If you are experiencing any symptoms of chlamydia, or think you have been exposed to this disease, it is important to be seen by your doctor. If your doctor determines that you have chlamydia, antibiotic treatment will be prescribed. You should avoid sexual intercourse until you have taken all your antibiotics and are no longer infectious to others. You should tell your sexual partner or partners that they may have been exposed to chlamydia and urge them to see a doctor. Your partner must be treated for chlamydia at the same time you are, even if he or she does not have any symptoms.
Antibiotics are usually successful in treating mild or early infections of chlamydia.
Be sure to take all medication as prescribed by your doctor until they are all gone. You are at the greatest risk for chlamydia if you have had sexual intercourse with many different partners or you are a woman who uses an intrauterine device or IUD for birth control. The best way to prevent chlamydia is to always use a latex condom during vaginal intercourse with anyone other than a safe partner. It is important to know that natural skin condoms do not protect against chlamydia or any other sexually transmitted disease. AMA Encyclopedia of Medicine.