GA Health Officials Recommend all Sexually Active Woman get Tested for Chlamydia

Chlamydia is the most common STD in America and many women who have it experience limited or no side effects. This is not surprising because symptoms of Chlamydia are usually very mild or non-existent but it can potentially cause serious and irreparable damage in the form of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) which can cause infertility and serious abdomen and back pain. Women that have Chlamydia unknowingly can even pass it on to their babies during pregnancy causing complications such as pneumonia and eye infections.

Chlamydia is usually easily treatable with antibiotics and women are encouraged to get tested. The best prevention of Chlamydia is abstinence from sexually activity or participating in a mutual monogamous relationship with one partner who has also been tested.

For more information on this story please visit WALB 10 NEWS as well as the Center for Disease Control's webpage on Chlamydia and Pelvic Inflamatory Disease..