Can a female get chlamydia and what are the symptons?

Answer 1

Yes, a female can get chlamydia. 80-90% of females with chlamydia have no symptoms at all; in those who get symptoms, they may have unusual vaginal discharge, painful urination, painful sex, or bleeding between periods or after sex.

Answer 2

People get chlamydia by having oral, anal, or vaginal sex, or genital-genital contact, with someone who has the infection. A baby can be infected during birth to a woman with chlamydia. Chlamydia can still be transmitted even if a man does not ejaculate. People who have had chlamydia and have been treated can get infected again if they have sex with an infected person.

Chlamydia is known as a 'silent' infection because 80 to 90% of infected females and many infected males have no symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they may not appear until several weeks after exposure. Even when it causes no symptoms, chlamydia can damage a woman's reproductive organs.

Symptoms in females can include abnormal vaginal discharge or a burning sensation when urinating. Untreated infections can spread upward to the uterus and fallopian tubes (tubes that carry fertilized eggs from the ovaries to the uterus), causing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can be silent, or can cause symptoms such as abdominal and pelvic pain. Even if PID causes no symptoms initially, it can lead to infertility (not being able to get pregnant) and other complications later on.

Some infected men have discharge from their penis or a burning sensation when urinating. Pain and swelling in one or both testicles (known as "epididymitis") may also occur, but is less common.

Chlamydia can also infect the rectum in men and women, either through receptive anal sex, or possibly via spread from the cervix and vagina. While these infections often cause no symptoms, they can cause rectal pain, discharge, and/or bleeding (known as "proctitis").

Answer 3

Chlamydia is a bacterial infection and is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis.

Chlamydia symptoms in women include (from related link):

an increase in vaginal discharge caused by an inflamed cervix;

the need to urinate more frequently, or pain whilst passing urine;

pain during sexual intercourse or bleeding after sex;

lower abdominal pains;

irregular menstrual bleeding.

Chlamydia symptoms in men include (from related link):

a white/cloudy and watery discharge from the penis that may stain underwear;

a burning sensation and/or pain when passing urine;

pain and swelling in the testicles.

Men are more likely to notice chlamydia symptoms than women, though they may be asymptomatic (no symptoms).

Answer 4

80 to 90% of females who have chlamydia have no symptoms. (see related link)

Answer 5

Females can get chlamydia. Chlamydia causes no symptoms in most women. If a woman has symptoms, she may have painful urination, vaginal discharge, or pelvic pain.