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Chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause penile discharge and painful urination in males infected in the urethra. Like women, men with chlamydia rectally can have painful or difficult defecation; those with chlamydia in the throat may have a mild sore throat; and those with chlamydial conjunctivitis may have pinkeye. Over the long term, chlamydia may cause epididymitis, prostatitis, or orchitis in males.
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What will affect a chlamydia shot for males?
Chlamydia isn't treated with a shot. It's treated with oral medication (pills). Gonorrhea is treated with an antibiotic injection.
How is chlamydia in reference with diplococci?
It is gonorrhea that is a diplococcus, not chlamydia.
Does chlamydia affect everyone?
Chlamydia doesn't affect everyone, but it's very common. In females, 50% will have had chlamydia by the time they're 30. The rates are likely the same in males.
Are chlamydia cocci?
Cocci and bacilli do not cause chlamydia. Cocci cause gonorrhea.
Can females and males have chlamydia?
Yes, both females and males can get chlamydia.
Can you get chlamydia from a male bladder infection?
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis can cause urethritis in males. Herpes can sometimes cause urethritis as well.
Can chlamydia cause constipation?
Chlamydia doesn't typically cause constipation, but if someone is infected anally, they may have pain and difficulty emptying their bowels. Someone can get anal chlamydia from anal sex, but it can also affect women who have had vaginal sex, and in whom the bacteria have moved from the vagina to the rectum.
What other disease can have the same symptoms as chlamydia?
Gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis can have very similar symptoms.
What STDs are known to cause pelvic inflammatory disease?
Both gonorrhea and chlamydia may cause pelvic inflammatory disease. Many cases occur without chlamydia or gonorrhea, though.
Can a yeast infection be a sign of chlamydia?
A yeast infection is not a sign of chlamydia.
What are the common co-infections for chlamydia?
There are a few ways that this question can be answered:What other diseases can be caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis?Chlamydia trachomatis causes chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease. It also causes endemic trachoma. Chlamydia trachomatis can also cause lymphogranuloma venereum, another sexually transmitted disease. Each of these infections is caused by a slightly different version of the bacteria. What symptoms, syndromes, or complications can the STI chlamydia cause?Chlamydia in men and women can cause urethritis, conjunctivitis, proctitis, or pharyngitis. In men, it can cause epididymitis, prostatitis, and orchitis. In women it can cause PID (pelvic inflammatory disease). In babies born to women with chlamydia, chlamydia trachomatis can cause pneumonia or conjunctivitis. In addition, chlamydia trachomatis is associated with Reiter's syndrome. What other infections are often found with chlamydia trachomatis?Patients tested for chlamydia usually get tested for gonorrhea at the same time as they both require the same specimen collection technique and may carry the same symptoms.
What stds are reported to the CDC?
Chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, and syphilis are reportable
