Symptoms of Chlamydia

List of symptoms of Chlamydia:

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Chlamydia includes the 16 symptoms listed below:

• No symptoms - many cases are asymptomatic (as many as 85% of female cases and 40% of male cases)
• Vaginal discharge
• Penile discharge
• Anal discharge
• Pain while urinating
• Light vaginal bleeding
• Vaginal bleeding after intercourse
• Symptoms of a milder chronic infection:
  • Yellow vaginal discharge
  • Smelly vaginal discharge
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Lower back pain
  • Lower abdominal pain worse during menstruation
  • Lower back pain worse during menstruation
  • Spotting
  • Spotting after sex

Note that Chlamydia symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Chlamydia signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chlamydia?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Chlamydia includes:

• Gonorrhea
• Vaginal yeast infection
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Trichomoniasis
• Cervical inflammation

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Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Anal discharge - see all causes of Anal symptoms
• Light vaginal bleeding - see all causes of Vaginal bleeding
• Lower abdominal pain - see all causes of Lower abdominal pain
• Lower abdominal pain worse during menstruation - see all causes of Abdominal pain
• Lower back pain - see all causes of Lower back pain
• Lower back pain worse during menstruation - see all causes of Lower back pain
• No symptoms - see all causes of No symptoms
• Pain while urinating - see all causes of Urination pain
• Penile discharge - see all causes of Penis discharge
• Smelly vaginal discharge - see all causes of Vaginal odor
• Spotting - see all causes of Spotting
• Spotting after sex - see all causes of Bleeding after sex
• Vaginal bleeding after intercourse - see all causes of Bleeding after sex
• Vaginal discharge - see all causes of Vaginal discharge
• Yellow vaginal discharge - see all causes of Vaginal discharge

Medical Books Online about Chlamydia

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Symptoms of Chlamydia: Online Medical Books

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Chlamydial infections: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Both men and women with chlamydial infections may be asymptomatic or may show signs of infection on physical examination. Individual signs and symptoms vary with the specific type of chlamydial infection and are determined by the organism’s route of transmission to susceptible tissue.

A woman with cervicitis may develop cervical erosion, mucopurulent discharge, pelvic pain, and dyspareunia.

A woman with endometritis or salpingitis may experience signs of PID, such as pain and tenderness of the abdomen, cervix, uterus, and lymph nodes; chills; fever; breakthrough bleeding; bleeding after intercourse; and vaginal discharge. She may also have dysuria.

A woman with urethral syndrome may experience dysuria, pyuria, and urinary frequency.

A man with urethritis may experience dysuria, erythema, tenderness of the urethral meatus, urinary frequency, pruritus, and urethral discharge. In urethritis, such discharge may be copious and purulent or scant and clear or mucoid.

A man with epididymitis may experience painful scrotal swelling and urethral discharge.

A man with prostatitis may have lower back pain, urinary frequency, dysuria, nocturia, and painful ejaculation.

A patient with proctitis may have diarrhea, tenesmus, pruritus, bloody or mucopurulent discharge, and diffuse or discrete ulceration in the rectosigmoid colon.

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Chlamydial infections: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Both men and women with chlamydial infections may be asymptomatic or may show signs of infection on physical examination. (See Signs and symptoms of chlamydial infections.) Individual signs and symptoms vary with the specific type of chlamydial infection and are determined by the organism’s route of transmission to susceptible tissue.

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Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Chlamydia:

Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD (Excerpt)

Chlamydia is known as a "silent" disease because three quarters of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms. The infection is frequently not diagnosed or treated until complications develop.

In women, the bacteria initially attack the cervix (opening to the uterus) and the urethra (urine canal). The few women with symptoms might have an abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. When the infection spreads from the cervix to the fallopian tubes, some women still have no signs or symptoms; others have lower abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, fever, pain during intercourse, and bleeding between menstrual periods. Whenever the infection spreads past the cervix into the upper reproductive system, permanent and irreversible damage can occur.

Men with signs or symptoms might have a discharge from the penis and a burning sensation when urinating. Men might also have burning and itching around the opening of the penis or pain and swelling in the testicles, or both. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia-Disease Information: DSTD)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

As many as 85 percent of women with chlamydial infections are asymptomatic; 40 percent of infected men report no symptoms. (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases Statistics, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

In both men and women, chlamydial infection may cause an abnormal genital discharge and burning with urination. In women, untreated chlamydial infection may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, one of the most common causes of ectopic pregnancy and infertility in women. Many people with chlamydial infection, however, have few or no symptoms of infection (Source: excerpt from Sexually Transmitted Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Chlamydia: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Symptoms of chlamydia include abnormal genital discharge which appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure. However, half of infected women and 25 percent of infected men may have no symptoms whatsoever. Chlamydia in women can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and thus potential infertility, inflamed rectum (proctitis), and inflammation of the lining of the eye (conjunctivitis). Laboratory tests can confirm presence of chlamydial infection and distinguish it from gonorrhea, another common and often accompanying STD. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia: NWHIC)

Chlamydia: NWHIC (Excerpt)

Men and women with chlamydial infections may experience abnormal genital discharge or pain during urination. These early symptoms may be absent or very mild, but if they occur, they will do so within 1 to 3 weeks of exposure. One of every two women and one of every four infected men may have no symptoms at all. As a result, the disease is often not diagnosed until complications develop. In addition to pelvic inflammatory disease (see above), chlamydia can cause an inflamed rectum and conjunctivitis (inflammation of the lining of the eye). The bacteria have also been found in the throat as a result of oral sexual contact with an infected partner. (Source: excerpt from Chlamydia: NWHIC)

Chlamydia as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Chlamydia, it is also important to consider Chlamydia as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Chlamydia may cause:

• Colitis
• Epididymo-orchitis
• Erythema nodosum
• Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome
• Genital ulcers
• Lymphogranuloma venereum
• Ophthalmia neonatorum
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Proctitis
• Reactive arthropathy
• Reiter's syndrome
• Sexually transmissable disease
• Trachoma
• Urethritis
• VDRL positive
• Vulvovaginitis

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About signs and symptoms of Chlamydia:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Chlamydia. This signs and symptoms information for Chlamydia has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Chlamydia signs or Chlamydia symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Chlamydia may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Chlamydia symptoms.