Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted disease in the USA. Anyone who has active sex life is prone to get it, especially for those who have more than one sex partners. Chlamydia is easily passed on to your sex partners, because it often occurs without apparent symptoms. Through statistics, about 75% of infections in women and 50% in men are without symptoms. So now comes the questions, how do you know if you have Chlamydia? See below and find the answers right away.
There are several symptoms you need to know.
For women, if you are infected with condition, you may feel discomfort or pain with the following symptoms.: Abnormal vaginal discharge that may have an odor; Bleeding between periods; Painful periods; Abdominal pain with fever; Pain when having sex; Itching or burning in or around there vagina; Pain when urinating. Then you should go to the hospital for a test and go on treatment as earlier as possible.
For men, in cases of Chlamydia, you may find small amounts of clear or cloudy discharge from the tip of the penis; painful urination; burning or itching around the opening of the penis; pain and swelling around the testicles and so on.
There are a few different tests your doctor can use to diagnose chlamydia. He or she will probably use a swab to take a sample from the urethra in men or from the cervix in women and then will send the specimen `to a laboratory to be analyzed. There are also other tests which check a urine sample for the presence of the bacteria.