Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Chlamydia Treatment Plans - What Clinicians Should Know

By Thomas Dellan


Chlamydia treatment plans are designed mostly by clinicians. Before they can get to it, however, they should have some questions answered first. The clinicians will then make use of these answers to be able to easily plan and develop an appropriate treatment plan for Chlamydia. More importantly, it is on the basis of the answers given to these questions that a clinician can be in a position to develop a treatment plan that doesn't harm the patient. Clinicians are aware that lack of information could lead to the detriment of the patient in the course of their treatment, and this is something they want to avoid.

For example, a clinician could prescribe a medication to a patient, not knowing that the patient is expecting. Afterwards, an abortion took place because of the medication. It is also possible that the patient has certain allergies and, once the treatment plan goes underway, the medications could trigger these reactions, putting their life at risk. Care and caution is much required. After all, this involves one's health, well-being and life. Generally, treatment plans for Chlamydia rely heavily on medications that are antibiotic in nature. Coming up with a treatment plan involves knowing which specific medications should be used. But before you could figure out which medications to use, you should have some questions answered first.

Now, before anything else, the clinician should first ascertain if the person who is looking for a treatment for Chlamydia is pregnant. Pregnant women are not supposed to make use of certain medications, some of which are used in Chlamydia treatments. Amoxicillin is often overlooked when it comes to the treatment of Chlamydia. However, special times call for special measures so amoxicillin would have to be used. Erithromycin has also been proven safe for use by pregnant women. Make it a point to ask them straight out if they are pregnant or not. Most pregnant women these days do not show too much, so they might think they are not pregnant when, in fact, they are. Again, we have seen some rather unexpected people getting pregnant (including older women). It wouldn't be a bad idea to make it a routine part of every procedure to ask them whether or not they are pregnant before planning out the treatment.

It is also important for the clinician to probe into whether or not the patient has certain reactions to specific medications. These allergic reactions could actually worsen things, and this is a way for the clinician to see to it that there wouldn't be any problems that could arise if they prescribe the wrong medicine. But you need to be in a position to differentiate prior ordinary side effects that may have been experienced when using a certain medication from genuine allergic reactions (and that can be hard).

Yet another question that a clinician has to ask before developing a treatment plan for Chlamydia is the one as to whether the patient has a regular sexual partner. If the answer is yes, the partner should also be included in the plan and be prescribed certain medications. Otherwise you'd be setting the ground for immediate re-infection which may, in due course, give rise to drug resistance.




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