Both men and women might not be able to have children. Take ALL the medication prescribed for you exactly as instructed AND Return for a test of cure in 2 weeks. If you stop too soon, you might still have the infection and not know it. It could spread to other parts of your body or to your sexual partners. Inform recent partners that they need to get checked to see if they also need treatment.
Many people have no symptoms.
Often there is a watery, white discharge from the penis, vagina or rectum. A mother with chlamydia can give it to her baby during childbirth. You can give chlamydia to your sexual partners. Chlamydia can travel to other organs and lead to more serious infections. Reproductive organs can be damaged.