What is chlamydia?
Chlamydia is an infection that can be passed from person to person during vaginal, anal, and oral sex with someone who has the infection.
Chlamydia can infect the throat, anus (bottom), urethra (urine passage), cervix (neck of the uterus) and eyes.
Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmissible infection (STI) that often has no symptoms. This means you won’t know you have it unless you get an STI test. Even without symptoms, it can be passed on.
If chlamydia is not treated it can cause serious health problems. Including:
• lower abdominal pain (pelvic inflammatory disease)
• painful swelling of the testicles (balls)
• pregnancy that happens in the fallopian tubes not the uterus (ectopic pregnancy)
• difficulty getting pregnant (infertility)
Visit the Chlamydia page on the Hub to learn more.
