Conditions
Chlamydia
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the UK and is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Sexually active men and women aged under-25 are most at risk of becoming infected. However, as there are often no symptoms of Chlamydia, many people who catch it remain blissfully unaware of the fact they have been infected, so it remains undetected. If left untreated, Chlamydia can spread to other parts of the body and ultimately cause fertility problems for both sexes. Non-specific symptoms of genital chlamydia among women include cystitis, change in vaginal discharge and mild lower abdominal pain. Men normally experience a urethral discharge from the penis. The UK has a national Chlamydia screening programme, which is both free and confidential, so there’s no excuse for not getting yourself checked out. Of course, you can also help yourself, by practicing safe sex and getting tested for Chlamydia every year until you’re 24. You know it makes sense!
A free online Chlamydia postal test for people aged under-25 is available in most areas. Go to www.freetest.me. for more details.
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im 14 and think i have chlamydia when i go toilet it hurts and i have been weeing small amounts of blood could this be a water infection or chlamydia?
i slept with a older women hu sleeps around abit and i was drunk so was unshore anyways i have started to get a weird liquidy subsance cum out of my japs eye and it looks like sperm but i sems to happen quite a bit. also it hurts wen i got to the loo have u any idea of wot it could be? thanks
Dave you might have a hernia, lots of people get them in their groin area.
hi what is i keep getin like a shooting pain in my ball sack an also the top of my leg an bottom of my belly whatt is it ?
The 2nd picture shown for chlamydia looks like what i have, a brown raised bump, it looks alot like it, i dont know what it is, but when i was checking on the web, i found it looks alot like that picture, but the systoms in the video do not match anything of mine, it dosnt actually hurt or anything, its just there! and its annoying, but i dont know where my sexual health clinic is! iv looked on web and put in post codes, could you list towns and their sexual health clinics? and also any ideas on what it may be, its small circle and brown, looks like a flat spot, raised only slightly plz get bk soon ty
can you have it if you havent had sex??
hi all i recently had chlamydia and ive been treated for it. my sexual partner got tested and its came up negative! are you garenteed to catch chlamydia? my only guess is he was lucky and didnt catch it. i dont know what to think please help!!!!!
i know im under age but i got drunk and ended up sleeing someone i dont know a ive not seen them since although he is well known where i live i have heard stories and now thinking about it i think i have chlamydia but i dont know where 2 get checked i dont want my parents 2 find out that i am sexualy active but if i have i just want 2 get it away i knw there are clinics in my area but i dont know where they are of what time or day they are on i got told in school but i wasnt listening as i was more interesed in advising my mates but now i need help please help me
as embarrassing as this is to say about 1-2yrs ago i 'went' with a girl who my mate was with, my mate caught chlamydia but i didnt think anything of it as i didnt touch vaginas physically i didnt think fingering or shareing a bath could pass it on but it did my partner who ive been with now 21mnths and hav a 17week daughter with also had it we had pills for treatment and i was told i was very lucky to have caught the only thing is im scared to go back incase they say it hasnt gone and that i may be infertile or that ive possibly passed it to my daughter,i suffer with vaginal discharge since i became sexually active 5yrs ago and recently had the implant which stoped me having my last monthly cycle so i cant tell if i hav symptoms,what are the syptoms?
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