Question

A 20-year-old male has been diagnosed with a chlamydial infection, and his primary care provider is performing teaching in an effort to prevent the client from infecting others in the future. Which statement by the client demonstrates understanding of his health problem?

Answer 1

"Even if I spread it to someone else, there's a good chance she won't have any symptoms or know she has it."

Step-by-step explanation:

Chlamydia is a bacterium that causes a sexually transmitted infection (STI), which most often affects the genitals, but can also affect the throat and eyes. This disease is often silent and affect men and women with active sex life. Most cases of chlamydia, between 70 and 80% have no symptoms. This makes this infection very dangerous, because even infected, the victim may not notice. It is important that every chlamydia infected patient be aware of this aspect of the disease.

When symptoms occur, it usually happens one to three weeks after exposure to the disease-causing bacteria. The most common symptoms in women are:

• Yellowish or light discharge

• Spontaneous bleeding or during sexual intercourse

• Pain while urinating and / or during sexual intercourse and / or in the lower abdomen (foot of the belly).

In men the most common symptoms of chlamydia are:

• Burning urination

• Urethral discharge with pus

• Pain in the testicles.

One in four men with chlamydia have no symptoms, and only about 30% of infected women manifest the typical signs of the disease.