Chlamydia treatment, diagnosis & prescriptions

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Absolutely. Once you’ve described your symptoms, and given the doctor some necessary information about your sexual history, it’s possible for the doctor to prescribe you medication. The doctor may also request that you take a urine or swab test to confirm the prognosis, and to be sure you’re clear of any other STIs.

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a bacteria called chlamydia trachomatis. It spreads through oral, vaginal, and anal sex, and effects both men and women.

While it’s possible to contract chlamydia at any age, it’s most commonly found in young people who are sexually active — especially women under 25. A lot of people with chlamydia don’t experience any symptoms, so they may not know they have it.

Symptoms of chlamydia in women include:

• Vaginal discharge
• Pain while urinating
• Pain during sex
• Cloudy urine
• Pain in the lower abdomen, accompanied by chills or fever
• Lower back pain
• Vaginal bleeding between periods
• Genital itching
• Swollen and painful glands at the opening of the vagina
• Anal discharge

Symptoms of chlamydia in men include:

• Discharge from the penis
• Pain while urinating
• Cloudy urine
• Itching or burning sensations at the opening of the penis
• Pain and/or swelling in the testicles
• Anal discharge
• Conjunctivitis (pink eye)

The doctor will ask you questions about your sexual history so they can get a better understanding of the types of risk you have been exposed to. That helps inform the types of tests they’ll need to run.

A doctor can test for chlamydia in women through a swab of the cervix, which can be done during a routine pap test.

In men, a doctor may swab the tip of the penis to collect samples from the urethra, and depending on the sexual history reported, they may also test a swab of the anus as well.

Chlamydia can also be detected through urine samples for both men and women.

Chlamydia transmission happens during vaginal, anal, and occasionally oral sex. Ejaculation doesn’t have to occur to transmit chlamydia.

A few ways to prevent chlamydia are:

Using condoms or dental dams during sex
Regularly getting tested after sex with a new partner, or after sex with someone who may have had other partners since their last STD test
If you’re undergoing treatment for chlamydia, ensuring you avoid having sex again until you confirm with your doctor that your treatment was successful.

No, chlamydia won’t go away on its own. It’s also possible to be infected with chlamydia multiple times — treating it once won’t stop you from getting it again.

Untreated chlamydia makes you more susceptible to other STIs like HIV, so treatment is important for your personal protection, and the health of your partners.

Be sure to let your previous partners know if you have been diagnosed with chlamydia so that they can get tested too! It will help stop the spread.

Yes! With antibiotics, chlamydia trachomatis can be fully cured, usually in about two weeks. It’s important to be tested regularly though, since being treated for chlamydia once doesn’t protect you from future infections.

Antibiotics are used to treat chlamydia trachomatis. A doctor will likely prescribe you either azithromycin or doxycycline.

Medication is taken orally in pill form, and doses vary depending on the case. It’s really important to take all the antibiotics the doctor prescribes to you, even if your symptoms start to clear up before you’re finished the medication.

It’s important to start treatment for chlamydia as soon as possible.

In women, untreated chlamydia’s long term effects include:

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), causing chronic pain in the pelvis and abdomen, and in some cases, difficulty getting pregnant or infertility
• Increased risk of an ectopic pregnancy (where the fertilized egg grows outside the uterus)
• Risk of passing chlamydia to your baby during childbirth, resulting in conjunctivitis (eye infection) or a lung infection like pneumonia

In men, untreated chlamydia’s long term effects are:

• Inflamed testicles, which can negatively affect fertility long-term
• Sexually Acquired Reactive Arthritis (SARA), causing the urethra, eyes, or joints to swell