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Yes, you can have chlamydia without your doctor knowing. If you don't get tested, it's not likely that your doctor will know if you're infected.
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When is chlamydia contagious and how long can you have it without knowing?
Chlamydia can be spread from the time you are infected. You can have it for years without knowing.
Can people lie about having chlamydia?
It is not legal or ethical to lie about chlamydia, but, since someone can be infected without knowing and without having visible signs, it is possible to lie and say that you don't have chlamydia.
Can you have PID without knowing?
Yes, it appears that some women can have PID without knowing. Chlamydia, in particular, can cause inflammation and scarring in the pelvis without notable symptoms.
Is chlamydia an acute disease?
Chlamydia can be a chronic or temporary disease. Ideally, a patient quickly learns about the infection and gets treatment; this treatment is completely curative and long-term infection will not occur. In addition, some patients will clear chlamydia without antibiotics, although nobody infected with chlamydia should avoid antibiotics. If chlamydia is left untreated, it can cause chronic complications, but these complications may persist after chlamydia is cleared with effective treatment. Lastly, it's possible to have untreated chlamydia for years without knowing. In that sense, chlamydia may be chronic.
Why is chlamydia so easy to transmit?
Chlamydia is at epidemic level because you can have it and transmit it without knowing; because improved programs for screening mean better case finding; and because people have more sexual partners than they did 50 years ago.
Can chlamydia lie dormant in a person's body for 20 years without infecting anyone and then have very bad case?
You would have known if you had it for 20 years. I have a friend that had chlamydia and she knew that she had it about 1-2 weeks after getting it. She started to have all kinds of symptoms down there that I won't mention then she went to the doctor and they found out she had chlamydia. So by what I have learned from her, you could not have had it for 20 years with out knowing.
How many people in Sweden get chlamydia?
In 2008, there were over 40,000 reported cases of chlamydia in Sweden. Because a person often has the infection without knowing, actual rates of infection are higher.
Can you get tested for chlamydia without going to the doctor?
There are some home tests available, and there are services that allow you to go directly to a lab for chlamydia testing for a significant fee. There is no test for chlamydia that you can do with common household items.
Can a doctor drug test a pregnant woman?
yes they can and they can do it without you knowing
What is chlamydia screening?
Chlamydia screening means testing for chlamydia in a person without symptoms.
How many people in the US got chlamydia in 2009?
There were over 1.2 million cases of chlamydia reported in the US in 2009. Since many people are infected without knowing, it's likely that even more were infected that year.
Why is it important to know about chlamydia?
Doctors aren't screening often enough for chlamydia. They may be embarrassed to ask about their patient's sexual practices or feel that testing for an STD is a sign of disrespect. And women can have chlamydia without knowing it. So it's important to ask your health care provider specifically for the test.
