Every female should be checked for Chlamydia with each new partner or if they have concerns. Symptoms can occur 2-6 weeks after contact with an infected partner. Women may have discharge from the vagina, pain with intercourse, pain in the lower abdomen, bleeding with intercourse or pain with urinating.

The age groups at highest risks have always been thought to be the teens and twenties only,however, there has been an increase in women that are menopausal and even the senior population. The best way to prevent chlamydia is to use a condom if you are having vaginal intercourse (even close genital contact) or anal intercourse or to use a dam (thin, flexble piece of latex) if you are having oral intercourse.

Women often think of the condom for birth control and they will stop using it once they are menopausal. It should still be used for prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections ( STI), such as Chlamydia.