The symptoms normally appear between 2 days and 2 weeks after exposure.
About 90% of the guys gets symptoms within a few days after infection, like a burning feeling when urinating and a thick, pus-like discharge.
In some women it causes frequent, urgent and painful urination, along with a pus-like discharge from the vagina.
Infections in the throat cause few symptoms. If there are symptoms you may have a sore throat, pain on swallowing and your throat and tonsils may be red.
The anus may feel uncomfortable and there may be a little discharge, but normally there are no symptoms.