Oral Sex Diseases: An In Depth Look at the Chlamydia Infection

A lot of people believe that it is impossible to get infected by a sexually transmitted disease through oral sex. Although the odds may not be as high as when having vaginal or anal sex, there are still a number of infections that could be passed via oral sex. One of these said diseases is an infection known as Chlamydia.

Chlamydia as a Genital Disease

Chlamydia is one of the many oral sex diseases that are more commonly found in women. Aside from oral sex, one can also contract this disease through vaginal and anal sex. For those who are not able to detect this disease, it usually follows that they will develop a condition known as PID or pelvic inflammatory disease which involves the infection of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and/or uterus.

PID has been known to cause harm in the reproductive organs through the development of scars. Later on, this can cause other more harmful conditions such as chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, problems with getting pregnant, as well as other pregnancy complications. In the United States alone, around half a million PID patients are caused by Chlamydia. Women who have been affected by this disease are also more prone to contracting HIV (by approximately 5 times) should they be exposed.

Silent and Deadly

Chlamydia has gained the nickname “Silent Epidemic” because of the fact that it is asymptomatic. That is, fifty to seventy percent of infected women are not even aware that they have been infected simply because this disease doesn’t cause any symptoms in their bodies. In fact, around 75% of those infected become asymptomatic to this disease. However, those who do experience symptoms may have occurrences of dyspareunia (pain in sexual intercourse), abdominal pains, unusual vaginal discharge or bleeding, urinal urgency, and fever.
For men, the most common symptom of Chlamydia is infectious urethritis which involves the inflammation of the patient’s urethra. This symptom has been known to manifest itself in around 50% of male patients. Chlamydia is definitely one of the most dangerous oral sexual diseases out there.   GP