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What happens if you leave chlamydia untreated?
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Can cause problems: It can ascend into the upper portion of the reproductive tract. It can cause problems with scarring in the tubes, infertlity, sometimes severe infections requiring hospitalizations. It can sometimes cause problems with chronic pelvic pain.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Untreated Chlamydia : Can lead to complications. Chlamydia complications in women can include pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, ectopic pregnancy. Chronic pelvic pain. Men may develop epididymitis ; rarely infertility. Reiter's syndrome can occur (arthritis ; inflammation of eye ; urethra w skin lesions).
Answered 8/15/2017
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