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17/10/2015

What is chlamydia?
Chlamydia is a bacterium that you can catch through sexual contact with someone who is infected. It can also be given to newborn babies by mothers who have chlamydia during the last part of their pregnancy. Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections
What are the symptoms of chlamydia?
Often, chlamydia causes no symptoms at all, especially in the early stages of infection. Many people are not even aware that they are infected. Symptoms are more likely to occur 1 to 3 weeks after exposure and can include:
• Painful urination (often a burning sensation)
• Lower abdominal pain
• Pain during sexual in*******se
• Vaginal discharge in women
• Irregular periods in women
• Difficulty getting pregnant
• A discharge from the p***s in men
• Pain in the testicles in men
What can happen if chlamydia is not treated?
If chlamydia is left untreated, it can spread to different parts of your body and do additional damage. If chlamydia spreads to the eyes, it can cause eye infections and blindness. In women, the infection can spread to the uterus and fallopian tubes. The infection can scar these areas and lead to infertility or an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that occurs outside of the uterus). If an infected mother transfers the infection to her baby, it can cause pneumonia or an eye infection that could result in blindness. In men, chlamydia can spread to the testicles and prostate. This can cause swelling, painful urination, fever and pain in the lower back.

10/10/2015

A uric acid blood test, also known as a serum uric acid measurement, determines how much uric acid is present in your blood. The test can help determine how well your body produces and removes uric acid.
Uric acid is a chemical produced when your body breaks down foods that contain organic compounds called purines. These foods include liver, anchovies, mackerel, dried beans, beer, and wine. Purines are also created through the natural process of cell breakdown in the body.
Most uric acid is dissolved in the blood, filtered through the kidneys, and expelled in the urine. Sometimes, the body produces too much uric acid or does not filter out enough of it. Hyperuricemiais the disorder that occurs when you have too much uric acid in your body. One cause of hyperuricemia is increased cell death, due to cancer or cancer treatments, can lead to an accumulation of uric acid in the body.
It is also possible to have too little uric acid in your blood, which is a symptom of liver or kidney disease, or Fanconi syndrome, a disorder of the kidney tubules that prevents the absorption of substances such as glucose and uric acid, which are then passed in the urine.

High levels of uric acid in your blood may suggest:
• Diabetes
• Gout (recurring attacks of acute arthritis)
• Chemotherapy
• Bone marrow disorders (such as leukemia)
• A diet high in purines
• Hypoparathyroidism (decreased parathyroid gland function)
• Kidney disorders (such as acute kidney failure)
• Kidney stones
• Multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells in your bone marrow)
• Metastasized cancer (cancer that has spread from its original site)

Low levels of uric acid in the blood may suggest:
• Wilson’s disease (an inherited disorder in which your tissues contain too much copper)
• Fanconi syndrome (a kidney tube disorder)
• Alcoholism
• Liver or kidney disease
• A diet low in purines

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24/09/2015

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