Symptoms

Possible symptoms include discharge from the penis or vagina and some burning sensations during urination. Additional symptoms for women include lower abdominal pain or pain during intercourse and bleeding between menstrual periods. Men may experience burning and itching around the opening of the penis and pain or swelling in the testicles. The males are more likely to have symptoms, than women. Men may also have a discharge from the penis.

Some men think they have gonorrhea, but it is not. The incubation period for chlamydia is longer and the discharge is lighter in color. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can be caused by chlamydia, is a cause of infertility when left untreated.