Chlamydia is the name of bacteria that causes infection. It is marked as the common sexually transmitted infections and it spreads through sexual contact. If the infected person has sex with another person, the infection can easily spread to them. Each year thousands of people around the globe get Chlamydia in throat due to oral sex. It is true that roughly 65% of infected people are below 25 years. Typically the bacterium affects the genitals often and in rare cases it can cause infection in throat also. The affected individual may develop soreness in throat but in some cases it may not cause any symptoms.
Symptoms :
After receiving the infectious bacterium through sex, the person will not show any symptoms immediately. It may take 2-3 weeks or even more for the first symptoms to appear. For women, the infectious bacteria can cause pain while urinating, frequent vaginal discharge, pelvic pain, and pain while having sex. For some women, vagina may bleed after sex and for some others it can cause heavy bleeding between periods. Chlamydia infection should be treated with medications failing which it may spread to womb and in rare cases can cause pelvic inflammatory disease leading to miscarriage.
Generally men do not show any symptoms of Chlamydia in throat infection but some men may have foul smelling discharge from the penis and pain while urinating. In addition to the above symptoms affecting the genital area, the infection may spread to the throat causing sore throat and redness. For some people, it may cause difficulty in swallowing and hoarse voice. Sometimes it may cause fever and body pain following throat infection. You need to check with your doctor, if you have sore throat for more than a week and you have had unsafe sex. In very rare cases, if the infected semen gets in touch with eyes, it may cause conjunctivitis.
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