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Chlamydia (cont.)

Chlamydia Symptoms

  • Women

    • No symptoms in 70-80% of cases (One study found that 3% of a sample of young adults 18-35 years had untreated chlamydia.)

    • Bleeding after sexual relations or between menstrual periods

    • Lower abdominal pain and burning pain during urination

    • Discharge from the vagina

  • Men

    • Like women, men who are infected may not show symptoms. Estimates of those with no symptoms range from 25% to 50% of infected men.

    • Discharge from the penis

    • Pain, burning during urination

    • Inflammation or infection of a duct in the testicles, tenderness or pain in the testicles


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