Ep 94 Chlamydia: Double Trouble

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

With this episode, you’re getting much more than you probably bargained for, thanks to the quirks of Chlamydia trachomatis. This small but mighty bacterium can cause a number of different conditions throughout your body, most notably in your eyes and your genital tract, and the resulting infections, if left untreated, can lead to substantial and permanent damage. In this episode, we focus on the two most common forms of chlamydia infection, trachoma (eyes) and chlamydia (genital tract), and discuss the similar pathway through which this bacterium leads to these distinct diseases. While the biology of trachoma and chlamydia may be similar, the history of these two infections could not be more distinct. Tune in to hear what ancient medical texts have to say about trachoma, how surprisingly recently chlamydia was recognized as an STI, and where we stand with these two incredibly common infections today!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Bridger Winegur and I host I said no gifts on exactly right.
0:04.2	Each week I invite my favorite people in comedy over for conversation and I tell them no
0:08.2	gifts, but every time they bring me a gift and then we have to talk about the gift.
0:12.6	It's infuriating.
0:13.6	You'll love it.
0:15.1	Listen to I said no gifts on Amazon Music Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.1	It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.
0:24.4	For many, it's their biggest fear.
0:26.4	I'm Marissa Jones, host of The Vanished.
0:28.9	A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases
0:33.6	in an effort to uncover the truth.
0:35.7	Follow The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:42.0	In high school, I heard the rumors and saw the writings on bathroom walls of the quote
0:47.6	dirty people who slept around and got STIs like the clap.
0:53.6	I never wanted to be like them and I thought I was better than them for being quote cleaner.
0:58.8	And selective about whom I was seeing.
1:01.8	I thought I was doing everything right.
1:04.4	So you can imagine my surprise when my senior year of high school, my then partner and
1:09.2	I tested positive for chlamydia.
1:12.6	I was shocked and confused, wondering how it had happened.
1:17.0	I felt ashamed and dirty, angry both at myself and my partner.
1:23.2	Thoughts like I'll never have sex again.
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