You can have chlamydia without knowing you’ve got it – often the symptoms are so mild that they go unnoticed. About 70% of females and half of all men will show no signs of having the infection, but where symptoms are present, they include:
in women
- Unusual vaginal discharge
- Pain when urinating
- Pain in the stomach or pelvis
- Bleeding after sex or between periods
- Pain during sex
in men
- White, cloudy, or watery discharge from the tip of the penis
- Pain when urinating
- Burning or itching in the urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the body)
- Pain in the testicles
It can take weeks or even months for the symptoms to appear after being infected.
