{"id":19587,"date":"2019-11-29T06:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T06:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthealth.guide\/?p=19587"},"modified":"2021-10-14T00:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T00:21:19","slug":"14-signs-that-you-have-chlamydia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthealth.guide\/14-signs-that-you-have-chlamydia\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Signs That You Have Chlamydia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases that we know of, and people are infected and affected at a rate of a few thousand people every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you are sexually responsible enough to make use of protection, this doesn’t always mean that your partner is doing the same thing \u2013 and there are many cases where chlamydia is contracted through sex that wasn’t consensual. This means that there are many situations where people might have contracted a disease like chlamydia through no fault of their own, although there’s still a lot of stigma associated with having it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you show any symptoms or signs of a chlamydia infection, seek medical attention. It’s usually easy to treat with a macro dose of antibiotics and the symptoms should go away after proper treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worried or not sure what you should look for? Here are 14 potential signs that you might have chlamydia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. A Lowered Immune System<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The immune system<\/a> is there to make sure your body remains protected against viruses and infection, and it’s usually the bodily system that’s standing between you and getting the flu that’s going around for this season. Even though the immunity is supposed to protect the body, it can’t protect against everything it encounters \u2013 and chlamydia can generally lower your immune system to the point you’re getting sick from everything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lowered immune system can be caused by a thousand different things. Regardless of the cause, you’re likely to get sick easier and stay sick for a lot longer as a result of your immune system being affected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where it’s chlamydia affecting the immune system, you will generally show other signs or symptoms along with it that could tip you off that it’s time to make an appointment with your doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your immunity issues persist after this and you’re still sick after antibiotics, follow up with your doctor immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. General Immunity Response Signs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The immune system isn’t always working at its peak: When it’s not working as it should, you’ll get sick easier and stay sick longer \u2013 but your immune system could also respond in ways that you never imagined. When the immune system gets attacked, it tries to attack the offending virus <\/a>or bacteria in turn, but this can have the opposite effect and sometimes the immune system ends up attacking its own cells instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the immune system turns on itself, you’ll experience general signs or symptoms of an immune response. Everything in your body inflames or flares up, including joints and as diverse as eyes. If you’re experiencing what feels like pain, inflammation and general discomfort all over your body, it might be time to see your doctor about the symptoms even if you aren’t experiencing any other ones that appear on this list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most things that cause an immunity response are best treated soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. A Persistent Fever<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A fever <\/a>is one of the ways in which the body’s immune system might respond to a potential intruder. In a way to rid the body of the illness or bacteria, the first thing it does is to raise the body temperature to make it an uninhabitable environment for germs or bacteria \u2013 but this can also have the effect of making you much sicker than you’re supposed to be and putting a lot of added pressure on your system and heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you experience a persistent fever and you can’t find the cause, don’t opt for home treatments that could do more harm than good: Treat a possible fever with either paracetamol or the natural compounds (such as willow bark) that contain it, and if that doesn’t do the trick, seek medical attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you experience a fever together with any of the symptoms mentioned on this list, especially ones affecting the genitals, it might be a sexually transmitted disease: See your doctor for tests and the proper treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Night Sweats<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It can be said that nighttime becomes a different playing field for most viruses and bacteria. Most people who get sick from most types of viruses (whether it’s chlamydia or the common flu) will notice that they start to feel a lot sicker when the night or early morning hours arrive \u2013 and this is due to many factors including temperature, air pressure, and bodily activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that it’s not uncommon for symptoms to get worse during the night, or for new symptoms to kick in as soon as the sun has set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have contracted chlamydia<\/a>, you could start to experience night sweats together with the rest of your symptoms and it’s likely to keep you from getting any proper sleep. It’s likely to be combined with a fever, and also likely to be combined with other genital-related chlamydia symptoms. Seek immediate medical attention and try paracetamol for initial treatment for fever and associated night sweats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Eye Irritation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease, but it can also affect other parts of the body at the same time \u2013 and the amount of things it can affect is pretty surprising to most people. The majority of people are on the lookout for genital-related symptoms in relation to chlamydia infection, but there are some symptoms that might show at the same time (and might even show earlier) that could also help to point you towards what could be wrong with your body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eye irritation can be a common sign and symptom of a chlamydia infection. The infection itself can have a very full-bodied effect, and this can travel to various parts of the body where it can cause various types of discomfort and inflammation that one wouldn’t initially imagine could be related to the same cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you experience eye irritation that turns into a chronic problem, see your doctor for tests. No, it might not be an STD <\/a>depending on the symptoms you experience, but wouldn’t it be safer to know what’s wrong?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Painful Urination<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Painful and uncomfortable urination is one of the first signs that you should look for if you suspect that you have any kind of bladder infection or sexually transmitted condition. There are a lot of things that are able to cause this symptom that might not be chlamydia, but if you experience any of the other symptoms on this list together with it consider the possibility more seriously that it could be an issue related to the genital or bladder <\/a>system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes painful and uncomfortable urination could signal issues with the prostate: It’s a good excuse to make an appointment with your doctor anyway. There are also a thousand different things that it could mean to your doctor, so be sure to make a thorough list of your symptoms during your appointment in order to make what’s going on easier to diagnose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the use of citric acid doesn’t help this symptom, see your doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Sudden Appetite Drop<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Any notable changes in your appetite should be taken note of whether or not you experience any other symptoms. Appetite <\/a>changes, especially drastic ones, are usually the body’s way of trying to tell you something \u2013 and that something can usually be checked out by a simple doctor’s appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice any kind of appetite drop that isn’t normal for your health, try to track down the cause before you finally make an appointment with your doctor. Sometimes it’s dietary changes or digestive conditions triggering the appetite change, other times it could be another underlying health condition such as chlamydia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you tell the difference? If you experience any of the other symptoms mentioned on this list, it could be a sign that you have contracted chlamydia \u2013 and you should see your doctor for tests and treatment as soon as possible. A simple course of antibiotics is usually enough to remedy this symptom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Weight Loss<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Other than appetite changes, weight loss is one of the biggest signs that you should look for when it comes to your health. It almost always signals that something is wrong and will need to be checked out, although it’s not always an obvious sign that you have something like chlamydia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes experiencing weight loss is just stress or dietary changes that affect your health. Other times it can just be digestive issues. How you can tell the difference between weight loss as a symptom of something else versus the type of weight loss <\/a>that you’ll get if you have a condition such as chlamydia? You can’t: The only way to know for sure is to have tests done.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re likely to show other symptoms that appear on this list if you have picked up a chlamydia infection, although there are some rare cases that show fewer symptoms or none at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. A Genital Rash<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A rash that appears on the genitals isn’t always a sign that you’ve picked up a sexually transmitted condition like chlamydia, but it can be where you experience it together with any of the other symptoms that appear on this list (such as a discharge from the genitals or uncomfortable itching). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you suddenly develop a genital rash <\/a>the first thing you should do is eliminate any other things that could be causing it to see if the problem changes from there. Usually, try to find out if there is anything causing a contact allergy such as washing powder or underwear \u2013 and from there, also eliminate things like a potential fungal infection that can be treated with steroidal cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you still experience the rash after this or you experience other symptoms together with it as mentioned in this article, you should see your doctor for tests and treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Discharge<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Discharge from the genitals <\/a>is one of the scariest and most uncomfortable and embarrassing symptoms that you can experience: It’s also one of the first signs that you might have a sexually transmitted disease like chlamydia, especially if you can also combine it with symptoms like itching, pain and repeated bladder infections.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the kind of symptom that you shouldn’t let go of. The moment you experience it, see your doctor. It’s always a sign of something serious, although in most cases it’s something that can be treated with a simple case of antibiotics and you’ll be fine \u2013 but if you wait, you risk the infection becoming much worse (and you additionally risk passing it on to other people). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discharge can be embarrassing and can vary in everything from the smell through to consistency: Embarrassment is nothing when you consider the potential risks you might be taking by not getting the proper treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11. Genital Itching<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Discharge and general discomfort aren’t the only genital-related symptoms that you are likely to experience if you have contracted a sexually transmitted condition such as chlamydia. You’re also likely to experience repetitive itching in your groin \u2013 and it’s the one symptom that can be found with many different sexually transmitted infections that aren’t chlamydia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can go together with an eventual crash or it might not, and it might be something that goes away when you change a few simple things like your washing powder or underwear type \u2013 but if it doesn’t and you’re still experiencing itching as a symptom after making these changes (or of course, if there are any other symptoms you experience), consider the situation a little more serious and see your doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the symptom isn’t because of chlamydia, it’s easy enough to treat \u2013 and where it is, the same is true and you’ll need a simple course of antibiotics<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12. Repeated Bladder Infection<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bladder infections can sometimes be normal after having sex <\/a>and they either go away on their own or they require treatment with a course of fruit salts, diet changes and antibiotics (or any combination of the three), but you should watch out where you experience repeated bladder infections several times in a row \u2013 this can instead turn out to be a sign of a more long-term infection that isn’t treated by the same antibiotics that you might have been taking for a bladder infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you experience infections as a recurring problem (including symptoms like pain while urinating), make an appointment with your doctor for the proper tests and mention all of the symptoms you might have been experiencing in order to make the job of diagnosing the right condition easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bladder infections have to be treated separately, and chlamydia is easy to treat with the right course of antibiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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13. Back Pain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There a lot of symptoms that people wouldn’t normally associate as being ones that can be associated with certain conditions just because these body parts aren’t in an obvious place. If you experience back pain, there are a few things that it could be that isn’t just your back \u2013 and one of the things is issues in the groin <\/a>area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes issues in the groin can manifest as back pain \u2013 and it could be a bladder infection just as much as it could be something else. You’re likely to experience other symptoms together with back pain if you have something like chlamydia triggering these symptoms into existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See your doctor if you experience any symptoms that you can’t explain or any combination of the symptoms found on this list. When it comes to your health, it’s better to have a conclusive answer about what’s causing certain symptoms than to wonder about it and have something remain undiagnosed. 
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14. Asymptomatic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you have contracted chlamydia, you’re likely to experience some of the symptoms that appear on this list. Although you might not experience all of them together, some of them might crop up \u2013 and any combination of them should be enough to tell you that you need an appointment with your doctor (and possibly some antibiotics depending on what the tests find from there).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s also important to remember that a chlamydia infection could very well be asymptomatic <\/a>for the first few days to weeks of contracting the infection. Although you might not show any symptoms yet, you’ll be a carrier for the condition and you’ll be able to pass this on to anyone you’ve had unprotected sex with \u2013 and it might be time to have tests done and make some phone calls if this is the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also some rarer cases where you might have contracted chlamydia but it appears completely asymptomatic for most of the infection’s duration: See your doctor if anyone you’ve had sexual contact with says that they themselves have been tested.
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