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If you have chlamydia and it’s not treated, the infection can cause health problems. Not everyone who has chlamydia will develop health problems, but the risk increases the more times you get infected with chlamydia.
What can happen if you don’t know you have chlamydia?
In women -
Chlamydia can spread in the body
and cause infection and inflammation
inside the reproductive system.
It can cause pain, especially in the
abdomen, and this may then cause
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
It can also lead to damage in the
fallopian tubes (the tubes that take the eggs to your womb each month) and cause them to become narrowed or blocked. This could result in infertility (not being able to have a baby), or may cause an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy which is developing in the tube because the fertilised egg didn’t reach the womb). Ectopic pregnancy can be very serious and even life-threatening.
and cause infection and inflammation
inside the reproductive system.
It can cause pain, especially in the
abdomen, and this may then cause
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
It can also lead to damage in the
fallopian tubes (the tubes that take the eggs to your womb each month) and cause them to become narrowed or blocked. This could result in infertility (not being able to have a baby), or may cause an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy which is developing in the tube because the fertilised egg didn’t reach the womb). Ectopic pregnancy can be very serious and even life-threatening.
In men -
Chlamydia can cause painful inflammation
in one or both testicles. It’s thought that
chlamydia might also lead to reduced
fertility or infertility in men.
in one or both testicles. It’s thought that
chlamydia might also lead to reduced
fertility or infertility in men.
Both -
If left untreated chlamydia
can cause Reiter’s syndrome.
Reiter’s syndrome is a reaction
to another infection within
your body. It causes:
Reiter’s syndrome is also sometimes called reactive arthritis, because it develops as a reaction to an infection in part of your body other than your joints.
Reiter’s syndrome can affect men and women of all ages, but is most common in men aged 20-40.
can cause Reiter’s syndrome.
Reiter’s syndrome is a reaction
to another infection within
your body. It causes:
urethritis (inflammation of
the urethra),
conjunctivitis (inflammation of the outer surface of the eye),
a form of arthritis (inflammation of the joints and tendons) known as seronegative arthritis.
Reiter’s syndrome is also sometimes called reactive arthritis, because it develops as a reaction to an infection in part of your body other than your joints.
Reiter’s syndrome can affect men and women of all ages, but is most common in men aged 20-40.
Chlamydia is the most commonly diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK; affecting both men and women. Most people who have it will have no symptoms, without a test you will probably not know anything is wrong. If you or your sexual partner are left untreated it can cause infertility (not being able to have children) and long term pelvic pain. If you are sexually active and under 25 you should be tested for chlamydia annually.
The test for chlamydia is simple – just one quick and painless test that you do yourself. You do NOT need to be examined!
To find your local chlamydia screening services enter your post code or select your region on the map.
The test for chlamydia is simple – just one quick and painless test that you do yourself. You do NOT need to be examined!
To find your local chlamydia screening services enter your post code or select your region on the map.
