In those with a vagina, untreated chlamydia can spread to the uterus and fallopian tubes. This can cause permanent damage to the reproductive system. It can lead to difficulty conceiving, infertility, or possibly fatal ectopic pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs outside the womb. Untreated chlamydia may also increase your risk for contracting HIV. Those with a penis rarely experience health problems related to chlamydia.
Sometimes fever and pain can occur if the condition has spread to the tube that carries sperm from the testicles. If you suspect you have chlamydia, your doctor will order lab tests and may ask for a urine sample or vaginal cotton swab.
If your test results are positive for chlamydia, your doctor will prescribe antibiotics. Chlamydia typically goes away within 1 to 2 weeks. You should avoid sex during this time to prevent transmitting the disease. If they prescribe a one-dose pill, you should wait 7 days before having sex again. You should also get tested again 3 months after you were treated for the disease, because repeat chlamydia transmissions are common.
The best way to prevent chlamydia is to avoid sex without a condom or other barrier method with someone who has the disease. Routine testing for chlamydia and other STIs, such as HIV and herpes , is also important for prevention, early detection, and treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC advises sexually active women under 25 years old to get screened for chlamydia every year. If you temporarily avoid kissing or change the way you kiss during a bout of illness, you could lower your chances for getting the condition.
How long it takes for the results to show up depends on the test and on your specific health insurance plan. Chlamydia symptoms typically take about 1 to 3 weeks to show up in people with vulvas. Symptoms may take up a few months to show up.
This is because bacteria are living creatures and have an incubation period that affects how long it takes them to cluster together and become infectious. The only major difference in the time it takes for symptoms to show up among people of various sexes may be related to how often symptoms show up. This difference in who actually experiences symptoms between these two groups may have some effect on how long it takes for symptoms show up.
Here are the most common symptoms of chlamydia in both people with penises and people with vulvas. Chlamydia is definitely curable , and the best treatment for a chlamydia infection is a dose of antibiotics prescribed by your doctor.
Make sure you follow your dosage instructions closely. You may need up to 2 weeks for an antibiotic to fully clear the infection and stop seeing symptoms.
This can also cause the infectious bacteria to become resistant to the medication, making them harder to treat. This will prevent you from transmitting the infection to a partner. Even protected sex carries a risk of transmitting bacterial infections.
No studies support the effectiveness of these supplements specifically for chlamydia, so take them with caution. Have protected sex to help prevent the transmission of chlamydia bacteria. If you have a chlamydia infection in your vagina, you could spread it to your anus just by the act of wiping after you use the bathroom. You could also transmit a chlamydia infection to your eye, simply with hand-to-eye contact. Keep in mind that this form of eye infection is rare, but can still occur if your hands come in contact with the bacteria that causes chlamydia infections.
In short, there are many different ways you can contract or spread chlamydia. To protect your sexual health and the health of your sexual partner, get tested for chlamydia before beginning any new relationship.
Chlamydia bacteria does, however, thrive in vaginal fluid, semen, and pre-ejaculate the fluids that the penis may release before sexual climax. For that reason, using a latex condom properly during sexual intercourse and avoiding any kind of unprotected sex is the best way to protect yourself from developing or passing on a chlamydia infection. Unfortunately, chlamydia is very easily transmitted through unprotected sexual contact.
This being the case, men and women should get tested for STIs before beginning any new sexual relationship. You can have chlamydia without experiencing any symptoms.
The lack of symptoms can cause health problems over time because an untreated chlamydia infection can lead to complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease PID. Also, if you become pregnant and have chlamydia, you may develop an ectopic pregnancy when a fertilized egg implants in your fallopian tubes instead of in your uterus.
Untreated chlamydia can also damage your reproductive organs, which could potentially lead to infertility. Thankfully, effective treatments exist for chlamydial infections. But to get treatment, you first need to determine if you have chlamydia in the first place. As mentioned above, you could have chlamydia without any symptoms.
But there are certain telltale symptoms you may experience that can help identify it. Chlamydia symptoms look very different in men and women. If your male partner experiences urethritis itching or burning when urinating , or has discharge from his penis, he may have chlamydia.
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