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Should you wash your clothes after being treated for chlamydia?
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∙ 10y ago
Chlamydia can't live for more than a few minutes outside your body. Washing your clothes regularly is a good health practice, but you can't reinfect yourself with chlamydia by wearing unwashed clothes that you wore before treatment.
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What type of food should you avoid after being treated for chlamydia?
There are no special food restrictions or recommendations for people with chlamydia, except that if you're being treated with doxycycline, you should separate dairy food and your antibiotic by three hours.
Does chlamydia treatment affect the birth control pill?
No, but you should be abstaining from sex while being treated for chlamydia, so your birth control effectiveness is not an issue, right?
Can you wear a pad while being treated for chlamydia?
Yes, there is no harm in using a pad or tampon during treatment for chlamydia.
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.
How do it take for chlamydia to stay in your sysem you whole life?
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 until 1-2 weeks have passed since treatment was completed.
Can you cure chlamydia during the incubation period?
Yes, when you are getting treated you can still transmit chlamydia. Patients being treated should avoid oral, anal, and vaginal intercourse (even with a condom) until seven days after single-dose treatment, or until seven-day treatment is complete.
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.
Is it normal to still have discharge from chlamydia after urinating?
It is normal to still have discharge after urinating when being treated for chlamydia. If the discharge lasts for more than 2 weeks, you need to see your health care provider for further evaluation.
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.
What if your partner was treated for chlamydia but didn't know what are the odds of him being positive?
Assuming he received the correct treatment, odds are HIGH he is cured. But, how can he not know he had it and not know he had treatment?
Can you finger your partner while being treated for chlamydia?
As long as you don't transfer fluids from your finger to your eyes or genitals, you won't get chlamydia from fingering someone. However, you only need to abstain for seven days. For the sake of your health and that of your partner, find something else to do for this brief period of time.
What should you do if you think you have chlamydia?
If you think you have chlamydia, go to your local health department, family planning center, primary care provider, or urgent care to be checked. If you have chlamydia, you need to be treated to get rid of the bacteria. You should get testing and treatment as soon as possible. Until you get these results, you should avoid oral, anal and vaginal sex, and genital-genital contact. Don't even do these things with a condom until you've been tested.
