What is chlamydia?
Chlamydia is a type of bacteria, and one of its varieties, Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common sexually transmissible infection (STI) in the world. It is considerably more common than gonorrhoea. It is transmitted from one person to another during sexual intercourse. Men can pick it up through vaginal sex (often the woman carries the infection without knowing)
What are the symptoms?
The symptoms usually appear about 2 weeks after sex with an infected person, although the incubation period can be as long as 3 weeks or as short as 5 to 10 days. Many infected men and women do not show any signs or symptoms of infection.
In men, The main symptoms (if present) are:
- a burning or stinging sensation when passing urine
- a discharge (clear, white or yellow) from the penis.