Symptoms for men include painful urination, discharge from the penis, scrotal pain, or rectal discharge or pain. The consequences of chlamydia are much more severe in women than men. Chlamydia most often starts as an infection of the cervix. This often leads to ectopic pregnancy, infertility or chronic pelvic pain. Following an examination and laboratory work, chlamydia is treatable with antibiotics.
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection of the sex organs, throat and rectum.
It is transmitted by sexual intercourse. It takes two to 14 days for gonorrhea to grow in large enough amounts for signs to be noticed. Some people experience no symptoms. Symptoms for men include burning during urination or a whitish-yellow discharge from the penis. Untreated gonorrhea in men may cause painful inflammation of the prostate and scarring of the urethra, resulting in difficulty with urination.