Symptoms include fever as well as swelling and extreme pain in the scrotum. Reiter's Syndrome Chlamydia does not only affect women. It also poses serious health risks for men. Between 20 and 50 percent of children born to women with chlamydia will be infected. Every year more than 180,000 babies are born with eye infections or pneumonia.
Symptoms usually begin within four weeks of birth.
These children can also develop chlamydia pneumonia, a kind of pneumonia that can be fatal. This infection is harder to treat in infants than adults. Chlamydia also may cause heavy bleeding before delivery. It might cause membranes to break early, resulting in premature delivery. It also may be connected to miscarriage, stillbirth, or low birthweight.