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When chlamydia is diagnosed by laboratory testing, rather than a clinical diagnosis, it is not likely to be a mistaken diagnosis. Mistakes occur when health care providers don't think about chlamydia when seeing someone with painful urination. It's not unusual for a patient to be treated for a UTI without testing, get only partial relief, and then later find out she has chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoChlamydia most often causes no symptoms. In females, 80-90% have no signs or symptoms; in men, at least 50% are asymptomatic.
For the minority that does have symptoms, they may include vaginal or urethral discharge, painful urination, or pain in the scrotum. The discharge and urination may also be caused by gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, mycoplasma, and other non-sexually transmitted infections.
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∙ 10y agoThe doctor, without lab testing, could incorrectly diagnose a STD. However, with the lab tests, trichomoniasis won't be incorrectly diagnosed as chlamydia. It's possible to be infected with both at the same time.
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∙ 10y agoYeast infection and bacterial vaginosis are not detected with urine tests, but with a vaginal wet smear. Chlamydia can be detected with a urine or vaginal or cervical chlamydia test, but not on wet smear. Contact your health care provider for information specific to your situation -- you seem to have misunderstood what kind of testing you had.
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∙ 10y agoYes, it is common for a person with chlamydia to be diagnosed first with a UTI. If someone presents with painful urination, often medication for UTI is given while waiting for the lab results. When the results arrive, if chlamydia was found, the treatment and diagnosis will change.
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∙ 10y agoThe symptoms of chlamydia and HPV are different, except that both may have no symptoms in most patients. Chlamydia doesn't affect HPV test results, and HPV doesn't affect chlamydia test results.
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∙ 10y agoNot exactly. Chlamydia is one of the main causes of nongonococcal urethritis, with some studies showing chlamydia causing 40-50% of NGU cases (see related link). Treatment for NGU usually is identical to treatment for chlamydia for that reason.
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∙ 10y agoChlamydia can be mistaken for gonorrhea or trichomoniasis unless someone gets tested.
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∙ 10y agoNo, pre-cum can't be mistaken for chlamydia.
Not to anyone who has been to medical school. Chlamydia is a pretty specific venereal disease with pretty distinct symptoms.
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Can chlamydia be mistaken for a yeast infection?
A yeast infection is diagnosed by looking at vaginal discharge under a microscope. Chlamydia is diagnosed via a cervical swab or urine test. If laboratory testing is used, you can't mistake one for the other.
Can chlamydia be mistaken for hepatitis?
Rarely, chlamydia can cause severe right upper quadrant pain that may mimic hepatitis. This is known as Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome, and is a form of PID.
Can you get chlamydia from not bathing?
You can't get chlamydia from not bathing. It's an infection you get from another person.
Can chlamydia cause liver disease?
Chlamydia doesn't cause liver disease per se, but can cause symptoms around the liver. Sometimes if a woman has chlamydia-related PID, she can get inflammation around the liver, called FitzHugh Curtis syndrome. This can be mistaken for gallbladder disease.
When did chlamydia first become a problem in the US?
2007
Can you have a miscarriage while having chlamydia?
Miscarriage is a common problem in pregnancy. Chlamydia does not appear to increase the risk of miscarriage. However, it could happen with or without chlamydia infection.
Can chlamydia cause a longer period?
No but pregnancy can. Be sure to get a pregnancy test to make sure that's not the cause of your late period.Women can still have periods if they have chlamydia. You can have chlamydia with or without getting your period.
Is cough a sign of chlamydia?
Cough is not a sign of chlamydia trachomatis (the STD) in adults. In newborns affected by chlamydia in the lungs, a hacking cough that doesn't bring up phlegm can be a sign of disease. There is another species of chlamydia, chlamydia pneumoniae, that causes cough.
Can you get chlamydia from another infection?
No, you can't. There is no other infection that turns into chlamydia. You get chlamydia from oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; and birth to an infected mother.
What is chlamydia uti?
Chlamydia is the number one sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Chlamydia is caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.
How Chlamydia works?
Chlamydia is the number one sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Chlamydia is caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.
Can you get chlaymida from getting a tattoo?
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man. So.... unless the needle used to tattoo another person who had chlamydia...which is highly unlikely because if you went to a professional ... they dont re-use needles... . your fine.
