Chlamydia in Teens

amydia include: fever, fatigue, severe lower abdominal pain, lower abdominal tenderness, enlargement of the fallopian tubes, and vaginal discharge. One scary fact about chlamydia is that it is possible to acquire the disease more than once; being infected once (twice, a hundred times) does not mean you are immune against more infections. Research and studies found that those who are at high risk of the disease includes white males aged 15-24, people with more than one partner, and women during their reproductive periods. Both in women and men, chlamydia may cause the rectum to itch and bleed. It can also result in a discharge and diarrhea. If it infects the eyes, chlamydia may cause redness, itching, and a discharge.
             Chlamydia affects men and women differently. Some common symptoms that men may experience are mild burning while urination and, in some men, the symptoms might disappear although in most cases the infection is still there. Some other common symptoms include watery, white penile discharges, which sometimes happen only in the morning, and can disappear. This does not mean that the infection is gone. The other symptom is pain in the testicle. Moreover, chlamydia can make men sterile. It can spread from the urethra to the testicles and can result in a condition called epididymitis. Epididymitis causes sterility. Studies show that Chlamydia causes more than 250,000 cases of epididymitis in the U.S. every year. Chlamydia poses a huge danger to females as well. The most severe complication of chlamydia is the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). As a result to women, the infection travels into the upper genital tract and can cause urethal infection. Infection of the cervix and fallopian tubes
             the upper genital tract and can cause urethal infection.
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