Symptoms of Chlamydia in men and women

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease most common in the U.S. This infection is easily spread because it often causes no symptoms and may be unknowingly passed to sexual partners. In fact, approximately 75% of infections in women and 50% in men without symptoms.

Symptoms of  Chlamydia

Chlamydia symptoms in women:

•      Vaginal discharge has a bad odor

•      Painful periods

•      Abdominal pain with fever

•      Pain during sex

•      Itching or burning in or around the vagina

•      Pain when urinating

     

Chlamydia symptoms in men:

•      The amount of urine a little, colored clear or cloudy from the tip of the penis

•      Pain during urination

•      Burning and itching around the opening of the penis

•      Pain and swelling around the testicles  

Diagnosis of Chlamydia

There are several tests that are commonly used by doctors to diagnose Chlamydia. The doctor will take a sample from the urethra in men or from the cervix of women. There is also a test done to check for the presence of bacteria through urine samples.
Treatment

If you have chlamydia, your doctor will give you oral antibiotics, usually azithromycin (Zithromax) or doxycycline. Your doctor will also recommend your partner are treated similar to prevent re-infection and further spread. With treatment, the infection should clear in about a week or two. It is important to finish all your antibiotics, even if you have been feeling better though.

Women with severe Chlamydia infections may require hospitalization, intravenous antibiotics (medicine given through a vein), and pain medicines. After taking antibiotics, the patient should be re-tested to make sure the infection is completely healed. Do not have sex until you are sure you and your partner are not having Chlamydia.

Prevention can be done by:

•      Use condoms correctly every time you have sex

•      Limit the number of sexual partners, and not promiscuous

•      Practice sexual abstinence, or limit sexual contact to one uninfected partner

•      If you think you are infected, you should report it to the doctor.

     Chlamydia often occurs without symptoms, people who are infected may unknowingly infect their sexual partners. Many doctors recommend that all people who have more than one sex partner should be tested for Chlamydia on a regular basis, even in the absence of symptoms.