you have...
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PrognosisBetween 5 and 10 million people get pneumonia in the United States each year, and more than 1 million people are hospitalized due to the... Read more »
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Over the past decades, heart disease rates declined in both men and women as they... Read more »
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Chlamydia is a disease caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. It is most commonly sexually transmitted.Causes, incidence, and risk... Read more »
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Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by bacteria that may cause pelvic infection and atypical pneumonia.Infections due to... Read more »
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Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease. This article discusses chlamydia infections in women. See also: Chlamydia ... Read more »