Chlamydia Symptoms
Chlamydia is one of the most widespread bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 3 million people are infected each year. Symptoms occur usually one to three weeks after you've been exposed to
Chlamydia and they're often mild and transient, making them easy to overlook. Chlamydia can be transmitted anytime by an infected person, whether or not symptoms are present. An infected person is contagious until he or she has been treated.
Symptoms in men include:
- Painful urination or itching sensation with urination
- Tender anus or scrotum
- Conjunctivitis
- Cloudy urine
- Watery or slimy discharge from the penis
- Crusting at the tip of the penis
Symptoms in women include:
- Painful urination
- Cloudy urine
- Fever and general tiredness
- Swollen and painful Bartholin glands
- Conjunctivitis
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding with intercourse (sex) or between periods
- Abnormal vaginal discharge
- Genital itching
- Irregular menstrual bleeding
- Lower abdominal pain
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