What are the long-term and short-term effects of trichomoniasis?

Answer 1

For 80-90% of women and half of men, chlamydia causes no symptoms at all. If someone has symptoms, the short-term effects may include genital discharge, pain with urination, and irritation at the urethral opening.

Untreated chlamydia can cause long-term effects include infertility and chronic pelvic pain.

Answer 2

For 80-90% of women and half of men, chlamydia causes no symptoms at all. If someone has symptoms, the short-term effects may include genital discharge, pain with urination, and irritation at the urethral opening.

Answer 3

A long term effect from chlamydia for females is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can damage fallopian tubes which can lead to the long term effects of infertility, and increased risk for ectopic pregnancy.

For males chlamydia can lead to epididymitis, infertility, chronic pain in the testicles, and inflammation in the eye and urethra (Reiter's Syndrome).

Answer 4

Most people with chlamydia have no symptoms at all. When symptoms occur, they might include pelvic or scrotal pain, discharge, or painful urination. Long-term effects of untreated chlamydia can include infertility and/or chronic pain.

Answer 5

Chlamydia has both short-term and long-term symptoms. Most commonly, infected people have no symptoms. If symptoms occur, the short-term problems are painful urination or genital discharge. Longer term symptoms can include chronic pelvic pain.

Answer 6

Other than the discharge, pain, discomfort, there are no serious short term effects.

Answer 7

There are no positive effects of chlamydia. The negative effects can be pain, discharge, scarring, chronic pelvic pain, or infertility.

Answer 8

The short-term effects of trich are discharge, itching, painful urination, and odor. Occasionally, there may be a rash or cervicitis. It has no long-term effects.