Men can experience discharge from the penis, a burning sensation with urination, itching and burning around the urethral opening, pain and swelling of the testicles, and low-grade fever. It's also possible to pass the infection to your eyes if you touch them with a hand that's come into contact with the infected secretions. Although it is upsetting to discover that you have a sexually transmitted disease, consider yourself lucky if it was detected before serious damage was done. In women, if left untreated, chlamydia is a leading cause of pelvic inflammatory disease. Women in whom the disease is untreated can transmit it to their infant during birth.
Infected babies can develop eye inflammation or pneumonia.
And keep your follow-up appointment to ensure that you are completely cured. Rarely, the original antibiotic may fail and another course of antibiotics will be needed. Once you are cured, you are still susceptible to subsequent chlamydia infections. And it is vital that your partner, or partners, see a doctor and get treatment as well. Otherwise, you may pass the infection back and forth.