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If you got tested seven days after you started treatment, you got retested too soon. The tests used today will give a false positive result for weeks after treatment. Test of cure is not recommended; that is, you don't need to be tested to see if treatment worked, as it always does. However, because reinfection is common (due to unprotected sex with an untreated partner, or some other mishap), retesting is recommended two to three months after treatment. Next time you see a health care provider for testing, be sure to give the provider your complete history, so that you aren't misled by a test that should not have been done in your case.
There is no known problem with lack of effectiveness of chlamydia treatment. If you used the correct treatment and took it as directed, and did not have sex during or after treatment, you should not be infected. If you still have symptoms, contact your health care provider. If you made the mistake of getting retested immediately after treatment, then that explains your misunderstanding -- you can't get restested until four to six weeks after treatment or you'll get a false positive test result.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoIf you got tested seven days after you started treatment, you got retested too soon. The tests used today will give a false positive result for weeks after treatment. Test of cure is not recommended; that is, you don't need to be tested to see if treatment worked, as it always does. However, because reinfection is common (due to unprotected sex with an untreated partner, or some other mishap), retesting is recommended two to three months after treatment. Next time you see a health care provider for testing, be sure to give the provider your complete history, so that you aren't misled by a test that should not have been done in your case.
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∙ 9y agoThere is no known problem with lack of effectiveness of chlamydia treatment. If you used the correct treatment and took it as directed, and did not have sex during or after treatment, you should not be infected. If you still have symptoms, contact your health care provider. If you made the mistake of getting retested immediately after treatment, then that explains your misunderstanding -- you can't get restested until four to six weeks after treatment or you'll get a false positive test result.
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∙ 10y agoWhether you wash or not, effective treatment will cure you after seven days.
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∙ 12y agoYes, you can get chlamydia again during or after treatment. Abstain from sex until seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.
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Can you get chlamydia in two days?
Yes, a person contract chlamydia in two days.
How can using a condom affect you after chlamydia treatment?
In order to avoid reinfecion with chlamydia, a patient must avoid oral, anal, and vaginal sex (even with a condom), genital-genital contact, and sharing sex toys for seven days after one-dose treatment for chlamydia or for the seven days of week-long treatment for chlamydia. After treatment of all partners and the waiting period are complete, condoms can lower the risk of reinfection with chlamydia or infecdtion with another STD.
Treated for chlamydia at the same time as partner how do I have it again?
You can get chlamydia again if you were reinfected after treatment. You must abstain until seven days after both partners start treatment.
What if you had chlamydia for at least two months?
Chlamydia can damage the body, but the germ is gone after effective treatment is completed. Patients being treated should avoid oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse for seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.
Do vitamins affect chlamydia treatment?
Vitamins will not affect treatment for chlamydia. You can continue them.
Will Ibuprofen affect chlamydia treatment?
No, you can take ibuprofen without affecting treatment of chlamydia.
Can you catch chlamydia again 4 days after being treated?
Yes, you can get chlamydia immediately after or during treatment. Contact your health care provider for retreatment. Don't have sex until you and all partners have completed treatment.
Do chlamydia go away after being treated?
Treatment for chlamydia is very effective. Reinfection, though, is common. Patients being treated should avoid oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse, even with a condom, until 7 days after single-dose treatment, or until finishing seven-day treatment. Any damage from chlamydia is not reversible.
Does treatment for chlamydia cure a yeast infection?
Treatment for thrush is an antifungal medication. Chlamydia is caused by bacteria. Treatment for thrush will not cure chlamydia. See your health care provider for effective diagnosis and treatment of chlamydia.
Does azithromycin cure chlamydia?
Both medications are listed by the CDC for treatment of chlamydia. Doxycycline used to be cheaper, and azithromycin easier to take, but since the 2013 doxycycline shortage started, azithromycin is both cheaper and easier.
How rare is recurrence for chlamydia?
Chlamydia will likely recur in exposed to the bacteria again. Among teen females, one in four to one in five will have chlamydia again within two years of treatment. It is critical that all patients get retested for chlamydia three months after treatment. Annual testing and testing with a new partner are also important.
What dose of erythromycin cures chlamydia?
Erythromycin is not a first-choice medication for chlamydia due to side effects and the need to take the medication so frequently. The correct dose is 500 mg of erythromycin base four times daily for seven days, or EES 800 mg four times daily for seven days for non-pregnant patients with chlamydia. You would be much better off with another treatment. See your health care provider for effective diagnosis and treament.
