Most women and many men have no signs or symptoms of chlamydia. For that reason, testing is the only way to know for sure.
You can't get chlamydia from drinking alcohol, even if you share a glass with someone who is infected. Chlamydia is spread by sexual contact with someone who is infected.
Chlamydia is not transmitted via casual contact.
You can't get chlamydia from talking to someone. You can get chlamydia from oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or birth to an infected mother.
Chlamydia is curable whether or not someone has HIV.
You can't develop chlamydia on your own. You can only get the bacteria from someone who has it.
No, you get chlamydia from having sex with someone who has the germ.
Yes, you can catch chlamydia from someone even if you're taking antibiotics when you have sex with that person.
Vaseline won't protect you from chlamydia. You can't get chlamydia from sharing a jar of Vaseline with someone, though.
Chlamydia doesn't infect the tissues of the mouth, although it can infect the throat. If you have given someone oral sex, be sure to ask your health care provider to test you for chlamydia in the throat.
You can't get chlamydia from sharing needles or stress. You get chlamydia from sexual contact with an infected person.
You can get chlamydia from someone who is infected. The partner's cleanliness has nothing to do with it.
No, you wouilldn't necessarily know if you were born with chlamydia. There have been cases in which children with lung problems were diagnosed with chlamydia years after birth.