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Chlamydia can affect your eyes in two ways. First, chlamydia can infect the mucous membranes of the eyes, causing conjunctivitis. If treatment is not effective and prompt, scarring may result.
Second, untreated chlamydia can lead to Reiter's syndrome, which can cause uveitis.
What else can I help you with?
Can chlamydia affect your lips?
Chlamydia does not affect your lips. You can get chlamydia infection of the throat, though.
Do chlamydia symptoms include any type of pain?
Occasionally chlamydia can also affect other parts of the body, including the throat and eyes. Chlamydia often has no symptoms, especially among women.
Does alcohol affect the accuracy of a chlamydia test?
Chlamydia does not affect the accuracy of a chlamydia test.
Does chlamydia affect animals?
Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes the STD known as chlamydia, does not affect any animal other than humans. Other types of chlamydia, such as Chlamydia psittaci, affect animals.
Do vitamins affect chlamydia treatment?
Vitamins will not affect treatment for chlamydia. You can continue them.
Can you get chlamydia from hair?
Chlamydia does not affect your pubic hair.
How does Chlamydia affect homeostasis?
Chlamydia affect homeostasis by causing inflammation in the area that it has infected.
Does HPV affect the accuracy of a chlamydia test?
No, HPV doesn't affect the accuracy of chlamydia tests.
How do you avoid getting chlamydia in your eyes?
Adults usually get chlamydia in their eyes by touching their genitals and then touching their eyes. Besides avoiding genital chlamydia infection, the other easy answer is to wash your hands after touching your genitals or those of a partner.
Does chlamydia affect ovulation?
The fallopian tubes can get scarred do to chlamydia.
Is chlamydia life-threatening and can it affect future fertility?
Chlamydia is not life-threatening. It can affect future fertility.
Which body systems are affected by chlamydia?
Chlamydia in the urethra affects the urinary system. Chlamydia in the epididymis, cervix, testes, uterus, or ovaries affects the reproductive system. Chlamydia in the anus or throat affects the digestive system. In babies born with chlamydia, chlamydia can affect the respiratory system and cause pneumonia. Chlamydia can affect the integumentary system by causing conjunctivitis.
