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Barbara Van Der Pol, a member of the getSTDtested.com Medical Advisory Board, has been awarded funding to research chlamydia testing and prevention strategies targeting men.

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Chlamydia is no joke. Learn the facts here!

When it comes to chlamydia symptoms, most people infected with the STD never experience symptoms. Among chlamydia symptoms, the most frequent symptom is feeling 100% fine.  

Chlamydia testing is recommended for all sexually active women once a year, yet many women are skipping out on this annual STD screen. 

PID is actually a long-term complication associated with untreated chlamydia. Testing, however, can help you avoid this condition.

If you’ve been feeling particularly itchy and have recently had unprotected sex, then you may want to look into a chlamydia test.

According to recent reports, chlamydia infection rates in LA have been extremely high over the past few years, and the disease doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down.

Chlamydia treatment is known to be extremely effective, so if you took your medication as directed back in the day, then your recent chlamydia symptoms can probably be attributed to a new infection.

Thankfully for New York City residents, preventing chlamydia, symptoms and all, just got a bit easier courtesy of a new smart phone app that lets users know where free condoms are available throughout the five boroughs.

While antibiotics can do a fine job of ridding chlamydia from your body initially, you should know that chlamydia treatment cannot prevent the disease from recurring if you’re exposed to it again.

While there are a number of factors that can contribute to bleeding in between periods, if you’ve recently had unprotected sex, you may want to consider getting a chlamydia test.

Though anyone who has unprotected sex is at risk for chlamydia and can benefit from a chlamydia test, infection rates tend to be particularly high in women 25 and under. That’s why the CDC strongly advises chlamydia testing for this age group in particular.

It’s natural for you to not want to go the STD test route alone. So why not see if your friends are undergoing chlamydia testing too?

One university is making it easier for students to get answers about chlamydia symptoms and other STD-related topics.