Chlamydophila Pneumoniae : Infectious bacterium

I've been spending some time researching about germs, bacteria and viruses as well as parasites and yeast. One pretty rare bacterium which came across my attention, Chlamydophila Pneumoniae. It is also known as Chlamydia Pneumoniae, but it is NOT the same Chlamydia sexually transmitted disease. Why is it so interesting and dangerous? 

Now, a lot of doctors have yet to know about this bacteria, and if being told, they often mixed up with the STD Chlamydia. The popular Chlamydia, is actually a STD based bacterium, which can destroy a woman's reproductive system, causing infertility and so on. For men, it can cause fluid discharge and burning sensation on the penis and other complications as well. It is one of the most common sexually infected diseases in developed countries, but I will not discuss on this type of bacteria for today. Let's focus on the much more destructive bacterium, Chlamydia Pneumoniae.

Although I'm not an expert or have sufficient knowledge about this germ, but I hope to share some information regarding this bacterium, to whoever is reading this post right now. The most common question asked is "How can I be infected with this bacteria?" Well, it mainly started off with respiratory infection, then could well spread to other parts of the organs in the body and infect other tissues such as nerve tissues, brain, muscles, blood vessels and even immune cells. It can be spread by droplet infection, coughing, sneezing, and if you accidentally touched a surface or objects which has the infected droplets, there is a high chance you may be infected too.

First of all, this bacteria contains endotoxins, which are toxic chemicals that can damage tissues and cause inflammation. It can also increase the load of toxic in the body and trigger chronic immune activation. It infects inside the cells and steals the energy from your body, making you feel as if you have low energy levels and sluggish most of the time. 

One of the interesting is, this bacterium, it loves cortisol! It actually triggers production of cortisol and feeds on these stress hormones! It makes your immune system susceptible to other infections as it causes the immune system white blood cells to dysfunction. Thus, one after another infections are stacking up on top of each other and making the body more vulnerable and weak.

Approximately 100 diseases or health conditions are associated with Chlamydia Pneumoniae. A long list of health conditions from  diarrhea, chronic fatigue, chronic sinusitis, shortness of breath, muscle pain, depression, prostate inflammation, asthma, joint problems, to a more severe conditions such as stroke, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis

In most infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae, it run silently, or with common cold symptoms. Only in immune system suppressed individuals such as patients with cancer, HIV infection and in elderly people so acquired pneumonia to serious complications, sometimes leading to fatal outcome. Approximately 80% of those over 60 years of age have blood antibodies against Chlamydia Pneumoniae, are affected, whereas only about 20-30% of the 10-year schoolchildren are hit by this bacteria.

Question is, how can one know if he or she is infected with this bacterium? Well, there are few ways to perform diagnosis and get tested out to confirm if your body has Chlamydia Pneumoniae. However, detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae is very complicated because they are not like other bacteria can be grown. They trive in a host cell and behave like parasites. Below are the few diagnostic methods which certain respective hospitals could perform, but most conventional doctors never even heard of this bacterium before.


- IgG, IgM and IgA antibody detection
- Nucleic acid detection
- Real Time PCR

Finally, what types of treatment can be used to combat or cure this infection? Below are some of the tested and proven effective treatment for Chlamydia Pneumoniae infection.


- NAC (amino acid )
- Glutathione (anti-oxidant )
- Amoxicillin (antibiotic)
- Azithromycin (antibiotic)
- Minocycline (antibiotic)