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submitted: Apr 8th 2008 | by: ElizabethCampbell | Total views: 3 | Word Count: 427 | |

The limphogranuloma venerum is a sexually transmittable disease. It is an infection affecting the lymph nodes and it infects the lymphatic system too. Of course, the infection is caused by bacteria. The name of those bacteria is Chlamydia Trachomatis. These bacteria enter the human organism if they can find a break in the skin.

The virus is also able to invade the layer of epithelial cells if it enters a mucous membrane. As soon as the bacterium enters the skin, it gradually moves to the lymphatic channels. Once ensconced there, it will start to multiply. It is a rare disease, especially in Europe. Generally, the people who contract this disease are those already sick with HIV AIDS.

The numbers show that ever since 2004, 341 people were infected with the bacteria in the United Kingdom, and 80 such cases were reported on the United States of America territory. Because this is a hard to determine diagnosis, the specialists in the field think that the number of infected people is considerably higher than the official reports. The disease is usually transmitted through sexual contact. When the contamination is made this way, the symptoms are at the skin level in the genital area.

The disease causes the formation of abscesses in the genital area, localized at the level of the lymph nodes. If the bacteria enter the human body rectally, that is where the buboes will show up. This is usually determined by contamination through anal sexual contact. It can also affect the throat, but the cases of such a manifestation of the disease are rare. If that is the case, however, the abscesses will be visible at the neck level.

Symptoms in the early stage are not so acute. Minor ulcerations, which are painless, might develop in the genital area. Especially in women, the symptoms may not be so obvious as the ulceration might appear in the vaginal walls.

The disease is signalled by the swelling of the lymph nodes, which can be painless at first. The location of the lymph nodes could also be the area of the infection which causes swelling and thinning of the skin.

The next step of the progression of the disease could be reactions such as abscesses, strictures, fistulas, necrosis, etc. If the disease is discovered and treated in useful time, there is the possibility of total healing. Nevertheless, if after the second stage exposed above, the disease is not treated properly, the evolution continues. The third stage of the disease can lead to edema as well as fibrosis, and they are usually permanent effects of the bacteria.

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