Yes, chlamydia is curable. It's caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis , and the right antibiotic reliably clears it CDC. Most people take a short course of pills, and the infection is gone onc
Chlamydia discharge is usually thin and clear, cloudy, or milky-white — in men often just a single morning drop, in women an abnormal change in vaginal discharge that may come with burning urination.
Chlamydia in the eye is an infection of the conjunctiva (the clear membrane over the white of the eye) caused by the same bacterium behind genital chlamydia, Chlamydia trachomatis . In adults it's cal
No — you can't get chlamydia from kissing or from saliva alone. Chlamydia trachomatis infects the genital, rectal, and throat tissues and spreads through vaginal, anal, or oral sex, not through casual
Chlamydia can go undetected for months or even years, because most infections cause no symptoms at all — roughly three quarters of infected women and half of infected men never notice anything CDC fac
Chlamydia is a curable bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis , spread through vaginal, anal, or oral sex. It's the most commonly reported STI in the US, and most people who have it feel
To prevent chlamydia, use condoms correctly every time you have vaginal, anal, or oral sex, get screened on schedule if you're sexually active, and make sure any partner who tests positive is treated
Rectal chlamydia is an infection of the rectum and anal canal caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis , usually acquired through receptive anal sex. It's frequently silent, but can cause rectal
Most people can get an accurate chlamydia test about two weeks after exposure. A NAAT — the recommended test — can technically detect the bacterium sooner, but enough genetic material has to build up
Acute HIV infection is the earliest stage, usually the first weeks after the virus enters the body. Within two to four weeks, many people get flu-like symptoms — fever, rash, sore throat, swollen glan
Modern HIV treatment (antiretroviral therapy, or ART) is well tolerated for most people. Side effects from current regimens are usually mild and short-lived — nausea, headache, trouble sleeping, or fa
You can have HIV for years — often a decade or more — without knowing, because after a brief early phase the virus enters a silent stage called clinical latency where most people feel completely well.
Yes, HIV can pass through breast milk — it's one of the established routes of mother-to-child (perinatal) transmission, alongside pregnancy and childbirth. But the risk isn't fixed. When a parent with
Your CD4 count measures immune-system strength (the number of CD4 T-cells in a cubic millimeter of blood), while your viral load measures how much HIV is circulating (copies per milliliter). On treatm
The earliest HIV can be reliably picked up depends on the test. A nucleic-acid test (NAT) can detect the virus as soon as 10 to 33 days after exposure, a 4th-generation antigen/antibody lab test at 18
HIV drug resistance happens when the virus mutates so that one or more HIV medicines no longer keep it suppressed. It usually develops when treatment is taken inconsistently or the wrong drugs are use
Injectable HIV treatment means taking long-acting shots instead of daily pills to control HIV. The approach uses two medicines given by a clinician on a set schedule rather than tablets swallowed ever
With HIV treatment started early, a 20-year-old diagnosed today can expect a life expectancy approaching that of the general population. HIV is no longer a death sentence — it's a manageable, lifelong
Yes. HIV spreads through blood, so sharing needles, syringes, or any drug-injection equipment is one of the most efficient ways the virus moves between people. When you reuse a needle someone else has
An HIV rash is a flat or slightly raised, reddish or darkened skin eruption that often shows up during acute (early) HIV infection, usually within two to four weeks of exposure hiv.gov. It tends to co
Other sexually transmitted infections raise your risk of getting and passing HIV, mainly because they cause inflammation and open sores that give the virus an easier entry point. An STI like syphilis,
BV after sex happens because semen and intercourse temporarily shift the vagina's chemistry — semen is alkaline, and that raised pH lets anaerobic bacteria outgrow the protective Lactobacillus that no
Boric acid doesn't cure bacterial vaginosis on its own, but used vaginally as a supplement alongside antibiotics it can help clear stubborn, recurring BV by restoring a more acidic vaginal environment
Yes — you can get BV from a female partner. Bacterial vaginosis isn't a classic sexually transmitted infection, but it travels between women who have sex with women: studies of female couples find the