What is Chlamydia?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
8. Complications
While chlamydia does not usually cause any symptoms, that does not mean to say it is not without its potential complications. In some cases, for example, it can cause reactive arthritis. This is a variety of arthritis that is caused by an infection elsewhere in the patient’s body.
Other problems include inflamed testicles, while pelvic inflammatory disease is also a potential complication of chlamydia. The disease will also cause the patient to become infertile in a small number of cases. The good news is that chlamydia is treatable, and that these complications can be avoided if treatment is found soon enough.
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