4. Chlamydia
This bacterial infection occurs due to sexual contact with an infected partner. Chlamydia is one of the most common STI’s, with sexually active women between the age of 18 and 25-years old being most at risk of catching the infection.
Some people never develop any symptoms of chlamydia infection, becoming carriers of the disease. However, for those people that do experience symptoms, they will notice discharge, inflammation, and swelling of the urethra that causes painful urination and ejaculation, as well as testicular pain in men and irregular bleeding in women.
Chlamydia is another bacterial STI that spreads in the tissues in the pelvis, causing extensive inflammation of the urethra, cervix, and ovaries. This inflammation may lead to the onset of pelvic inflammatory disease.
Doctors treat chlamydia with antibiotics, and most patients make a full recovery from the infection within a few days after treatment. Due to the infectious nature of the disease, its best if you contact your [previous sex partners to make them aware of your condition, and abstain from having sexual; contact with others for a few weeks after clearing the bacteria from your system.