One of my patients, a well-respected citizen in our small community, came to see

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One of my patients, a well-respected citizen in our small community, came to see me with a complaint of hematuria. My partner had recently treated him on an urgent basis for prostatitis, but the patient's symptoms had persisted in spite of antibiotic treatment. Now fearful and with blood in his urine, he returned to my office.

I asked him if he'd had any new sexual partners recently, and he admitted that he had. I explained to him that his urine specimen had been positive for Chlamydia. He seemed reluctant to discuss his condition with his wife, who is also my patient. If he refuses to confide in her, what should I do? Should I tell her that she could be infected?

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Answer =

Yes you should tell her that she could be infected

Explaination = Chlamydia - is commonly sexually transmitted disease if left untreated can make it diffucult to make women pregnant

it cause serious permanent damage to womans reproductive system ,making it difficult or impossible for her to get pregnent later on

if he has chamydia then it can spread to his wife by having vaginal,anal or oral sex

she can get chlamydia even if he does not ejaculate

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