Can chlamydia cause a urinary tract infection?

Can chlamydia cause a urinary tract infection?

Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the causes of acute and chronic urinary tract infections and acute or silent salpingitis.

Can a urinary tract infection be mistaken for chlamydia?

Frequent, urgent trips to the washroom along with lower abdominal pressure or pelvic pain and a burning sensation during urination could mean a urinary tract infection (UTI). However, it could also be a sexually transmitted disease (STD) like chlamydia or gonorrhea.

How is chlamydia found in urine?

Chlamydia tests use a sample of body fluid or urine to see whether chlamydia bacteria (Chlamydia trachomatis) are present and causing an infection. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) are used to find chlamydia infection.

Can you see chlamydia in urine?

There are several tests that you doctor might use to diagnose chlamydia: Urine test. You’ll pee in a cup that’s sent off to a laboratory testing facility to see if any chlamydia bacteria are present in your urine.

What STD causes you to pee a lot?

Both chlamydia and gonorrhea are STDs that most commonly cause frequent urination. These are among the most common STDs diagnosed in the United States. In fact, as recently as 2016, the CDC reported nearly 1.6 million cases of chlamydia across the country.

Is a urinary tract infection a STD?

A UTI isn’t a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and it isn’t considered a contagious condition. However, you can pass the bacteria that causes a UTI between partners.

What color is your pee when you have chlamydia?

Chlamydia bacteria often cause symptoms that are similar to cervicitis or a urinary tract infection (UTI). You may notice: White, yellow or gray discharge from your vagina that may be smelly. Pus in your urine (pyuria).

Does chlamydia give a fishy smell?

Bacterial vaginosis — an overgrowth of normally occurring vaginal bacteria — is the most common vaginal infection that causes a vaginal odor. Trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted infection — also can lead to vaginal odor. Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections usually don’t cause vaginal odors.

How long does it take chlamydia to show up?

Most people who have chlamydia don’t notice any symptoms. If you do get symptoms, these usually appear between 1 and 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with an infected person. For some people they don’t develop until many months later.

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