• Bacterial infection spread by having sex
  
• Once infected this bacteria continues to live in the vagina and the penis and can spread throughout the reproductive organs
  
• It is very common not to have any symptoms when you have chlamydia
  

You may have some of these symptoms:

• Discharge from the penis or vagina
  
• Burning feeling when you urinate
  
• Abdominal pain
  
• Pain or swelling in the testicles
• Women make experience
  
• Pain during sex
  
• Bleeding after sex
  
• Bleeding between periods

If left untreated chlamydia, can cause PID ( pelvic inflammatory disease), ectopic pregnancy and Infertility in women. In men, untreated Chlamydia can cause a condition called Epididymitis or result in sterility.

Testing and treatment

• You must see a clinic nurse and doctor. For Clinic Hours Click Here
  
• Testing and treatment is free and confidential at the health unit
  
• If you have chlamydia, you will be given free antibiotics that will cure chlamydia
  
• If you have been treated for chlamydia, you are not to have sex for three weeks
  
• Chlamydia does not go away by itself; it must be treated
  
• Contact tracing, must take place. Your sexual partners need to be notified and come in to clinic for testing and treatment.