If the infection moves up into the uterus, it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes pelvic pain, fever, chills and painful intercourse. Treatment is with antibiotics. It is a bacteria which can infect mucus membranes in the penis, vagina, cervix, anus, urethra, or eye. There are usually no symptoms, but when women have them, they include bleeding between periods, or vaginal discharge. Symptoms in men include pus or milky discharge from the penis, and pain or burning upon urination.
Treatment is with oral antibiotics.
The purpose of this exam is to determine if there is abnormal cell tissue which may have been detected by a pap smear. The clinician may choose to do a biopsy, which is the removal of a small piece of tissue from the cervix for closer examination. They are caused by a virus, and are infectious. Symptoms may not appear for one month to several years after becoming infected. Small pink warty growths may appear in or around the genitals, and often there is itching, burning, or mild pain.