How Do You Treat Chlamydia?

Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. According to statistics, close to 3 million Americans get it every year, most commonly among 14-24-year-olds. You can get chlamydia by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia. If you are sexually active, you will at a higher risk of getting chlamydia, which is due to behaviors and biological factors. This infection can be spread unknowingly, because you may don’t have any symptoms and feel totally fine. Most of the time, you don’t even realize you have chlamydia. It can lead to serious complications and even infertility if you don’t treat it. Therefore, a timely and proper treatment is imperative if you are diagnosed with this infection. Then, how do you treat chlamydia?

  

 

Chlamydia is usually easy to cure with antibiotics if you catch it early. This is why regular STD testing is so important, no matter how healthy you feel. If you are tested positive for chlamydia, you doctor will prescribe you with the best medicine for treating your condition. Antibiotics like azithromycin and doxycycline are commonly used for chlamydia treatment. The treatment duration depends on which medicine your doctor prescribes. In the case of azithromycin, you should orally taken these medicines in a single dose. However, you should take medicines for over several days if your doctor prescribes you with doxycycline.

No matter what antibiotics you need to take, it’s important to take all the medicines you doctor prescribes even if you feel better to make sure the infection is cleared up. More importantly, your sexual partner should also be tested and get treated to avoid a re-infection. Both of you and you sexual partner should avoid sexual intercourse until the infection is cured completely. And both of you should have follow-up examination after you complete the treatment and have no symptoms. 

 

Though chlamydia can be treated effectively with antibiotics in the early stages, there are still people who don’t notice the infection and have been severely affected. If you are one of these sufferers, you can take Chinese herbal medicine named Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill (for men) or Fuyan Pill (for women) if antibiotics are ineffective in your condition. Both of the medicines are made from purely natural herbs that have strong effect on removing the inflammation and eradicating bacteria in reproductive system. Because of the herbal formula, the medicines have no side effects like drug resistance and won’t do any harm to liver and kidneys. They provides you with safe and effective treatments.

 

Herbal medicine has been used for thousands of years in China. This traditional approach has helped many chlamydia patients back to their normal life. It is a new treatment option for you to treat this STD.