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Long term effects of chlamydia<\/strong> in men and women is due to poorly or untreated chlamydia infection.<\/p>\n Chlamydia is mostly a sexually transmitted infection and its caused by a bacteria. It can affect the mouth, vagina, urethra in both men and women. More than 50 – 70 percent of males and 30 – 50 percent of females may be asymptomatic to the infection. However, they could have long term effects of chlamydia if left untreated or poorly treated.<\/p>\n It is recommended that both males and females, especially pregnant women, get tested for chlamydia. If you are below 25 years, the World Health Organisation<\/strong> and Center For Disease Control<\/strong> recommends chlamydia testing at least once a year.<\/p>\n Worldwide, chlamydia infection affects about 2.7 percent of men and more than 4 percent of women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chlamydia is sexually transmitted and caused by the bacteria chlamydia trachomatis. If you practice unsafe sexual intercourse, you have a high chance to catch\u00a0chlamydia.<\/p>\n You can get chlamydia by<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n High body temperature or fever is a sign of chlamydia. Other sexually transmitted disease, especially gonorrhea infection, may mimic symptoms of chlamydia.<\/p>\n You should inform your doctor to rule out other causes of fever.<\/p>\n If you have cloudy or watery fluid from your urethra, it\u00a0could be chlamydia.<\/p>\n Are you finding it difficult to urinate? Do you have pain while urinating? Chlamydia causes urethritis, which is inflammation of the urethra. This can cause severe pain and discomfort while voiding.<\/p>\n If you have a swollen testes after weeks of unprotected intercourse, then it could be chlamydia infection spreading down to the epididymis.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Low abdomen pain with abnormal discharge can be due to chlamydia infection. You should let your doctor know if you’re having abdominal pain after intercourse some weeks or months ago.<\/p>\n Fever may or may not be present if you have chlamydia<\/p>\n Is your discharge greenish or yellowish in color? Are you bleeding after intercourse or on contact with your vagina or cervix? Chlamydia infections can cause purulent discharge with contact bleeding. You should get tested to confirm if you have the infection.<\/p>\n If you have pains while having intercourse<\/em>, post coital bleeding<\/em> and pain while urinating,<\/em> it could be a sexually transmitted infection.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Are you finding difficult to make your partner conceive? Any abnormal whitish or cloudy discharge with testicular pain?<\/p>\n If you have untreated chlamydia infection for a long time, it could affect your sperm. Chlamydia can cause sperm to become less motile\u00a0with abnormal forms. Early testing and treatment is important to prevent infertility.<\/p>\n Though not always common, chlamydia can cause inflammation of the prostate gland with symptoms like<\/p>\n Other side\u00a0effects of chlamydia<\/a> in men are<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In women, untreated chlamydia infection may cause any of the following<\/p>\n Pelvic inflammation disease can occur from untreated chlamydia infections. It is due to upward spread of chlamydia infection thereby affecting the Fallopian tubes, uterus and abdomen.<\/p>\n Other causes of PID are Gonorrhea, Bacteria vaginosis and Trichomonas infection.<\/p>\n Symptoms of PID\u00a0include<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/span>How can you get chlamydia?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>What are the symptoms of chlamydia in men<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>High body temperature<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Watery cloudy penile discharge<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Painful urination<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Swollen testes<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>What are the symptoms of chlamydia in women?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Low abdomen pain<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Fever<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Abnormal vaginal discharge<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Painful urination and bleeding after intercourse<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Long term effects of chlamydia in men<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Infertility<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Prostatitis<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>Blindness<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Joint pain<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>Long term effects of chlamydia in women<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Pelvic inflammatory disease(PID)<\/span><\/h3>\n
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