Chlamydia
Current as of: September 11, 2018
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Sarah A. Marshall, MD – Family Medicine & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Devika Singh, MD, MPH – Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Chlamydia (say “kluh-MID-ee-uh”) is an infection caused by bacteria. In many cases it is spread through sexual contact. It’s treated with antibiotics. In men it can cause burning when you urinate and infection of the long, tightly coiled tube that lies behind each testicle and collects sperm (epididymis). In women it…