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"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.Chlamydia is a bacterial sexually transmissible infection (STI) that can infect the cervix, urethra, rectum, throat and occasionally the eyes.
Most people infected with chlamydia will not notice any symptoms.
Vaginal symptoms may include:
Penile symptoms may include:
Chlamydia in the anus and throat usually has no symptoms. However, anal infections can occasionally cause rectal pain, bleeding and/ or mucous discharge.
Chlamydia can be diagnosed by a urine or swab test.
Chlamydia is passed on by having vaginal, oral or anal sex without a condom with someone who has the infection.
Chlamydia is treated with a short course of antibiotics. Symptoms, if any, will usually resolve shortly after commencing antibiotics.
It is important not to have any sexual contact for 7 days after you start treatment, as you may be at risk of passing chlamydia to your sexual partners or becoming re-infected.
All sexual partners in the last 6 months should be tested regardless of symptoms. You may be reinfected from untreated partners therefore it is important to avoid sex until previous partners have been tested and/ or treated.
