CHLAMYDIA


 * Symptoms**
 * Symptoms in Women:
 * abdominal pain
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">abnormal vaginal discharge
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">bleeding between menstrual periods
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">low-grade fever
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">painful intercourse
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">pain or a burning feeling while urinating
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">swelling inside the vagina or around the anus
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">the urge to urinate more than usual
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">vaginal bleeding after intercourse
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">a yellowish discharge from the cervix that may have a strong smell
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">a yellowish discharge from the cervix that may have a strong smell


 * Symptoms in Men:


 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">pain or a burning feeling while urinating
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">pus or watery or milky discharge from the penis
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">swollen or tender testicles
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">swelling around the anus

Although wearing a condom can still allow you to get chlamydia, it can decrease the odds.
 * Causes**
 * Oral intercourse
 * Anal intercourse
 * Vaginal intercourse


 * Treatment**


 * Chlamydia can be cured by antibiotics such as azithromycin or doxycycline.
 * Prevention**
 * How to Prevent Getting Chlamydia


 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Abstain from vaginal and anal intercourse and oral sex.


 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">If you choose to have vaginal or anal intercourse, use [|female] or[|latex condoms] every time.


 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Giving or getting chlamydia during oral sex is rare, but you can further reduce your risk by using condoms or latex or plastic barriers.


 * How to Prevent Spreading Chlamydia


 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 22px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #776d59; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Inform your sex partners of the infection.
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Don't have sex until treatment is complete.
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure your sex partners are tested and treated before having sex again.
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you are cured and start having sex again, use female or latex condoms every time you have vaginal or anal intercourse.


 * How It's Contracted**
 * Chlamydia is mainly spread through vaginal and anal intercourse.
 * It's very rare but it also can be spread through oral sex.
 * Lastly it can be spread from mother to child during birth.
 * Chlamydia cannot be spread through casual contact.


 * Body Parts Effected**
 * Chlamydia can infect the penis, vagina, cervix, anus , urethra , eye, or throat.


 * Statistics**
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">five times as common as [|gonorrhea]
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">more than 30 times as common as [|syphilis]
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Three out of four women with chlamydia have no chlamydia symptoms.
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Half of men with chlamydia have no chlamydia symptoms.
 * <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 9px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: medium none initial; color: #776d59; font-size: 14px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Half of men with chlamydia have no chlamydia symptoms.

If you do get chlamydia symptoms, they may begin in as little as 5 to 10 days after you got the infection.